Pebble OS 4.0 streamlines access to Health, Timeline, Launcher

All new looks are in store if you decide to update both your Pebble app and your Pebble Time/Time Steel/Time Round watches to firmware 4.0. Not only that, but Pebble OS has a new feel, too.Straight from the watchface, you can press up to hit up Pebble Health. You’ll get your step stats and more to the right. Week-to-week compares are also on the screen, along with your goals. The Pebble app displays ...

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Refurb Pebble Time Steel goes on eBay for whopping $110 off list price

It’s not pretty and circular, like the fall 2015-released Time Round, and it can’t monitor your heart rate, which is probably the key selling point of the recently unveiled, crowd-funded, and soon-to-be-commercialized Pebble 2 and Time 2.Nonetheless, last year’s Pebble Time Steel arguably ...

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Pebble launches ‘best Kickstarter yet’ for two new smartwatches and a 3G ‘ultra-wearable’

While we’re certainly a little disappointed to see Pebble once again ask its fans for financial support before commercially launching a new product (or three), the advancements of the Pebble 2 and Time 2 smartwatches guarantee them a spot in the same league as most Android Wear heavyweights, making everything else feel irrelevant.Both the Pebble Time 2 and Pebble 2 feature 24/7 heart rate monitors, built-in microphones, activity and sleep tracking, water resistance up to 30 meters, and ...

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Time for a new Pebble Time? Mystery ‘treat’ coming from the smartwatch pioneer on May 24

Although Pebble’s hardcore fans seemed to relish the opportunity of once again throwing their weight behind a smartwatch prototype on Kickstarter early last year, many neutral observers of the wearable phenomenon felt the fundraiser was unnecessary and even somewhat tasteless.The Time and Time Steel should really have been developed, mass-produced and distributed without the help of the actual buyers, ...

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Pal smart strap will add GPS and extra battery to your Pebble Time… if crowdfunded

The little startup that essentially laid the foundation for your Apple Watch, Samsung Gear S timepieces, Android Wear gizmos and so on appears to be going through an identity crisis of sorts, as many rivals undercut its prices and build quality, with substantial layoffs prompted by flagging sales and profits.Ironically, the healthy future of Pebble might be in the hands of not just its own engineers and developers, but software and especially hardware partners ...

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Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Palmer Luckey make Time 100 list for 2016

Technology is such an integral part of everyone’s life nowadays that many people believe it’s the CEOs of companies like Apple, Google or Facebook who run the world as opposed to major political leaders. According to Time magazine however, there’s plenty of room on a roster of the 100 most influential individuals around the globe for nation presidents, businessmen, actors, musicians, athletes, doctors, scientists, and even fashion icons.As always, the Time 100 list is as diverse as it is bizarre and controversial this year, including names like Caitlyn Jenner, Pope Francis, Angela ...

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