Pebble smartwatches had been expected to make a comeback with the previously announced PebbleOS. Now, the PebbleOS has unveiled two new smartwatch with their iconic e-paper displays, which are dubbed the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2. So let’s check them out.

Core 2 Duo

The founder of Pebble smartwatch, Eric Migicovsky, just unveiled these smartwatches from the Core lineup. The first of these is the Core 2 Duo, which retains the original Pebble design and uses the open source PebbleOS. It sports a 1.26-inch black and white e-paper display and features over 10,000 Pebble apps and various watch faces as well. It has a polycarbonate build quality that also offers IPX8 water resistance.

The Core 2 Duo model houses a microphone and can even track your steps and sleep cycle. One of the highlighting aspects of Pebble’s e-paper smartwatches were its long endurance, and the Core 2 Duo improves upon this with an impressive 30 day battery life. This is up from the Pebble 2’s 7 day battery life. It runs on the Nordic nRF52840 BLE chipset and features more reliable buttons as well. Core 2 Duo even packs a speaker along with a barometer and compass.

Core Time 2

The Core Time 2 appears to be the more fancy offering between the newly announced duo. Eric went as far as to call it his “dream watch”. It sports a taller 1.5-inch e-paper display with 46-bit colors, a higher 200×228 resolution, and touchscreen support. This model also supports numerous watch faces and over 10,000 Pebble apps. For a more premium build, the smartwatch uses a metallic frame and buttons along with an IPX8 rating for water resistance.

The Core Time 2 arrives in two color options, namely black and white. Apart from the super long 30 day battery life, this model is even offering heart rate, step, and sleep tracking. There is also a microphone, a speaker, and a linear resonance actuator. The device has a standard 22mm strap. Both models run on the PebbleOS platform, so you get basic fitness tracking,

Pricing and Availability

Both smartwatches are currently available for pre-orders on store.rePebble.com. However, it has a limited display inventory, so production is limited as well. Migicovsky suggested buyers go for pre-orders since the sign ups have already exceeded the number of units in inventory. Pre-orders are also fully refundable until shipping. The Core 2 Duo has a 149 US Dollar price tag, which is set to ship in July 2025. Meanwhile, the Core Time 2 ships in December 2025 for 225 US Dollars.

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After getting discontinued years ago, Pebble smartwatches might be making a comeback. This return is thanks to Google’s recent announcement to make Pebble OS open source, which would revive the series entirely. But before we look ahead, let’s see what made Pebble and its smartwatches so special.

E-Paper Display for Long Battery Life

Unlike modern smartwatches that rely on OLED or LCD screens, Pebble used an e-paper display similar to e-readers like Amazon Kindle. This provided several advantages like Always-on visibility for notifications at a glance, which made it ahead of its time. Back in 2016, the Pebble smartwatch could offers up to 7 days of battery life that surpassed the competition. The e-ink panel also enabled better readibility in outdoors, although, you did lack visual fidelity of a high resolution color screen.

Cross-Platform Compatibility

During the early days of smartwatches, some model were locked into their specific ecosystems like the first Apple Watch with iPhones. However, Pebble broke this mold by bringing full compatibility with both iOS and Android. This meant you got a consistent user experience regardless of the platform. So the Pebble smartwatch was a flexible option for those who didn’t want to be tied to a single ecosystem.

Customizable Software and Open-Source Community

Pebble’s OS was highly customizable, which allowed users to install thousands of different third party watch faces and apps from the Pebble App Store. People could even create their own applications using the open source SDK. The firmware could also be modified to add new features.

Early Use of Smart Notifications

Before mainstream smartwatches perfected the smart notification system we are all fond of today, Pebble brought seamless integration with a smartphone. You could not only display calls, but also offer receive texts and app alerts. You weren’t just seeing these notifications, Pebble allowed users to dismiss or even respond using preset messages.

Pebble’s Lasting Legacy

Despite its eventual discontinuation, Pebble’s impact on the smartwatch industry remains undeniable. Pebble smartwatches were special because they focused on practicality, efficiency, and user freedom. Their long battery life, open software, and minimalist design made them a favorite among tech enthusiasts. Its influence can still be seen in modern smartwatches. But with news of its revival looming, the existing devices could be revived while newer models might be in the works.

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Pebble, a gadget maker in India under the Pebble cart branding, has launched a new smartwatch in India. The newest addition to the company’s portfolio is the Pebble Pace Pro. The smartwatch comes with a large 1.7-inch curved display and has health features like SpO2 and a Blood Pressure monitor.

The Pebble Pace Pro comes at an affordable price of Rs 2,999(~$30) in India. The smartwatch has four color variants – Golden Black, Metallic Blue, and Jet Black. It is currently up for sale on the Amazon India website(via – Gadgets360).

Pebble Pace Pro Specifications 

The Pebble Pace Pro has a squarish design with a 1.7-inch curved HD display. It has a physical button on the right spine and has a matte finish all over the sides. It features an alloy body and weighs 46 grams. The smartwatch has 100 watch faces that can be customized from the dedicated app. It also has swappable straps.

It comes with health features like the SpO2 sensor for measuring oxygen levels in the blood. It also has a heart rate and Blood pressure monitoring sensor.

The device comes with sleep tracking and features 8 sports modes. As for the exact modes, the company doesn’t reveal any. Nonetheless, it also has a pedometer and shows calorie burned during workouts.

The smartwatch has 15 days of battery life and is water-resistant. It has in-built games, a sleep tracker, and a weather app. The smartwatch can control music and mute or reject calls. It also has a smart alarm feature.

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WHile Apple is planning to built the smart watch device, the other manufacturer is following to built the same device since the “Smart Watch” is a new era for wearable smartphone/PC for now.

