In 2012, Pebble entered history not only to carry out one of the campaigns of crowdfund More success and memorable, but fundamentally, having launched a new industry. Although today's smart watches are very popular accessories among smartphones and technology fans, before Apple Watch and Wear OS, among others, is pebble.
Basically Pebble gave the starting pistol to the intelligent watch industryBut years later, the company would end: first, Fitbit acquired it and shortly after Google acquired Fitbit. But now, the Pebble will have a new life, thanks to the release of its source code and a new project by the founder of Pebble Original.
There is a new pebble on the way, and it may not be the only one
Google announced that they had The source of Pebbleos releasedThe basic roller operating system, for public use. Downloading the same thing is available in Github. According to Google, in this way, they want to help efforts to maintain maintenance by living and with unofficial support for Pedbble smart watches.
And that should not surprise us, but there is always a passionate community of users and experts who keep the pebble alive. Among them is the “rebble project” so called, dedicated to the clock management. The original roller idea was to be An intelligent watch for technology enthusiastsAnd it was then trying to point out masses, creating a device aimed at productivity, when it was seen in difficulty. This, in addition to not anticipating the arrival of Apple Watch.
Now Google says that the vast majority of the Source Code of the pebble operating system publishes: “The repository includes the complete operating system and all the smart watch functions, such as notifications, monitoring of physical activity , management of applications, multimedia controls and more “. Thus, it is planned that The rebble and others are encouraged to offer support and personalization to the pebble.
The version of the Pebbleos source code will also allow the arrival of new smart watches according to this operating system. Eric Migicovsky, original founder of Pebble, thanked Google for having published the System Source Code, and He confirmed that he was working on a new clock similar to Pebble. According to his own words, according to a publication on his website:
“The clock that we develop essentially has the same characteristics and functions as the pebble, but also has new things. It works with open source pebbles, and is compatible with all applications and monitor of pebble. If you had a pebble and you loved it, this clock is for you. “”
Migicovsky says that this time, they want to have a simple and direct approach, guaranteeing to learn the lesson. Of course, the pebble successor will still arrive, or what will be called. We will have to wait to find out.
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