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Eight years later, new but familiar-looking PebbleOS watches appear


Shipping in July and December, with far more battery life and newer chips.

The Core 2 Duo, "almost exactly a Pebble 2" with modernized chips, 30 days battery life, and a black-and-white e-paper screen, is $150 at preorder and is scheduled to ship in July. Therefore "most of the existing 10,000+ PebbleOS watchfaces and apps will immediately work on these new watches," Migicovsky writes on his blog, with the long-running Rebble store making them easier to get to. Kevin is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering open-source software, PC gaming, home automation, repairability, e-bikes, and tech history.

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