How to help build open source Pebble software @ericmigi
Last week Google published the source code for PebbleOS. This is a huge contribution to the Pebble community.
Now the community is hard at work on hardware and software development. Per Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky:
We’ve already got PebbleOS compiling and running on real hardware – check out the photo above! We’re targeting a new chipset – nRF52840. We’re open sourcing all updates at github.com/coredevices/pebble.
I’m flying to Shenzhen next week to meet with factories and suppliers. I’ll post some an update or two here on the blog, but for real-time fun check out @ericmigi on twitter or @ericmigi.com on Bluesky.
Some people have asked if Cobble, an open source Pebble mobile app for iOS and Android, will support older Pebbles – it does already! If you want to live on the bleeding edge (i.e. it works, but it’s hard to set up and isn’t pretty! Please don’t bug any of the devs for support though) you can download APK builds from the GitHub actions.
Please don’t get your hopes up that the new watch will have X/Y/Z new feature. It’s going to be a Pebble and almost exactly as you remember it, except now with open source software that can you can modify and improve yourself. More hardware details will be shared in the future.
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