- Google made the PEBLEOS kild code available for download in January
- Founder Eric Migicovsky haven’t wasted time getting pebleos running on new hardware
- He teased progress and promised fans that it would be “a stone and almost exactly as you remember it”
Just a few days after Google confirmed that it was doing Pebbleo’s open source, the founder of the iconic Smartwatch brand Eric Migicovsky has already made it run on new hardware, and has revealed the progress he has made at the launch of A new Pebble -smartwatch.
Before the best Apple Watch models flooded the market, Pebble was a kickstarter -smartwatch project with a cult after attracting approx. 10 million dollars in support. Its devices could be connected to both Android and iOS smartphones and appearing messages and messages on an e-paper screen.
The company folded in 2016 and its intellectual property was purchased by Fitbit to a gentle $ 23 million, which ended up in archiving cabinets on Google when it took over the popular fitness tracker Maker.
Migicovsky announced that he brought Pebble back as soon as Google opens the Pebbleos code, now he moves in Lightning Pace to get hardware out into the world.
Peblleos in nature
“We’ve already got Pbleo’s compilation and run on real hardware,” Migicovsky announced in a blog post. He also confirmed that he is targeted at a new chipset and open sourcing of all its updates. In fact, he immediately flies to Shenzhen to meet with factories and suppliers and is prepared for a hardware launch.
He confirmed that a “small group of people” helps him with the project, including other pebble alums like Steve Penna.
So what can pebble faithfully expect from the new device? “Please don’t get your hopes that the new watch has x/y/z new feature,” he warned. “It will be a stone and almost exactly as you remember it, except now with open source software, as you can change and improve yourself. More hardware information will be shared in the future.”
As mentioned earlier, Migicovsky has committed to many to revive many of the design points that made Pebble popular: an always-on-paper screen, long battery life, buttons, a simple user experience and hackability.
We were not sure how severe Migicovsky was, but this latest development proves that he is not rooting around.
