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Pebble Mega Update – July 2026
- girvo 2mo agoI am so excited for my Round 2. The original Pebble Time Round (20mm w/ brown leather strap) is the single best smartwatch I've ever owned. Can't wait to relive it today haha
- koiueo 2mo agoI received my Time 2 recently. The original Time was my first smartwatch, which I used for maybe 7 years, until decided to sell it after briefly switching to iphone. Since then I was constantly looking for something similar in terms of capabilities and battery life. I pre-ordered my Time 2 immediately after it opened, but since then I started regretting my decision. It's quite an expensive watch, and I got used to living without it, so it the spending seemed unjustified. But all regrets went away when I received the package. It's a good product. Excited for you too!
- onli 2mo agoBut its so cheap compared to other watches, analog watches I mean. And it is also competitively priced against other smartwatches, isn't it? The price really shouldn't feel all that bad.
- koiueo 2mo agoYou're right, that's just my perspective. I've been on Amazfit Bip S. That's 10% of the price if we account for taxes and delivery. And I haven't even considered the vast majority of alternatives due to (IMO) ugly OLED screens. Wouldn't buy any of those even for 30$, but you're right, they can be quite expensive.
- aidenn0 2mo agoI wear an analog watch; I've never spent over $200 on a watch, despite being a bit picky (I insist on a day-of-week feature). Seiko doesn't seem to make the movement in my watch anymore (5M83), but the equivalent automatic-winding mechanical watch can be had for under $200 still. Casio and Citizen sell analog watches for under $100.
- onli 2mo agoSure. Also the Chinese watch brands offer good mechanical watches for even under $100, or for not much more (steeldive for example, or pagani), I'm aware. But there are also a lot of watches that are more expensive, way more expensive than the pebble. Plus the typical price for the smartwatches, I just checked the Samsung galaxy watch, over 300€. The pebble looks fine there.
- rusk 2mo agoThey’re not going to support legacy pebble by any chance?
- rf15 2mo agoThey... kind of do, software-side at least. What kind of support are you looking for?
- MDCore 2mo agoLegacy pebbles still work great with rebble.io. I still use my pebble time daily connected to my android phone.
- happymellon 2mo agoI went through 3 pebbles with the screen corrupting, and sending it back for a refurb. I'm jealous that yours is still working, and I'm looking forward to getting back in the fold. My Fitbit Versa that I finally got after the acquisition is definitely spiritually related, but after Google bought Fitbit and got involved it became terrible with bugs.
- rusk 2mo agoThey did the decent thing with the Versa and refunded everybody.
- happymellon 2mo agoHow did i miss this? Unfortunately it isn't quite everyone, it appears to only be folks affected by the overheating issue and you need to have all the original accessories. I replaced the strap because the one it came with tore.
- rusk 2mo agoMy main issue was it was bricked. I had given up on it and then just got an email out of the blue. Just because I bought direct from them I guess. They didn’t demand any proof or that I send the device back or anything. They just gave me the money which due to exchange rate fluctuations actual turned a profit!
- yde_java 2mo agoFeels so fresh to hear their CEO talk so openly and transparently of all the flaws their products still have. Sounds like he's someone very fun to work with.
- beefsack 2mo agoNirav from Framework is similar, he speaks openly about compromises they make with their designs and why they make them. When leaders are both technical and open about these sorts of things it makes me feel like I can trust that they are invested in supporting and improving their products.
- consp 2mo agoThe failure rate waving is quite a stretch though. If you take into account reporting rates and time (since most people do not have the watch for long) I'm quite concerned. And I own a PT2. The "look big number, it's not a problem" does not translate to actual sensible failure rates. To be clear: 51 broken screens in less than two months results in a yearly failure rate of over 1% which is find quite high for a watch.
- idiotsecant 2mo agoWhat would your acceptable failure rate be?
- consp 2mo agoLess than 1% yoy combined. This is far over that when you combine all failures. Battery degradation is of course excluded.
- apparent 2mo agoThe fact that he's putting his money where his mouth is (replacing all broken screen PT2s for the foreseeable future) is what gives me confidence that the rate is very low, even if his number is not quite right for the reasons you indicate.
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- vrighter 2mo agofinally.... my time 2 should be shipped by the end of the month. I've been waiting for it for ages! can't wait!
- embedding-shape 2mo agoAnyone tried/ended up using their Index 01 in any substantial way? Looks interesting but the non-changable battery turned me off a bit, now this post reminded me of the little ring again, looks handy for taking quick voice memos.
