Pebble Creator presents the first smart watches inspired by Pebble

It looks like a pea, it works like a wink, but I don't call it a wink. Eric Migicovsky, the original Pebble smart clock creator, only presented Two new smart watches: the core 2 and the core time 2. Those spiritual successors of the smart watches of Pebble are available For advance orders for $ 149 and $ 225 respectively.

If you are not familiar with Pebble, this Startup based in Palo Alto was one of the first hits of the Kickstarter Crowdfunding Platform In 2012. The company created smart watches before there were Apple Watch and Android smart watches.

While Pebble managed to sell more than two million devices, the company closed abruptly in 2016. After an insolvency process, what remained of the company was acquired by its Fitbit rival.

Fast progress until 2024, Migicovsky had a bold idea. What would happen if we could return to these simpler times and simpler technological devices? What would happen if we could recover the smart watches of Pebble?

Google has been surprisingly useful in this process since the technological giant is open source pebbleos, the operating system that fed the original smart watches of Pebble.

It turns out that Google acquired Fitbit a few years after Fitbit acquired Pebble assets. But Pebble's IP was not worth much for Google, so the company decided to return it to the Pebble enthusiast community.

Now, the central devices, the new Migicovsky company, have two new smart watches that will run pebbleos. The Core 2 Duo is essentially a new Pebble 2 that executes the original Pebble software.

It has an ink screen and always on with some buttons on the device side. Compared to 2025 smart watches, it is a fairly basic clock. That screen and Ink is a non -touch screen, in black and white. But the smart watch supports alarms and timers, innovative, I know.

It combines with your phone with Bluetooth so you can show notifications and connect to the Internet. You can also control music on your phone thanks to this Bluetooth connection.

But the two things that made the pea stand out from their successors are still true today. First, battery life is excellent. The company promises up to 30 days of battery. Second, it is a fun and hackable device. There is Thousands of hammers And it is easy to create small applications for the device.

“This project is a love work instead of a startup that tries to sell millions of watches. There may be some rough edges (literally). Things will be delayed. Some characteristics will not be ready for launch. Things could break. wrote.

“The only thing we can guarantee is that it will be incredible and very fun! Every time you look at your watch, you will smile,” he added.

The other smart watch announced today, The Core Time 2, essentially shares the same specifications as the Core 2 duo, but with a larger 64 -colored screen in a metal housing. It is also a touch screen, but Pebble applications do not support tactile interactions for now.

Migicovsky says that shipments for the core 2 duo should start in July. The Core Time 2 will take a little longer to produce, since it should only be available in December.