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Pebble, the OG smartwatch that may never die, updated to work with Pixel 7

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23 pointsjerlam9 comments

Still the best smartwatch IMO. Battery on the OG and 2 would last ~1 week due to the e-ink/paper display. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch and Droid equivalents the battery would last ~1 day.

Pebble Round is pretty much the only thin smartwatch I'm aware of. It's 8mm, if I remember correctly.

Wearing one right now. I am very sensitive to weight on my wrist and it doesn't cause me any problems.

Still using mine. Still good for notifications and music controls, the only things I actually care about on a smartwatch.

I've considered Garmin watches a few times -- a week or more of battery life would be great for bike touring, for instance. But it's hard to justify a chonkier watch when the Round is still working great after almost a decade.

Mine stopped charging and broke years ago. :(

I couldn't find a smartwatch I like since.

Nothing can replace the Round completely, as far as I can tell.

Garmin's smaller Instinct model looks pretty good (the 2S Solar will likely replace my Round if/when it dies).

I'm also intrigued by the Bangle.js 2 (https://shop.espruino.com/banglejs2). The touch screen makes me a little nervous -- I'd prefer buttons, especially for outdoor activities -- but an open source OS is a very cool thing. Design seems a lot like the Pebble Time.

But I do get your frustration. You might be best off with a simple watch like the Timex Weekender (https://www.timex.com/browse/collections/weekender/shop-all-...) or just no watch at all.

my current gen garmin watch lasts a month - color screen lots of complications/updates/notices.

Granted if i turned the GPS on it could go down to as low as 24 hours depending on how often it updates.

The battery on my Amazfit GTS 2 mini also lasts 2 weeks,it has a beautiful OLED display and gps. And with Gadgetbridge it's just as privacy friendly.

I was a first hour pebble backer but its time has passed. Sadly.

(Insert fond memories of the Allerta inPulse's SDK.)

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