- mellosouls 2mo agoI'm on ze list but not a beta tester so haven't used it, but as I remember the claim was to expect up to a couple of years life with moderate use; works out about $40 a year so seems ok to me if I mentally model it as a subscription. Update: ah, here (obv the founders claim): https://repebble.com/index https://repebble.com/index How long does the battery last? Roughly 12 to 15 hours of recording. On average, I use it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. That's up to 2 years of usage.
- Zababa 2mo ago"Battery that lasts for years" being actually 12-15 hours of recording is a huge turn off honestly. >How long does the battery last? >Roughly 12 to 15 hours of recording. On average, I use it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. That's up to 2 years of usage. They then say: >Wait, it's single use? >Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in this particular circumstance we believe it's the best solution to the given set of constraints. Other smart rings like Oura cost $250+ and need to be charged every few days. We didn't want to build a device like that. Before the battery runs out, the Pebble app notifies and asks if you'd like to order another ring. My oura has lasted ~3 years, I recharge it twice a week usually, and I think it has spent way more than 15-20 hours turned on.
- paweladamczuk 2mo agoI wonder if the functionality od Index 01 will also be available via the Pebble watch? I mean, it would be logical to allow that, all it needs is a separate app for the watch. But I didn't find any clear confirmation of this anywhere.
- ZiiS 2mo agoProbably https://apps.repebble.com/brain-dump-index01-for-your-pebble_e4f66f24bb0a440b9f6aad69 https://apps.repebble.com/brain-dump-index01-for-your-pebble...
- wlesieutre 2mo agoLess the part where you can do it one handed, I don't see why they wouldn't be. Even the Time Round 2 has a microphone just no speaker. If not official support somebody else can always make it.
- staindk 2mo agoIt will be - see Eric's responses here https://github.com/coredevices/mobileapp/issues/270 https://github.com/coredevices/mobileapp/issues/270 I am very keen to use the PT2 version. Don't need a dedicated ring.
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- whazor 2mo agoI got the pebble time 2 now for a month. Pebble is the Casio smartwatch. The issues are a bit sad. But I will happily upgrade with the discount to the revised version of time 2. To me, a Pebble is better than an apple watch due to battery life and hack-ability. Especially with the latest AI models it is just your imagination. And with ASK and Notification Forwarding it will be much closer to a Apple Watch in functionality.
- Jordan-117 2mo agoIf only iOS didn't gatekeep some of its most useful functions, that would be great.
- ddtaylor 2mo agoApple has been gate keeping for decades. It's a fundamental part of their business strategy. Anyone still expecting anything different is ignoring reality. It's really not complicated. If you want to continue to be gate kept, use their products and keep giving them your money. If you don't want to be involved with their shady practices, stop giving them your money and using their products.
- KORraN 2mo agoWhat functionalities are limited on iOS? I'm curious, because I'm considering Pebble watch as I'm disappointed with Garmin.
- whazor 2mo agoNow with Pebble you only receive iOS notifications. Soon in Europe you can reply to notifications via voice.
- Jordan-117 2mo agoMigicovsky wrote an article on it: https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones/ https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-... That said, I'm happy with my Pebble on iPhone (though I'd be happier if it had fuller access).
- ghalvatzakis 2mo agoI want this so badly, but unfortunately, shipping to Europe comes with unpredictable customs fees.
- chias 2mo agoI had my PT2 shipped to Germany. Watch cost $225 and then I had to pay an additional $58.54 in taxes / customs fees.
- raffael_de 2mo agoowning a time 2. nice watch. but i consider its purchase more as voting with my wallet for future editions. its utility is seriously limited by its dependence on a smartphone. given its size it's rather disappointing that it contains neither mobile, nor wifi, not even gps. while it may be an odd comparison, given my user profile and its feature set it is about as useful as my sensorwatch pro 2 which i really enjoy. i wish there where swappable custom boards for casios with more than three buttons ... the calculator casios would be a dream.
- consp 2mo agoMobile, WiFi and GPS would require a substantially bigger battery to achieve the planned 30 days (I get about 25 days). I guess it wasn't a design goal.
- raffael_de 2mo agomaybe. i don't see the appeal of 30 days battery at the expense of such relevant features. 3 days would be more than enough for me. also, considering that the watch is practically useless without a connected phone, advertising its excessive battery life is questionable.
- fooqux 2mo agoThis is a bit of a hand wave, sorry, but if you're okay with a 3 day battery life and want those features, then maybe the pebble is just not the watch you're looking for? I hear good things about the Garmin watches. I deeply appreciate the battery life personally. Every time I charge it is an opportunity to forget to put it back on. I can go on a long trip and not worry about packing a charger. I can wear it at night to track sleeping more easily. And probably most importantly, with weeks of life, there's basically zero chance of me being surprised at 9am after leaving the house that my watch is about to die in a couple hours.
