Pebble creator unveils two new Pebble-inspired smartwatches

It looks like a gravel, works like a gravel but don’t call it gravel. Eric Migicovsky, gravel smartwatch original creator, simply keyboard Two new SmartWatch – Core 2 is called Duo and Core Time 2.

There are these spiritual heirs for gravel smartwatches available For pre-order, it is worth $ 149 and $ 225 respectively.

If you are not familiar with Pebble, Palo Alto Based Starting was one of the first progress of the Kickstarter Crowdfunding platform – every way Back in 2012. The company has created smartwatches before the Apple Watch and Android-based SmartWatches.

The gravel is able to sell more than two million devices, the company is sudden Closed in 2016. After the bankruptcy process, the opponent remained by the Fitbit (now) Google distributionof course).

Fast forward to 2024, there was Migicovsky a bold idea: What should we do if we could return to these simple times and simpler technological devices? If we could return the soul of the gravel, what do we do?

Google has been a surprising way in this process, because the technological giant, original gravel smartwatches are pebbleos that are open source of operating system.

While Google acquired Fitbit After gaining the assets of the fitbit, after gaining the assets of the pebble, Pebble’s IP not paying attention to Google, so the company decided to return it to the society of gravel.

Now the main devices, Migicovsky’s new company, presented two new smartwatches that will work on the pebbles.

Core 2 Duo is in fact a new gravel running the original gravel program.

There is always one e ink screen with several buttons on the side of the device. The other 2025 is quite basic compared to smartwatches. E Ink screen is inviolable, black-and-white screen. However, SmartWatch supports alarms and timers – groundbreaking, knowing.

Dear couples with your phone using Bluetooth, show notifications and connect to the Internet. Thanks to the Bluetooth connection, you can also control the music on your phone.

However, the two things that create gravel are continuous today. First, the battery life is great. The company promises battery life to 30 days. Second, it is a fun, hackable device. Have Thousands of WatchFace And it’s easy to create small applications for the device.

“This project is more of love than a start to sell millions of hours,” said Migicovsky write in a blog post that announces devices. “Some rough edges (literally). Things will be late. Some features will not be ready at start. Things could not last as much as you want.”

“The only thing we can guarantee, the only thing that it will be awesome and very fun! When you watch it every time, you will smile,” he said.

Other Smartwatch Migicovsky has announced today, Core Time 2, in fact the basic 2 duo, only has a 64-color screen in the metal building. It is also a touch screen, but the gravel applications do not support the interaction of touch so far.

Migiovski said that the shipping for 2 duo according to the nucleus should begin in July.

Core Time 2 will buy a little more to produce and give the ship; Slated existing in December.