Pebble to update older smartwatches with Timeline feature

Pebble is bringing their Timeline feature from their Pebble Time devices to older Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel smartwatches. The program, currently in beta, is open to Android users and brings support for Pebble Time’s 3.0 operating system include the timeline, unlimited apps, and more are on their way to Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel this month. The firmware update will be made available to both Android and iOS users by the end of the month.

Pebble adds Android Wear notifications to smartwatches

Pebble is taking an “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach to its smartwatches. Pebble updated its Android app to add support for Android Wear notifications. This means you can dismiss alerts and the like right from your Pebble watch. What you’d need is a Pebble or Pebble Steel watch and an Android smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher, and the latest version of the Pebble app installed (ver. 2.3).

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Hands On: Pebble Steel smart watch

   

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As an early supporter of Pebble and its smartwatch, I’m very impressed at how the device has managed to evolve with the times and not just remain relevant despite the sudden surge of competition but maintain its place as the best cross platform option for a smart watch in the market.

I’ve owned the original Pebble and had a chance to try the more elegant (although functionally identical) Pebble Steel which is available from Future Shop along with various metal and leather strap accessories.

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Pebble Watch gets $50 discount and some new functionality for sleep tracking

Anyone on the fence about the Pebble watch or the Pebble Steel will be happy to know that the cross-platform devices are now available for $50.00 less. As an added bonus, there's also new functionality for background tracking for fitness and sleep. This should make the devices even more enticing. Pebble is the company that really put wearables and smartwatches on the map and while the hardware has remained unchanged since release, there have been constant software updates making the watch even smarter. This means the classic Pebbles sell for US $99.00 and the Steel sell for $199.99.

Pebble's appstore features over 4,000 applications. There are also more than 18,000 developers on the Pebble platform. Is the pricing good for you?

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