Pebble Smartwatch +
Brand | Pebble Technology |
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Type | Watch |
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The Pebble is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology Corporation and released in 2013 that received the majority of its initial funding via the crowd funding platform Kickstarter. The watch features a black and white e-paper display, a programmable CPU, memory, storage, bluetooth, a vibrating motor, a magnetometer, an ambient light sensor, and an accelerometer; these extend its use beyond just displaying the time and into many roles including interacting with smartphone notifications, activity tracking, gaming, map display, golf tracking, and more. The Pebble is compatible with Android and iOS devices. When connected to one of these devices via Bluetooth, it will vibrate and display text messages, emails, incoming calls, and notifications from social media accounts when they are received on the paired device. It can also act as a remote control for the phone, or for cameras such as the GoPro. As of February 2014, the Pebble app store had over 1,000 applications developed using Pebble's free software development kit (SDK).