Pebble Time app on Android released on Google Play

Released ahead of the shipping date of the Pebble Time, the official Android app for Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel is already up on Google Play. The app features all the management tools for these two models. If you already have a Pebble account, you can use it with this app.

The Pebble Time app shows the watch faces and apps you can download for these smartwatches. It sorts the apps by categories to make it easier for you to look for what you need. This app is also responsible for pushing OTA updates for the watch. You’ll need to be running Android 4.0 or higher to get this to work.

Source: Android Community | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Pebble Time apps and games surfacing 2 weeks after SDK was released

Pebble's just shown off some of the new apps and games coming to Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel just two weeks after the company released their Software Developer Kit. Because of the Pebble Time's 7-10 day battery life then the idea of gaming on the device itself isn't outrageous. 

Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel also come with a built-in accelerometer that provides support for step, swim, and sleep tracking with apps like Misfit, Jawbone UP, Swim.com, and  Morpheus Sleep Tracker. No update was given on the Smartstraps as this ability, to add functionality by way of third-party straps is open to third party companies so these will likely be made available after the Pebble Time's May release.

Pebble announces Pebble Time in Steel, modular smartstraps

Coming from a successful launch of its well-received Pebble Time coloured smartwatch, Pebble today revealed it would be offering a steel variant called the Pebble Time Steel which is coming in July.

The company also announced modular smartstraps system for developers to create accessory straps that would bring additional functionality to the Pebble Time such as increased battery life of more than a week, hear rate monitor, an NFC chip for payments, keyless car remote, or various others built into easily removable straps. Hit jump for all the details.

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