Index 01 Is In Mass Production!
TL:DR Index 01 is in mass production What you need to know about Index 01 What can I do with Index 01? What to expect Things to be aware…
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Pebble Mega Update - July 2026
TL:DR; Pebble Time 2 Shipping Status Pebble Software Updates PT2 - Issues You’ve Reported Pebble Round 2 Production Update Index 01…
How I Use My Index 01 + Production Update
TL;DR Production Update - behind schedule but on track How I use my Index 01 - watch the [Tick Talk episode]( ) for demos! Product…
Spring 2026 Dev Contest Results!
Over 500 new Pebble apps and watchfaces! Thank you to all the developers who entered the developer contest It was so much fun following the…
Spring 2026 Pebble App Contest + SDK Updates
Announcing Spring 2026 Pebble App Contest! In honour of Pebble Time 2 entering mass production, we’re hosting a contest to celebrate…
Pebble Time 2 Is In Mass Production!
TLDR PT2 is in production!! Water resistance update - 30m What you need to know about Pebble Time 2 Address confirmation email…
CloudPebble Returns! Plus New Pure JavaScript and Round 2 SDK
As mentioned in our software roadmap, we’ve been working on many improvements to Pebble’s already pretty awesome SDK and developer…
February Pebble Production and Software Updates
Mega update on Pebble Time 2, Pebble Round 2 and Index 01 Things are busy in Pebbleland! We’re getting close to shipping 3 new hardware…
On Being A Canadian In America In 2026
An Evening Out Colette Berends (I wrote a draft of post in early 2025. I picked it up and decided to publish it today, hence why it is more…
Pebble Round 2 - The Most Stylish Pebble Ever
We’ve finally gotten around to it The entire Pebble relaunch would not be complete without revisiting one of our most iconic watches from…
Pebble Relaunch - Year One Done!
Thanks for sharing your pics on Twitter, Ben, Antonio, 1987haaa, Sterling and Tom! Thank you, Pebble community! I can’t believe it’s only…
Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain
Catch your best ideas before they slip through your fingers Do you ever have flashes of insight or an idea worth remembering? This happens…
Pebble Watch Software Is Now 100% Open Source + Tick Talk #4 - PT2 Demos!
Another big Pebble update today! TLDR: Yesterday, Pebble watch software was ~95% open source. Today, it’s 100% open source. You can…
Pebble, Rebble, and a Path Forward
I believe the Pebble community, Core Devices, Rebble and I all want the same thing. We love our Pebbles and want them to keep working long…
The new Pebble app is live on iOS and Android
It’s alive! Last month, we published the brand new Pebble app to the iOS App Store and Android Play Store. It works with all Pebbles…
How To Build A Smartwatch: Software - Setting Expectations & Roadmap
This blog post is MUCH longer than I intended. It’s way too long. I can’t…
(re)Introducing the Pebble Appstore
TL:DR Production Updates (re)Introducing the Pebble Appstore Partnered with Rebble New and improved (re)Start building apps/faces Mobile…
Quick P2D production update
Pebble 2 Duo is in mass production!
TLDR (Oct 1 Production Update) P2D is in production!! Waterproof update - 20m water resistance What you need to know about Pebble 2 Duo Ad…
Pebble Time 2* Design Reveal
TL;DR Pebble Time 2 Design reveal Available in 4 colourways Final specifications How to change your pre-order from P2D to PT2… Like what…
July Pebble Update
TL:DR; New (old) name! Core Pebble 2 Duo update - schedule, mobile app, tariffs, BT range, order confirmation emails Mini Core Pebble Time…
Quick Pebble Project Update
Core 2 Duo - Beta Test Signup!
My personal Core 2 Duo, featuring irek’s beautiful Brutal watchface Hopefully you have pre-ordered a Core 2 Duo watch - if not, you can…
How To Build A Smartwatch: Picking A Chip
Full video of this post is up on my podcast on YouTube! Subscribe on PocketCasts, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. TLDR: We've selected a chip…
My new podcast: Tick Talk + Core 2 Duo demo
I started a little podcast… And named it something ridiculous - Tick Talk w/ Eric Migicovsky! We’ll see if that name sticks 😂. I set up a…
Gratitude and FAQ
Missed the news last week? We announced two new PebbleOS watches - read the announcement post. Pre-order now at store.rePebble.com! First…
Introducing two new Pebble watches!
We’re excited to announce two new Pebble smartwatches that run open source PebbleOS and are compatible with thousands of your beloved…
Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
During Pebble v1, I learned how much harder it is to build a great smartwatch experience on iPhone than it is on Android. It sounds like…
February Shenzhen Trip Update
It took me a few days to get back to normal after returning from my trip to Shenzhen last week. Overall, pretty decent trip - I met with 16…
How to help us build open source Pebble software!
As you may have heard, last week Google published the source code for PebbleOS. This is a big deal! Thank you again to Google for this huge…
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
TL;DR We’re making a new Pebble-style smartwatch. Want one? Sign up here - rePebble.com I started working on Pebble in 2008 to create the…
Remember how awesome PebbleOS is?
While getting things ready for the relaunch, I asked some Pebblers to share videos or things that they love about PebbleOS. It’s time to get…
Beeper is joining Automattic
Beeper And The Power Of Protocols - Podcast
Beeper – Moving Forward
Introducing Beeper Mini – get blue bubbles on Android 💙
The better, smarter future of messaging | The Vergecast
Introducing Beepberry – a portable e-paper computer for hackers
Last year, I had an idea for a fun side project – I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and…
Beeper State of the App (Spring 2023)
We’re building the best chat app on Earth
I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
My name is Eric Migicovsky and I love small phones. It’s weird because I am 6'6" but I never enjoyed using a large phone. I…
Success and Failure at Pebble
I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017…
Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
While working on Pebble, we ran into a lot of issues as we tried to enable messaging from the watch. For example, we never figured out how…
The Universal Communication Bus
From the desk of Eric Migicovsky Edit: Interested in what you read below? Check out Beeper, an app that we built to solve this problem. Chat…
Announcing Startup School Winter 2020
Startup School - How to talk to users
2025 Note - I based this off the Mom Test, written by a fellow YC founder. Interestingly enough - if you look at the products I build…
Startup School - A Conversation on Hard Tech
2025 Note - good convo with Adora for Startup School
Hardware Founders: (When) Should You Try To Raise VC Money?
If you choose to raise any amount of venture capital investment you are making an implicit agreement with your investor that your aim is to…
Announcing Startup School Beijing
What working on Pebble taught me about building hardware
Building hardware is fun but tough. We worked on Pebble for a full four years before we launched on Kickstarter in 2012. We went on to sell…