Pebble Smartwatch

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Ok, so the RGB backlight is awesome 😎 (lemmy.world)

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Definitely a feature that adds so much for little.

I would love to see a schedule for colours. Indiglow blue in the morning, tactical orange mid day, and red for night time.

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[–] jode@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Which pebble is this? I haven't seen any of the new ones in the wild yet.

[–] directive0@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It's the Pebble Time 2! Just got it last week!

[–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Worth? I've kinda sworn off "smart" gadgets but I had the original Pebble and I'd love another.

[–] directive0@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel you on the smart gadgets thing. After the fall of pebble I swore off smart stuff and was into Casio and simpler amazefit neo type stuff for a while. Then I fell into casio PCB conversions and before I knew it I was back at basically smart watches again like the pinetime.

When I saw pebble was back I had to get it. I pulled my old pebble time out and started daily driving it.

The time 2 builds on the existing pebble vibe but just sort of smoothes a lot of edges, improves quality of life and feels like a solid upgrade. It's early days but I kind of love it.

Pros

The screen is great. Maaaaybe a tiny bit less legible than the time screen, but easy to read in most light and in sunlight it's stunningly crisp. Not amazing color reproduction but eh, it's epaper.
the buttons are this nice knurled metal and they click satisfyingly. An improvement over my old time's mushy buttons.
It looks pretty slick imo I love how it looks on the wrist.
should you want them there is a decent hobbyist level of apps and watchfaces available for all sorts of things. You could also easily make your own if so I inclined.
there's lots of simple customizations that feel very neighborly for example letting you flip the screen if you like the buttons on the other side for wearing on your right wrist.
it just has that fun lo-fi feel that is kind of missing these days.

Cons

I haven't completely discharged the battery yet, but at current rate I don't see the endurance target being realistic. I think theres optimizations like turning off heartrate monitor etc. Maybe we'll get there with updates.
while cool the backlight is not exceptionally bright. It's not dim, but I could have used a bit more juice personally.
there are some minor bugs. Backlight will stop sometimes while navigating the menu. Not ideal in the dark. Again maybe this will be fixed.

Tl;Dr

Yeah I recommend it if you're like me and like the pebble philosophy and are willing to accept some deficiencies. If you want a polished finished product I'm not sure it's there yet. It's a nice watch in general though. Even without notifications it offers a lot of unique timekeeping functions.

[–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I just lost my Casio due to putting it down while preparing some chicken while not exactly sober lol. I may look into a new pebble if I can't find that damn Casio.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is notifications integration with Android? None of the alternative smart watches I used (Xiaomi, Amazfit) were as good as wear os. E.g. they don't support notification actions beyond texting apps, even though it's possible (KDE connect does it).

[–] directive0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good question I can't really speak to that I don't typically respond from my wrist so I'm not even sure what it offers in way of features there. Sorry.

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