Pebble updates galore: fitness-tracking Pebble Health, timeline UI for first-gen models

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Smartwatches are a super-attractive gift this holiday season, and manufacturers are doing everything they can to make sure it’s their models we’re putting under the tree. Pebble’s been really standing out over the course of the last few weeks, both thanks to some great deals on various models – including an only very recent price cut on the new Pebble Time Round – as well as promises of a major ...

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Pebble Classic, Pebble Steel users can now beta test timeline interface

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With the introduction of the Pebble Time earlier this year, Pebble unveiled a new look for its smartwatches. We’re not just talking about the color screen on the Time, either, as the model debuted running version 3.0 firmware, complete with support for a new timeline interface. Every since, we’ve been wondering when Pebble might get around to bringing the same interface to older Pebble models, and about a month back we learned that

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Pebble, Pebble Steel to finally get timeline update as opt-in beta next month

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

If you haven’t tried a Pebble smartwatch just yet, the company’s looking to introduce you to the world of wearable tech with a nice discount on this year’s color-screened Pebble Time, knocking $50 off the watch’s price. And while that’s a great offer, what if you’re already rocking a Pebble smartwatch – and specifically, one of the older models? Pebble hasn’t forgotten you, and a few months back during the warm days of summer

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Pebble teases new hardware for later this year, along with wildly different software

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Pebble’s in a tricky position: it was arguably the first mass-market smartwatch that saw any real measure of success, yet being first to the party also means that it risks being eclipsed by flashier new models like those on the Android Wear front and the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch. Last year we saw Pebble take some real steps to keep its smartwatches feeling modern, delivering new features via software and

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Most exciting things of 2014

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

As usual, at the end of every year, we’re looking back at what happened over the course of twelve exciting months — that got us a lot of extraordinary products and services. We not only do this because it’s fun and important to recap some crucial events, but also because we usually also look at the future, trying to anticipate what the next year will bring us; and, in order to realistically try to predict things from the future, we need to know what happened in the past.So far, we looked at what we think were the 

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Pocketnow Black Friday deal roundup: smartphones, tablets, wearables galore

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

It’s that time of year again: bargain-hunters bundle up for a long night out in the cold, armed with a vacuum flask full of coffee and a checklist of the stores they’ll be hitting. Retail employees let out a resigned sigh as they prepare to begin a single shift that starts somewhere around Wednesday afternoon and lasts through Saturday morning. And if you’re anything like us, you’re staying warm at home, probably watching way too much Netflix, and hoping to snag a few good deals online.That’s right – it’s

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Pebble gets persistent activity tracking, new lower pricing

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

This year has seen major new players arrive in the smartwatch space, both as Google introduced Android Wear and Apple showed-off its Apple Watch series. But throughout all this, the old stalwart Pebble has remained a more than viable contender. Even Pebble needs to evolve sometimes to keep up with the Joneses, and today we get word of not just some price ...

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Pebble firmware update adds iOS 8 support and more

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Android Wear and Apple Watch may be hear (or in the case of the latter, just around the corner), but that doesn’t mean the folks over at Pebble aren’t constantly improving their popular wearables with software updates. The latest of which, the Pebble Firmware 2.5 update released today, brings many much-appreciated changes to what’s already one of the best wearable platforms out on the market.First of all, the Pebble Firmware 2.5 brings emoji support. Previously, emoji showed up as rectangular boxes on the watch’s display, and now emoji will be able to accurately ...

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Moto 360 vs Pebble Steel (Video)

Posted on by Taylor Martin

The Pebble Steel, first shown off at CES in January, was thought by many to be the best looking smartwatch to date. Anton and I swooned over the stainless brushed steel and matte black finishes in our pre-brief in Las Vegas. It was exactly what the budding smartwatch industry needed – serious hardware to run the increasingly useful software.Pebble’s stainless steel smartwatch didn’t hold the spotlight for long, however. When Google ...

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Here’s what Android Wear OEMs and Pebble can learn from the Apple Watch

Posted on by Taylor Martin

The purported iWatch was one of the longest running rumors in the mobile space, but it was finally put to rest last week when Apple took the stage at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts last week. It announced the two new iPhones, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, and the highly-anticipated watch, simply Apple Watch.Apple covered some of the most intricate details about its upcoming watch in a 10-minute video. It ...

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Jawbone is working on a Pebble app for activity tracking, Android Wear and iWatch support coming too

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

One of our favorite fitness platforms is Jawbone’s, as the software is well-refined – even if you don’t like the UP24, you may still like the companion software. That’s why we’re glad today to hear that a Jawbone Pebble app is in the works, as are companion apps for a plethora of other platforms.Let’s talk about Pebble first, as that’s the one we’re hearing the best confirmation on. In a statement, the company had this to say: “we’re incredibly excited that Jawbone is writing a Pebble app that lets our users enjoy great activity ...

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Why a Pebble Android Wear smartwatch makes no sense

Posted on by Taylor Martin

I was minutes from publishing a speculation article about the rumored Google smartwatch when Google announced its brand new wearables platform, Android Wear. Then Motorola and LG followed suit, announcing the Moto 360 and G Watch, respectively.Minutes from publishing, I had to rewrite the entire article. I changed the angle from a purely speculative piece about all the rumors we’d heard and whether they were credible or not to a piece about how Google and Motorola

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Android Wear vs Pebble Smartwatch (Video)

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Without a doubt, two of the hottest smartwatch platforms right now are Pebble and Android Wear. Many speculated after the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live went live on the Play Store that Pebble’s reign would come to a close, but is that really justified? We take a look in our Android Wear vs Pebble video.There are two representatives for both platforms — Pebble has the original plastic version, and the premium ...

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Pebble firmware and iOS app updated with notification enhancements and more

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Android Wear will finally be hitting consumer wrists soon, but that doesn’t mean archenemy Pebble isn’t on top of its game. It’s gone ahead and released yet another Pebble firmware update, along with an updated iOS app, to tide update-hungry users over with even more new features.First, let’s talk about the firmware update to version 2.3. That brings improved Bluetooth Low Energy ...

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Pebble partners with Misfit for new fitness-based watchapp

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

One of the things many don’t realize the Pebble smartwatch can do is basic activity tracking — its waterproofing and accelerometer allow for things such as immersion and pedometer apps. Many watchapps have already come out letting users measure steps and other basic health functions, but today the company has made big strides by announcing a partnership with Misfit to create a Misfit watchapp.The app — available in the Pebble app store today — requires only a Pebble, as you can track your health right from your wrist-mounted computer. It will count steps and other ...

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