Crunch time: can a new Pebble smartwatch make it in an Apple world?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Pebble is going back to Kickstarter to launch its new watch, Pebble Time, available starting today. The new watch is slimmer and curvier than Pebble's earlier models, and for the first time includes a color display and microphone for voice control. There's also a new software platform with a completely redesigned interface based around the concept of a running timeline. Pebble's ambitious goals don't end with this watch: it's launching a whole platform that aims to be the center of your connected world. It's going to have to attain those goals and more if it wants to remain relevant in the next generation of smartwatches coming this year.
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FYI these watches start shipping out May 27th. I will be hopping aboard the Pebble train.
Joe Schlatt
goddamn
I wonder if he got one
Thanks for this crucial info Jschlatt !
pebble is goated
How to win the smartwatch market?
1. Take this new pebble.
2. Make it round.
3. Make it fancy looking with metal build.
4. ???
5. Profit.
Pebble is the only company that really understands the core ideology of the *smartwatch*: it is not supposed to be a phone on your wrist.
You sir, have just described perfectly what I've wanted to say for a long time.
Actually there is this withings smart watch its more like it i feel.
I real smart but also look like a real watch
***** How did you miss P twice?
***** What?
***** He's asking how it is relevant to his argument.
I'm very tolerant with regards to how The Verge covers Apple, but is this video title for real?
The title alone allowed me to unsubscribe. Been on the verge of doing it for awhile now.
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It doesnt make me angry or anything, but why not have the video focus on what Pebble does rather than the competitors, or a competitor that hasnt even been released yet? The Pebble watch is definitively unique.
ahpadt To be fair, I think the video spent 95% of its time covering pebble, and only mentioned its competitors in a very appropriate fashion. The Apple love in the title is overdone however.
You can't deny that Apple runs the mobile tech world. They defined the smart phone and defined the tablet market, you would be ignorant to say that they won't do the same with the wearable market too.
Tim Apple is not even in the wearable market just yet
Pebble is the only smartwatch that truly deserves my money
Those animations * - * unbelievable beautiful !
Apple Watch isn't even out and it is already Apple world?
Love the design of the software. So playful and smooth.
I was just about to buy an original model Pebble tomorrow. So glad I stumbled across this video. I will hold off on my purchase to get this one instead.
BadLactose Same!
Lucky b*tches :'(. Got mine in March for my bday and then a few weeks later heard about the Pebble Time. So sad :'(
Well I got my pebble classic for my bday on the day the pebble time came out. But i will get one these weeks or so...
This looks better than Android Wear and Apple Watch, but why no touchscreen.
Because i touch screen would drain too much battery
William Valentine Yep, that's the con for having a good battery life.
After using both Android wear and Pebble extensively, I can definitely say that there is a huge benefit to having the buttons as opposed to a touch screen. Battery life is better and being able to use the device without taking gloves off or looking is another huge thing. Useability is just better in a lot of situations. That being said, there are definitely pros to touch screens as well, but on a watch I think I prefer the buttons.
Zack Geragosian I think is a matter of the user. I'm gonna try both before choosing one. But still, I think that the smartwatch OS's need to be more mature to buy one.
I'll add that having used both the pebble and the moto 360, I'm not convinced that touchscreen is the future of smartwatches. In it's current state, it feels messy. Events trigger when I don't mean them to, the fact that there are three ways to turn on the watch (tap, button, raise wrist) often means I touch something on the screen moments after I turn it on by mistake. I miss the buttons of the pebble a bit.
Holyshit. The UI miles better than the competition. I didn't know color e-paper could be that fluid. This is definitely my next.
every day i miss you
This is why I love Pebble, they focus on what people want, make it as close to perfect as possible, and keep it cool and simple and its own device paired with a phone, not a tiny annoying phone on the wrist.
I think this will be another "best smartwatch you can buy" in 2015. A smartwatch that just works. Well done Pebble. I'm wiling to purchase one of these when it comes out to the public.
2:44 Use an Apple Product to make a pebble product xD
♥ Those awesome animations.. for me... it much better than Android Wear.. 7 days battery life is more than awesome...
Although it's not the _best_ looking watch out there, it's nice to see that Pebble sat back, assessed the trends and provided meaningful updates to their products - not necessarily adding bells and whistles just out of loyalty to buzz words. I'd love to see a more attractive design for their next iteration though, and possibly a touch screen as long as it somehow doesn't mess with the battery life.
Just backed this project on Kickstarter today. Can't wait to get it in May.
Animations on that thing look great
Can a new Apple smartwatch make it in a Pebble world?
Seems so.
@@JeremyHeberlein This comment clearly didn't age well
I think it's great! Beautiful UI, nice design, reasonable price and 1 week battery life. Don't like the bezels though.
i actually had an original pebble and i loved it, simple it did what i needed it to do and the battery lasted forever
looks sick with so many different themes on it . it gonna make every one want one.
