The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback
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The OG smartwatch is getting a second life.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25280992

Google agreed to release Pebble OS to the public. As of Monday, all the Pebble firmware is available on GitHub, and Migicovsky is starting a company to pick up where he left off.

The company — which can’t be named Pebble because Google still owns that — doesn’t have a name yet. For now, Migicovsky is hosting a waitlist and news signup at a website called RePebble. Later this year, once the company has a name and access to all that Pebble software, the plan is to start shipping new wearables that look, feel, and work like the Pebbles of old.

  • Tekhne
    131·
    3 days ago

    None, he gave up after Apple blocked them once.

    There were actually a couple attempts, but it’s kinda in Apple’s hands… I think he was hoping he could generate enough public outcry to force them to not block it. You can also still access it now, if you have your own mac.

    Further, Beeper is just a re-skinned Matrix client with the Beeper company hosting the open source bridges between services

    It’s their own client, not just reskinned, and it has a bunch of new features designed to make cross-service nice and simple. Also, the bridges ARE open-source, but the beeper company wrote a few of them and decided to open source them.

    Don’t let Migicovsky take your money and mismanage it again.

    He refunded everyone who bought a subscription when Apple blocked it. Beeper main is also free.