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Hmm, I don't suppose they will revive pebble.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/22/14703108/fitbit-bought-pe...

One can only dream. It was so far ahead of its time, and I still consider it superior to any smartwatch out on the market. I have mine from 5 years ago that still works great. We need more products like this.

Apple watch is better for most people IMO. The health features, notifications, apps and other integration at least. Max battery life isn't as great but charging once a day isn't so bad for the much better data.

Pebble didn't really get a chance to do health properly. They were making massive leaps in progress with each release and had all of these features before anyone else did.

Best watch I ever owned.

Huami Amazfit Bip comes close, but has no apps and needs touch input to function (no music control either). It does measure your pulse and last 30+ days, though.

I would easily pay hundreds of € for the best of those watches with an open source OS.

But instead manufacturers stick to touch operated OLED screen watches that last no more than a few days, with Android Wear ones often not even lasting 1.

Dude, why?

The bip can sort of do music control on Android if you use third party apps instead of the Huami one. Notify & Fitness, for example, can control different things when the button is pushed.

It's a fantastic smart-ish watch.

The Fitbit versa is the spiritual successor to the pebble. I believe it is partially developed by the ex-pebble engineering team members.

Only thing it's really missing is the always-on display and native apps (they have javascript apps instead).

The Versa line has the same JavaScript apps Pebble did. And Versa 2 has an always on display.

FWIW!

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