Pebble founder shares first look at OS running on new hardware
Pebble smartwatches are making a comeback, and it looks like development is already coming along nicely.
- Last week, Google released the PebbleOS source code.
- Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is planning to create new Pebble hardware and today shares a peek at his progress.
- Plans are to build a new watch that largely mirrors the functionality and feature set of its predecessors.
Who doesn’t like a good comeback story? Over a decade ago, Pebble won the hearts of wearable fans with its affordable, long-battery-life smartwatches. But the beloved brand’s time in the spotlight ended all too soon, with the company ultimately closing its doors and being acquired by Fitbit back in 2016. Last week, not only did Pebble find itself back in the spotlight as Google released the PebbleOS source code, encouraging community development, but we heard that Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky was planning to work on new Pebble-inspired hardware. Today we get our first look at how his effort there’s going.
When Google published the PebbleOS code, it was incomplete. Before making it open source, the company had to review it line by line, and remove any proprietary code it couldn’t release. As a result, you couldn’t just download it, compile, and be up and running.
