Samuel WallaceJan 28, 2025
Sean Hollister
Whoa: the Pebble smartwatch is coming back! https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24352968/pebble-smartwatch-open-source-google-comeback
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

Years after its Kickstarter success and Fitbit acquisition, Pebble’s founder is restarting a company to work on Pebble’s smartwatch again — with open-source software powering it.

The Verge
Jan 27, 2025 at 8:21pmWeb
Show threadSean HollisterJan 27, 2025
Their new site and blog post: https://repebble.com/
https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back
We're bringing Pebble back!

Eight years later, you still can't beat a Pebble

Show threadSean HollisterJan 27, 2025
And the last photos of my Pebble Time Steel before I found it a new home... it was SO my jam.
Show threadlpsJan 27, 2025
@seanhollister I hope they plan to support older devices, that would be ideal to bring them back to life and out of the ground.
Show threadAnachron Jan 27, 2025
@seanhollister nice, that looks like a predecessor of https://banglejs.com/
Bangle.js - Hackable Smart Watch

Show threadNicolay DoytchevJan 27, 2025

@seanhollister

> The biggest difference this time will be how the company itself operates.

I'm glad he realizes this. I hope he makes the company structure accordingly.