Pebble Smartwatch with E-Paper Display

Pebble is expecting Google’s return after the release of the Pebble SmartWatch e-paper display after the release of Google. The announcement was made by its founder Eric Migikowski after being asked by the Google team to open the PableOS. Google said yes and now they have uploaded most of the OS, including the entire operating system and all standard smartwatch functionality, such as notifications, media control, fitness tracking custom apps, and watch face.

Although some features have not returned yet, such as chipset support and Bluetooth stack. Today in this article we will discuss what is the concept of the E-Paper display of Pebble SmartWatch and how Google is involved in it.

Development of new pebble smartwatch

Pebble co-founder and CEO Eric Migikowski said that nowadays there are many smartwatch options available, but none of these offer the “main features” they want. It should have an e-ink screen, which is always with the facility of on display. This should be a reflective surface instead of the emitting surface, so that it can be read even in the sun.

In addition, its user interface (UI) must be based on the main features, including time tracking, notification, music control, alarm, weather, calendar, and sleep/step tracking.

Pebbleos has now become open-sourceĀ 

Pebble Smartwatch with E-Paper Display

To pursue its ambitions, Pebble has made the Smartwatch‘s OS open-source with Google. The IP Fitbit of this product was adopted by Google, a technical company at Mountain View in January 2021. It is named Pebbles, and now its source code is available on Github.

Google states that it includes the entire operating system, providing standard functionality, such as notifications, media control, fitness tracking, and support of custom apps and watchface, which is ready to run on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.

Following its availability, the company aims to help the community and rebble volunteers – a community project that was created to maintain the functionality of Pebble Smartwatch, when OEM stopped its operations.

Eric Migicovsky and Team Innovate with New Device Hardware

In short, the Pebble smartwatch has an e-paper display. It is connected to iPhone and Android smartphones via Bluetooth. Then, it alerts users with silent vibrations about calls, emails, and messages. It also contains apps, including maps for navigation, music for streaming, and trackers for exercise, as well as a rangefinder to play golf. Its e-paper display is also readable in bright sunlight.

The design team has also created a watch face so that users can change the way to see the time. All these features will be returned soon when Eric Migikowski and his team release the new Pebble Smartwatch.

From Innovation to Discontinuation: A Timeline of the Device’s Rise and Fall

Eric Migicowski launched Pebble Smartwatch in 2012 as a kickstarter campaign. It was successful, with 68,929 backers and a total of 10,266,845 USD commitment. Over the next few years, the team sold two million Wacheze. This success inspired him for the second edition of Smartwatch, which came in 2015, but it could not succeed as the first launch.

He faced more supply at the inventory, and put him in a ‘big cash crisis’, as Eric Migicowski explains in his blog post. He writes, “The basic problem was that we moved away from creating the product we knew that people wanted, and we were focusing on a product that we expected that people would like.

Conclusion

Return of the Pebble Smartwatch with e-paper display is an important development for the technical world. The release of the open-source code by Google can lead to life again and can create new opportunities for new generation developers and users. This can not only give a new expectation to the old users of Pebble, but can also open the way for new experiments and innovations in the smartwatch industry.

This step can be a positive direction for the future of Pebble SmartWatch and wearable technology.

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