And now we have a few manufacturer that ready to release their new smart watch device, including Microsoft, Google, Apple and Samsung are expected to launch their smart watch in the next year.

A smart watch is a wearable device that acts as an additional interface for users to interact with their smartphones. While the technology behind a smartwatch is still intended for timekeeping, it is also used to display smartphone notifications, control a smartphone remotely, and track fitness and other gesture-related activities. Read below for a comprehensive list of smartwatches that are currently available on the market as well as those that are coming soon.

1. Pebble
Intelligent degree: 100
Price: $ 220
Average life time: 7 days
In the congregation raised on the website Kickstarter success Pebble is the best currently available smart watches, users can personalize their dial customization, download applications, and waterproof. Pebble Watch compatible with the iPhone and Android phones, it can display the caller’s information, you can also browse the Internet, real-time alert the user from the mail, text messaging, microblogging and social networking push notifications. I believe that with more and more developers involved, Pebble future will only become more impressive.

2. Sony SmartWatch
Intelligent degree: 88
Price: $ 129
Average life time: 3 days
Sony’s Android smart watches listed on previous year, such as Facebook and Twitter with these social applications to synchronize, but the device on the touch feedback also not good enough, and can not be compatible with iOS devices. There is news that Sony will be released this fall the second generation SmartWatch, the device’s applications and standby time will be improved, the user interface will be more fresh.

3. Passport
Intelligent degree: 83
Price: $ 299
Average life time: 7 days
Martian Passport classic watches and the general appearance is no different, but in the lower part of the dial has a resolution of 96X16 OLED display, the user can display this number to receive calls and view message content. Martian Passport inside the fuselage is equipped with a Bluetooth 4.0 chip, while compatible with the old protocol standard Bluetooth devices. Passport through the Bluetooth chip and iOS or Android smartphone connected to each other, and notifications, and even send text messages directly to set the watch. But to be fair, this watch some unrealistically high price, although the appearance is quite outstanding, but even the U.S. technology media CNET think it really is a necessity.

4. I’m Watch
Intelligent degree: 76
Price: $ 499 (current promotional price of $ 299)
Average life time: 25 days
In the beginning of the release, I’m Watch will attract a lot of media attention, but the launch of the product in real media evaluation is not satisfactory. I’m Watch design is not outstanding, equipped with a resolution of 240 × 240 1.54-inch color LCD screen and aluminum body, the overall weight of 2.9 ounces (about 0.08 kilograms), a lot of weight compared to similar products. In the beginning of the release, the company also launched a limited edition gold-plated, priced at a staggering $ 1,500. Reportedly, the device with the user’s smartphone can be paired message notifications, and even run Android. But the device has many built-in software Bug, often are unable to transmit or receive sound signals, and its battery life is also not good enough.

5. MetaWatch STRATA
Intelligent degree: 64
Price $ 129
Average life time: 6 days
MetaWatch STRATA compared to other smart watches have more features that can support Android system equipment. It is reported that the user can wear Strata watch for when shooting video phone, answer the phone, control music, send and receive text messages, e-mail, to develop training programs, special calendar records, weather queries, stock inquiries, such as open Facebook, Twitter and other applications and e-mail push notifications and other operations.

6. Cookoo
Intelligent degree: 55
Price: $ 129
Average life time: 274 days
Cookoo is a well-designed, reasonably priced, and has a longer life time of smart watches, but because of the lack of some features, so Cookoo Among the many smart watches may not be prominent. For example, Cookoo will not have a new text message or e-mail it to remind users. However, it will be in the user have missed calls, calendar events, or Facebook updates when reminded.

7. Citizen Eco-Drive Proximity
Intelligent degree: 52
Price: $ 362
Average life time: 1095 days
Eco-Drive Proximity is a true smart watch, or that can be worn on the wrist a miniature computer . Eco-Drive Proximity users who will not tell you over the phone in the fight, but it can remind you of the way through a shake an incoming call. Moreover, users receive such e-mail, calendar events, or appointment time drew nigh, will also vibrate. In addition, this watch also provides time for iPhone and watch full synchronization features, and built-in functions to prevent the loss of the iPhone.

8. MetaWatch FRAME
Intelligence: 40
Price: $ 199
Average life time: 6 days
MetaWatch There are three styles available, namely, suitable for sports wear Strata (179 U.S. dollars), the classic look of the Frame (199 dollars) and by the Susan Kare designed limited edition ($ 299). Frame versions MetaWatch with a resolution of 96 x 96 LCD display, the left and right are three buttons on the back there are four for charging a stylus, and supports Bluetooth with the iPhone connected via low energy. MetaWatch FRAME can call, text message or smart phone when the battery is low issued a reminder to the user, a total of black and white colors. Overall, this is a fairly well-designed products, but there is still much room for growth software.

Samsung Galaxy Altius
Samsung Mobile Vice President Lee Young Hee In an interview earlier this year, “Bloomberg News” interview, said, “the upcoming Galaxy Altius smart watches will have many features similar to smart phones, Samsung has spent a lot of time on this product . “However, Lee Young Hee did not give more information on this product.

Microsoft smart watches
There is news that Microsoft Surface development team is currently developing a smart watch device, this device will have replaceable multicolored wristbands, and called by the aluminum nitride (oxynitride aluminum) materials. In fact, Microsoft back in 2004 when he tried to launch a smart watch device, the company at the time of launch of the “Smart Personal Objects Technology” (Smart Personal Objects Technology), users can learn through this platform the current weather conditions, FM radio and other information. However, Microsoft eventually in 2008 canceled the project.

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