Earlier this month, the Pebble app returned to iOS and Android with support not just for the new generation of Pebble smartwatches, but also the original wearables. That means those out there still clinging to their old Pebble 2 from 2016 will no longer have to rely on Rebble.
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This very first-gen device raises several questions about where the next chapter of mobile computing is headed.
Plus a sore neck, a peeved spouse, and ethical quandaries.
Another tidbit from Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter further explores the rumor he’s reported about Apple shifting resources from a Vision Pro follow-up to something more like Meta’s Ray-Ban Display:
The smart glasses are also likely to run the Vision Pro’s operating system, visionOS... A future device could operate the full version of the OS when it’s paired with a Mac, and then switch to a lighter, more mobile-friendly interface when it’s linked to an iPhone, I’m told.
A backpacker’s take on the multisport fitness watch for outdoorsy types.
In the teardown, it got a 9/10 for repairability. Most smartwatches score a 3 or a 4. Where there was glue and heartbreak, there’s now screws and gaskets. This is monumental for the category and a big reason why I wrote this is the Android smartwatch to beat.
I signed up for wearable maximalism, but with each passing day, I feel more cyborg than human.
You can browse it right now at https://apps.repebble.com/. “Enjoy the same apps and faces you loved from before, plus some new ones created since 2016 by the developer community,” Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky says in a blog post. He shared some production updates about the new Pebble watches, too.
[Eric Migicovsky]
It’s been a while since a major software update hit the Pixel Watch 2 and 3, but Google’s October update that’s rolling out now is a big one. The update introduces Wear OS 6, which features the new “youthful” Material 3 Expressive design language, plus other features.
The company has... let’s just say a rep for killing its products off. So I’m going to celebrate the fourth Pixel Watch turning out to be the best Android smartwatch around, and hope Google learns that there are upsides to seeing something through.
Ollieollieollie:
Amazing what happens when you actually stick with a product, isn’t it?
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After lagging behind for so long, it’s been wild to see Google come this far in the smartwatch game.