- donohoe 2mo ago> considering that the watch is practically useless without a connected phone It can still tell you the time. Its primary function is a watch.
- 4ggr0 2mo agomissed the hype ten years ago, but now have a Pebble 2 Duo since about half a year. absolutely love it, although seeing images of the new models makes me a bit jealous. but just being able to see incoming messages on my wrist on a device i have to charge about once a month is so comfortable. bit of a bummer that the new weather app is not for P2D, but well.
- k__ 2mo agoAre they still using eink?
- tmilard 2mo agoI kind of think so. This is why I believe the battery duration is so good. But it is a better eink display then 10 years ago.
- _fzslm 2mo agoIt's a low power transflective LCD branded as e-paper, not e-ink. So it has none of e-inks downsides (namely low refresh rate and image persistence)
- lukeify 2mo ago> Is there a warranty? > Yes, we warrant against manufacturing defects for 30 days after you receive your order. Is this the shortest warranty on a consumer electronics device ever? What on earth are they thinking.
- lawn 2mo agoIt's also under the minimum EU demands, but I guess they found a loophole or they just hope they won't be fined.
- hn8726 2mo agoEU doesn't impose a minimum manufacturer warranty period. What it imposes is a _seller_ guarantee, for which the manufacturer's limited warranty conditions don't really apply directly anyway. Many companies will offer a 2-year warranty because they know that's how long they need to support the buyer anyway, but I've often seen conditions like "2 year warranty for EU, 1yr in US". Anyway, iiuc pebble is not doing anything illegal as long as they don't refuse seller warranty for these 2 years
- lawn 2mo agoI'm not quite sure what that implies. That they have to support EU customers (since they sell directly to them) for 2 years and their "30 day warranty claim" is overridden?
- spwa4 2mo agoYou realize the EU let Chinese sellers sell lead-containing painted toys to EU babies for 12 years despite endless warnings, right? They will not act unless forced or it's easy enough. The EU came from the "European Union of coal and steel". It's a business first, not a government. And yes, they've really deceived a lot of people about this. That's why we have the DMA ... except for Apple ... except for Google, as if that doesn't negate the entire law. That's why we have the GPDR, except for (just for the Netherlands) any company the government wants https://www.avgregisterrijksoverheid.nl/ https://www.avgregisterrijksoverheid.nl/ (specifically this negates the purpose of the GPDR. The first purpose of it was to protect your medical data from insurers, taxes, police and courts, so the insurer cannot decide you're committing fraud based on your medical data, or raise prices for you, or ... for example) well "ministerie-van-sociale-zaken-en-werkgelegenheid" has a specific exemption so they can regulate whether unemployment money can be used for medical treatment, and which ones ... And that's just one example.
- podgorniy 2mo agoCool watch. Have mine for a while. Would recommend. I love battery time (around 2 weeks with my usage patterns with longer backlight time). Love variability and flexibility of watchfaces. Comparing to my usecases of applewatch I am missing "find my phone" (which is mentioned to be under development) and paying with the watch. Yet increased battery life + hackability compensates those for me. Hacking your own app is also something easily accessible. When I preordered the watch I thought of a breathing app which could be used with closed eyes. App must indicate breathing phase with vibrations. Guess what? In couple days I got first version running and published (couple more weeks of polishing completely transformed the initial version which still has screenshots in the project folder for historical reasons). In case you also want to meditate/box-breach with your pebble here is it free on any charge https://github.com/podgorniy/pebble-box-breathing https://github.com/podgorniy/pebble-box-breathing
- bschwindHN 2mo agoWow, the UI on that weather app is slick! Well done to whoever designed/implemented it.
- chias 2mo agoThe watch I really want is the Pebble Time 2 with a black-and-white screen. The Pebble Time 2 is a huge step up from the Pebble 2 Duo in almost every conceivable way, but the contrast ratio on the latter is so much better that I still wear the P2D instead of the PT2, and just resign myself to deal with the lower resolution screen and inferior build quality.
- netless 2mo agoagree 100%
- nosrepa 2mo agoJust don't use a color watch face?
- chias 2mo agothe contrast ratio of a black-and-white e-ink screen is significantly better than the contrast ratio of a color e-eink screen when displaying black and white. It's a very noticeable difference between black-and-white vs dark-grey-on-light-grey. The P2D is much more comfortable to read indoors with the backlight off. https://i.imgur.com/Z2Yrkl1.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Z2Yrkl1.jpeg
- apparent 2mo agoYour reasoning is correct but Pebbles don't use E Ink screens. That's a specific technology made by a company by the same name.
