Pebble cements its smartwatch legacy as Google shares source code with the community
Google has just released the source code for the Pebble watch, paving the way for more aftermarket development and potentially new hardware.
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Pebble was a fantastic ewatch that had terrible build quality. That said, those were the only "smart" watches I would buy, unless there's something akin to it.
Take a look at BangleJS
I had never heard of BangleJS before and wow, that thing is awesome!
I'm neither a JS or Android/iOS developer, and this thing makes me want to try making a Fitbit-like fitness tracker and companion app.
I might seriously get one. I've been on a privacy/declouding kick lately and have somewhat missed my smart watch. This thing looks like great fun.
If it feels a little costly any, the PineTime's also pretty good. Not remotely the same degree of plugin ecosystem due to being written in C but definitely serviceable and only $27.
(not advocating over the BangleJS – as I haven't owned one and it does look more featureful – but mostly mentioning as I don't see a lot of people mention it, either)
How dies it perform in bright sunlight? One of the nice things about the pebble was the epper display that was always visible
should be the same as pebble.
It also uses an always-on transflective lcd display similar to pebble 2.
after my pebble died, I have been exclusively buying smartwatches (amazfit etc) with these type of screen only.
the display is slightly difference:
| features | pebble time | banglejs |
|---|---|---|
| color | 6 bit (64 color) | 3 bit (8 color) |
| resolution | 144x168 | 176x176 |
| input method | 4 buttons | touchscreen + 1 button |