Pebble Creator Unveils Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 Smartwatches with PebbleOS

Pebble Creator Unveils Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 Smartwatches with PebbleOS

It looks like a Pebble, it works like a Pebble, but don’t call it a Pebble. Eric Migicovsky, the original creator of the Pebble smartwatch, just unveiled two new smartwatches — called the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2. Image:Core Devices These spiritual successors to the Pebble smartwatches are available for preorder, costing $149 and $225, respectively. If you aren’t familiar with Pebble, the Palo Alto-based startup was one of the first breakthrough successes of the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform — all the way back in 2012. The company created smartwatches before the Apple Watch and Android-based smartwatches existed. While Pebble managed to sell over 2 million devices, the company abruptly closed in 2016. After an insolvency process, what was left was acquired by rival Fitbit (now a division of Google, of course). Fast forward to 2024, Migicovsky had a bold idea: what if we could go back to those simpler times and simpler tech devices? What if we could bring back the spirit of the Pe…