- bArray 2mo agoWas just checking out the Index 01 [1]: > Why can't it be recharged? > We considered this but decided not to for several reasons: > You'd probably lose the charger before the battery runs out! > Adding charge circuitry and including a charger would make the product larger and more expensive. > You send it back to us to recycle. I don't think this is true. The charging circuit could have been in the charger itself. To provide access to the battery, one of the terminals could be behind a transistor enabled by the micro. The charger could then send a signal to the ring to unlock the battery terminal. Then all you needed to do was expose two/three pads externally. [1] https://repebble.com/index https://repebble.com/index
- irjustin 2mo agoYeah I agree if it was 10 yrs then I would say no need to charge, but apparently it's 2 yrs? In that time frame you could totally recharge it. I agree losing the charger is actually pretty likely but THAT'S ON ME. For a $75 product, I don't want to consider it a consumable. So 100% agreed, +$10 add terminals and a special charger.
- hennell 2mo agoWhy can't they just sell the charger separately? If you lose it you buy a new one. You could even make it a seperate item - buy one with/without the charger, then in 2 years you decide if you want the charger or an upgrade.
- bArray 2mo ago> How long does the battery last? > Roughly 12 to 15 hours of recording. On average, I use it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. That's up to 2 years of usage. 2 years is optimistic I think. 3-6 second thoughts is not much, most ideas I'm having past TODOs are >15 seconds. Plus this would definitely depend also on how regularly you sync to the app. Bare in mind, these devices have not yet been used in the wild on people outside of the product creator. Maybe one of the use cases is to note down monologues, or to easily record conversations with clients for later review. 1 month battery life is also highly usable, but there at least should be a way to charge it.
- reddozen 2mo agoI don't know why HN is obsessed with whatever this product is (literally never heard of it) but I'm getting strong juicero vibes. Is this all botted up votes hoping for more VC slop or...?
- laszlojamf 2mo agoI also haven't used it, but apparently people liked the old pebble: https://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/1ijjm5w/people_who_want_to_go_back_to_pebble_what_does_it/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/1ijjm5w/people_who_...
- mhluongo 2mo agoNo, it's a nostalgia thing from us olds + the long battery life and hackability.
- dymk 2mo agoIt’s all nostalgia mining
- apparent 2mo agoNah, it's more than that. They didn't just resuscitate the brand and slap it onto some pre-made hardware. They're building everything from scratch. They are building devices that are just like the original Pebbles, but with smaller bezels and longer battery life. The only potential asterisk is the protruding screen breakage issue on the PT2, which the company swears is not a big issue. Time will tell.
- nticompass 2mo agoYou've never heard of "the most funded project in Kickstarter history"? This project is the continuation of Pebble watches after they sold their assets to Fibit, Fitbit got bought by Google and Google open sourced Pebble software.
- Shalomboy 2mo agoI disagree with the super limited warranty terms and the lack of charger for the Index 01, but I am happy to give Eric and the Pebble Team a pass this time while their company is in this stage. I really hope they adopt stronger pro-consumer practices as the company finds its footing, but if they don't the good thing about their watches is how durable they are. I kept my Pebble Time on wrist through 2023, and by then I only stopped because I got sick of trying to repair the adhesive connecting the front bezel(?) to the back case. The PT2 is already a marked improvement over that watch's build quality so I figure I'll be good for at least eight years of daily use. Its so good having Pebble back in action though.
- jerlam 2mo agoI don't know if I would count durability as one of Pebble's strengths. The Pebble 2's silicone buttons often failed, and the bezel of the Time scratched if you looked at it wrong. There's also the whole thing with the company failing and only being propped up by Rebble to restore functionality.
- Dachande663 2mo agoIt still pains me the only way to access some features is to have an account on Apple, Google, or Microsoft. No standard auth, no generic oauth.
- jcoder 2mo agoThe ring sizing has been such a debacle, first with needing to buy (!) their special ring sizing kit because standard sizing wouldn’t be accurate they said, and now they say that the ring sizing kits weren’t true to size and suggest this: > When in doubt, order a larger size. You can always adjust a larger Index 01 to feel smaller with a foam adhesive or clip but you can’t make it larger! Size up and shim it with foam!
- toomuchtodo 2mo agoI thought it was reasonable, having bought the $10 sizing kit (3D printed, mailed from SF) and a ring.
