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Pebble Watch Software Is Now 100% Open Source (ericmigi.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Yesterday, Pebble watch software was ~95% open source. Today, it’s 100% open source. You can download, compile and run all the software you need to use your Pebble. We just published the source code for the new Pebble mobile app!

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

This post is how I found out that the founder of Pebble is back making and selling Pebble watches. https://store.repebble.com/

[–] fum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

If the Android app is fully open source, then it should be made available in f-droid

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 7 points 1 month ago

Anyone know of open source hardware that might be able to be used to support this?

Wondering if it could be ran on OpenHAK

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if the PineTime can be made to use the pebbleos.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both use Nordic processors and the move to Zephyr OS should make it easier to go over. But the Pebble watches have a Nordic nRF52840 with 1MB flash and 256 MB RAM, but PineTime has the an nRF52832 with 512KB of flash and 64KB RAM. It will be a challenge squeezing everything down.

Pebble also has an ePaper display (B&W on Duo, 64 color on PT2) vs IPS capacitive touch display on PineTime. Then there's the matter of all the peripherals (IMU, mic, speaker, compass, haptics, buttons) that need to be supported. PineTime also has a heart-rate monitor that PebbleOS may not support (yet).

It's doable, but I suspect the lower flash/RAM will be a barrier. Someone might still try do to the port, given that the cheapest Pebble device is $149 and the PineTime is $27.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Time for a PineTime Pro I guess 😜

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fairly happy with mine so far. Shame about the black ones. Quite a win to have it all open.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shame about the black ones.

What are you referring to here?

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh shit. I should have been a little more detailed. The black pebble watches were damaged during transit and a lot of people had to get white ones instead.

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh wow. I'm lucky i guess and got a working black one.

I Love the device! (Wish everyone else had gotten theirs too :( )

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

: shakes fist :

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cool. I prefer WearOS but going open source is always a good decision. If this move allows the OS to get good enough to compete, then I'll finally have an excuse to retire my Watch 4 Classic. Until then, I'm hanging onto it forever. Not a fan of the Appleification of modern smart watches. They're too bulky and square-shaped.