Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

  • bassomitron@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Does this interface with your phone at all? Tried skimming thru their website but the fact it doesn’t list Bluetooth in the specs leaves me confused why you’d spend this much money on a quasi-smartwatch that doesn’t have that capability.

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      5 hours ago

      It says they’re able to extend the battery life from 7 days to a month due to how efficient the new Bluetooth chips are.

      You must have skimmed pretty fast.

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      6 hours ago

      Yes! The best thing about Pebbles (IMHO) is how they handle notifications. In the specs, they list Nordic nRF52840 BLE chip (BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy)

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        4 minutes ago

        Thanks for the info! Was actually thinking my current watch’s battery was beginning to hold a charge less and less lately, so definitely keeping these in mind.

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      5 hours ago

      Follow-up question - is this the watch I’ve been looking for that doesn’t spy on me and require a cl of us account to use?

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        11 minutes ago

        Yes, this combined with gadgetbridge.

        A pinetime is also a good alternative. (also with gadgetbridge)