Eight years after the original Pebble smartwatch fizzled, a new team is working on a modern reboot using open source software. The e-paper screen is coming back too.

Pebble was beloved by enthusiasts who sought a no-frills smartwatch with a simple interface and long battery life.

Google is making the code for now-discontinued smartwatch Pebble available to download Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky claims to be working on a new smartwatch using PebbleOS The smartwatch is still in early development,

Now, Pebble's original founder aims to bring the wearable back from the dead, and it's all thanks to Google. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky told The Verge this week that he's been worried the Pebble smartwatch he still wears would eventually stop working.

The tech fan favourite firm launched its first smartwatch (and one of the first smartwatches full stop) on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter way back in 2012. It had a small E Ink screen similar to that of a Kindle, a few buttons, and decent battery life to bring in notifications and reminders from your phone and calendar.

It's been a decade since Pebble watches were available, but the enthusiast community lives on, and its CEO plans to revive the hardware with Google's support.

The Pebble watch is coming back thanks to founder of the original company, which collapsed in 2016 and shut up shop entirely by 2018. Better luck this time?

Shortly after Pebble OS went open source, the founder of Pebble announced that the cult favorite smartwatch is returning.

Google has announced that PebbleOS is now available for download under an open-source license, signaling its support for volunteers who continue to maintain Pebble devices. In

The tech enthusiasts among you may remember Pebble, the original smartwatch, and more than a decade after its introduction, the company is set to make wearables once again. It’s not something I had on my tech bingo cards for 2025 but Pebble is officially coming back to the market.