I love the new pebble, I think I'll actually buy one now, I've been waiting for someone to come out with a smart watch I thought was worth my money and this one might be it
I really like this old user interface
Okay, I must admit, I was initially sceptical but this looks awesome! The timeline is brilliant! The animations work so well with the glitch e-paper displays! They really managed to strike a balance between the plain, glanceable UI that still delivers on substance! Even the design of the watch is not too shabby. I wish the UI didn't use those colours randomly and just stuck to B&W like in the previous OS (developers can use the colours if they wanted to) but that's just my taste.
thank god for this vid, it makes me 99% sure that getting a pebble watch won't become out of style shortly after being release and I am more sure of getting one myself!
i love how they are making it a watch first and a smart watch second
The new UI design looks amazing and very interesting when compared to the UI of the Android Wear UI. The new design of this UI looks fun and not boring. I am very excited for what pebble has in store in the future because they are most certainly going in the right direction!
It looks REALLY promising, I want one!
I have the original Pebble and love it.
The new Pebble is exactly what I wanted it to be.
I love this company they make lots of sense and they are so far the only Smartwatch company that gets it.
This smartwatch has character, it's simple yet complex, gets the job done and then some, and seems worth my money. Thank God I came across this video. I was saving for the Apple Watch but this seems so much more worth it and it's cheaper?! Count me in :)
larger display and touch screen, maybe even make it round and it's pure gold!
I miss this 💔
Great video, cool looking watch.
greatly appreciated the video..good and simple than many others.. Great work The Verge Keep it up..
my pebble is really beat up and I was going to buy a new one this year but now I feel like this is a must buy!
my old smartwatch will be for work where as this one will be for my social life
The wearable market is starting to open up to everyone now, but Pebble still has a slight advantage with a few more years experience in the smartwatch business. Would really love to see Android Wear step up its game as well, as there are some really nice-looking smartwatches that run it out there.
This guy basically said we started it first. BOSS
Wen Liang they didn’t though. Sony had a smartwatch before them.
The shots that said the date was 19th February.
So the verge already was shooting this before the official watch is out on kickstarter !?
Most impressed. Very smooth and supposed best smartwatch battery life. Must Buy
Honestly, I don't mind the way the Verge talks about Apple, but that title. Seriously? Anyway, the second that watch comes out, I'm so getting it. My only problem with previous Pebbles was the fact that it had no color(not that that's a bad thing, I'm just very used to color displays) and the design of the UI and how you could only dismiss notifications and almost nothing else. Now that you can actually reply to texts, and the UI looks really pretty and it has color, and dat battery life. It's 100% sold for me.
NICE! I'll be getting one of these instead of the Apple Watch. I'm glad I saw this. Thanks guys.
I am SO pumped for this.
Pebble definitely has a place in this market. For someone like me who uses two different smartphones (work and personal) it is nice to be able to have that cross platform integration. I cant wait to be able to add this to my tech collection!
The video's title is perfect. If u look at the pebble and don't ask what u are going to do when Apple watch launches given apple's track record in new markets and the sheer size of the company, then you will be fooling yourself. TheVerge is one of the few courageous companies that does not care about the nay sayers, don't fall for the "fanboy trick" that apple haters use. Journalism at its finest. Great work guys, among these naysayers, there are also people who appreciate your dedication and honesty.
To be honest the software looks GREAT!
What about tracking capability improvements, especially sleep
"It looks like a Tamagotchi on your wrist."
Bwahahahahaha! Good one!
Does someone know what is the background music at the start of the video? I like it a lot :)
Why Pebble wins
1) Works will Android and iOS
2) Battery actually lasts longer than 2 days.
So 82% Android marketshare worldwide among all smartphones, and 87% Windows marketshare among all computers = We live in an Apple world? What?
I dont care how apple watch is going to be... Pebble is the king of smartwatches!!!
I like what pebble is doing. Keeping it simple and gradually improving is way better.
I'm glad technology on the wrist is being work on by so many companies. i think everyone(developers/consumers) is trying to make something amazing from something thats fad or not used very much. I think developers and consumers think the next big thing has to be on your wrist when it doesn't. Where's the "smart clothing"? I want notifications on my jacket. My gloves should let me control my phone and my car. My hat should display my music and post.
Looking forward to Pebble Time. Excited...
Im from the future. They are dead
Ive backed it cant wait till may!
Very nice....love it
I love the 8 bit screen graphics of the pebble time. But i hope it could be a touch screen.
I find the original pebble cute in the same way I find the 1984 Macintosh.
I wish there was more screen and less bezel. That being said I really like the color screen and the animations. The way it moves looks fun. =)
Which apps are they showing here?
They look great!
Hell yeah. I love pebble because it works so much better than the other two competitors. I dont have to charge this every night, and I dont have to worry about getting it wet. Now it has a color screen? Count me in. Its a great casual everyday watch. If I want something nice for a party, thats what I have my Skagen for.
A actual good smart watch that I'll be interested in buying.
looking past the title, I thank this was a pretty good overview.
I love the timeline idea and understand why they went with the hardware they did. This is by far the best smart watch I've seen because it doesn't try to be something it's not. The only thing I would like to see is for it to be more visually appealing and more fashionable. The white one in the video was my favorite so something more in that direction I think would be best.
I have a pebble, it's great, very reliable, they've worked out a lot of the connection drops. I will definitely pick up an Apple watch, but will probably get a pebble time for the days I forget to charge the Apple watch.
after seeing this im getting excited for the new OS. I was very pessimistic about the timeline view. This video helped resolved my concerns with the way existing apps would incorporate with it.
Good luck Pebble, Godspeed to you!
I really miss my pebble :(
The only thing pebble has on the apple watch and android wear: battery life and cross platform between two OS. I'd buy it for my little cousin. Looks darn cute. I love my original pebble but I thought they would do more than this.
I LOVE the animations and the colour screen!!
As a professional I can't wear a "Tamagotchi" though. Please please please Pebble make a steel one.
You have to make it quickly too. The smartwatch market is about to blow open with the iWatch breaking into the market. Whether you like Apple or not, they will supercharge the market and make smartwatches much more of a socially accepted item.
I know you didn't put emphasis on fashion-oriented design and you have done an amazing job, however I think offering a metal version with a small-as-possible bezel would give you a huge advantage. You could basically mop up much of the iOS and Android Market.
I would buy one the second it's up. Come to think of it, I will apply to a job as an software or hardware systems engineer with you. I love what you're doing. Hope you have an office in Canada :)
I had a pebble steel, sold it for the moto 360, and am seriously considering ditching that for the new pebble. I think it's awesome.
I love pebble not because theyre better than other companies - I love them because the original Pebble is by far the cheapest smartwatch on the market and still provides awesome functionality. If they could make something like this but much cheaper, I'd love it to death.
I want this watch so bad!
I love this new Pebble
I think Pebble is going to get it more right about the smartwatch. I believe they are going to be a cool peripheral that complements your phone (or tablet? Laptop?) instead of replace them. The Apple watch seems to want to be an impressive conversation piece and a premium piece of jewelry. It won't flop, but it won't expand the concept.
that's so cool! should get one!
What I'd the super mario world watchface named? It looks awesome!
I'd rather buy this beautiful state of art instead of an apple watch or any android wear. Amazing product, well done!
Very well made video!
Lirón Damir, smart dude....actually the rest of team very smart....
I want one.
planning to buy this. awesome technology. very sleek too.
I would wait until the pebble time 2
RocketheReptile I have a pebble 2 and it's great
I support Pebble. I own one and love it! I will buy the Pebble Time as well. why? because this guys were the only company that start producing instead of dreaming and show everyone else (Apple and Google) that people wants a smart watch. Pebble will be the first when the history books talk about smart watches.
these guys will have meetings just to us the functions on the pebble :)
The new design looks a lot nicer compared to the old one!
That matte grey border should be colorful shiny plastic.
R.I.P Pebble
After owning a few Android watches, I realized they were taking too much of my personal time.
I think Pebble is doing it right. Not everything goes on the watch that's on the phone. It needs to be a companion to your phone but its main idea is for you to read notifications and check TIME.
I think no touch screen is no brainer. I only want the watch to interact when I press a button. It needs to be rugged.
Just can't wait for that many months for it to arrive :D
So many smart watches yet no Omnitrix.
At least there should be an omnitrix theme for these smart watches.
The screen reminds me of Qualcomm's Mirasol display used on the Toq..
I love this thing. I was never excited for a pebble product until now. I know the design is rather polarizing, and the screen isn't something with a likeness to apple's or google's watches, but as we're constantly reminded, 2 sizes don't fit all. I totally agree with Dan about the animations being whimsical, and I think I like that part the best. This thing doesn't try to take itself too seriously, but the pebble time, along with its creators, really seem to know what they're about. Multiple OS compatibility, long-ass battery life, what's not to love?
Looking back at what a watch really used to embody, I'm reminded of this Swatch I used to own. Leather band, playful yet practical face. It wasn't some fancy expensive Rolex or some super capable, overly complex digital timex piece, it just worked while being just a little bit different, and I loved it more than any timepiece I've ever owned since then (minus the mustache clock in my room). I believe the pebble is new form of that Swatch. People will buy different watches for their own totally respectable reasons. Me? I'm buying that smartwatch that's just a bit different but a smartwatch that just works. I think I'll enjoy every second with it.
does it have function of smart alarm?
Is there any chance of around version?
What's really genius about the Pebble (old and this new one) is that they are basically still very simple devices. They are "anti-smartwatch smartwatches" and they are kinda alone in that market. That's smart! Don't compete with Apple and Google, with their overdesigned smartwatches. Also, that battery life is pure gold! I can live with charging my phone every day but not my damn watch.
the new display and animation is just gorgeous
2 years later, crash and burn and screw customers by selling out.
A Verge video that is not 1080p?!
I want one of these. Its seems like a foolproof, simple device.
I don't want a phone on my wrist. It doesn't cost like 300 bucks either.
Is it available only from the internet?
When I initially read up on this and saw pictures, I thought they were backtracking on the design and wasn't a fan of the look of the os changes. Now that I'm seeing it in motion, #iWANT! Looks WAY better than the Apple watch with one day battery life Lol