- laweijfmvo 2mo agoagree, not being able to guarantee or even know, it seems, how your sizing works is a deal breaker and i might have to cancel my order until i see how the first reviews come out :/
- bodge5000 2mo agoI could be misremembering but I seem to recall them saying that their sizing (the reason you had to buy the special sizing kit) was slightly smaller than normal, and now it turns out the rings are coming out slightly bigger, could it be that all along we should've just used normal US ring sizing?
- duxup 2mo agoWas this a manufacturing issue or something? How do you manufacture a ring and not know what size it is / sell it to people?
- warp 2mo agoto be fair, most smart rings (oura, samsung, even the cheap chinese ones on aliexpress) use ring sizing kits. it seems to be standard practice in this space.
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- HarHarVeryFunny 2mo agoThe Pebble Time 2 looks pretty tempting to develop a custom running/fitness app for. It's got heartrate detector, accelerometer, vibrator for silent feedback, plus an SDK that works with Linux.
- MostlyStable 2mo agoI almost decided to make my own app recently (and was also considering the Pebble) to try and replicate the old basis Peak functionality, but when I found out that the Garmin health data was relatively open and accessible, l decided that it was easier to just make a new badge/gamification system for the Garmin data than to make an entire tracking app.
- KetoManx64 2mo agoDidn't Garmin recently change the terms of their deal and put the API behind a paywall?
- MostlyStable 2mo agoyes, but the GarminDB [0] project still manages to get most available data by impersonating a browser (admittedly that could be broken eventually). If that happens in the future, I'll probably revisit making an entire tracking app for myself. [0] https://github.com/tcgoetz/GarminDB https://github.com/tcgoetz/GarminDB
- VCFundedGenYer 2mo agoI feel this would have been incredible....in the 2014-2016 timeframe. There just isn't any room for this product anymore. Pebble was at the top of their game before Apple came in and showed them up.
- apparent 2mo agoIf Apple made a watch with 1/4 the battery life of a Pebble, I would agree. However, there are apparently 20,000 people who prefer to have less functionality and more battery life than Apple/Samsung/Google are interested in offering. There are other options like Garmin and Amazfit, but honestly the UI on both of those are pretty awful, especially compared to the slick Pebble UI.
- ramses0 2mo ago...and BUTTONS! Pebble's capabilities are excellent b/c the UX of a ~1.5" screen is wildly different than that of an iPhone. Up/Down/Forward/Backwards and the occasional long-press is an excellent match for on-the-go interaction. I absolutely hated brushing the iWatch screen and triggering random crap and there was no other way to interact with it! Garmin's w/ 5 buttons and transflective (sunlight-readable) displays have been the closest alternative, and they have a pretty cool "touch-screen alt mode" which you can access via press+hold on two of the diagonal buttons to enable/disable (or automatically starts if you open up the "maps" app for dragging it around). Long battery, sunlight readable, buttons.
- haritha-j 2mo agoThe index is a ludicrous product. The battery life, they claim, is 2 years. This is one heck of a misrepresentation. It is actually 12-15 hours. They get the 2 years because its meant to be used around 10-20 times a day, in *3-6 second* recordings. The device is being marketed as external memory for your brain. I'm hardly a philosopher, but I don't have many useful thoughts that are 3-6 seconds in length. heck, when i try to voice record a thought, i'm uhming and erring for the at least 3 seconds.
- cush 2mo agoThat discrepancy isn't explainable given a change in daily use. 12hrs vs 2 years is a 1000x difference. You're saying they expected people to use it 1000x less than they actually are? That's them expecting people to use it for 1 min per day, and people actually are using it for 16 hours per day
- LeifCarrotson 2mo agoLow power electronics are all about low duty cycles: if it can be worn but asleep and drawing next to no power for 15 hours and 59 minutes, and recording audio for 60 seconds, they only need enough battery to run the processor for 60 seconds. No one is using the thing like a dedicated microphone to record their entire day's audio, it's a note-taking tool.
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- cush 2mo agoYeah I know. I misunderstood the 12-15hr battery life comment. They're saying the battery lasts for 12-15hrs *of recording*. Very different statements.
- apparent 2mo agoGiven their track record hitting the battery life projections for the P2D and PT2 (almost), I would give them the benefit of the doubt on the Index01.
- proee 2mo agoI liked the idea of the Pebble index, but don't really want another device to manage. So I ended up configuring my apple watch to record a memo using the double-pinch gesture. It uses whisper ai, and translation has been great. After voice memo is translated, I parse the text using some apple shortcuts and inject things like tasks into my daily memos. So far it's been working great, and it's allowed me to offload important ideas that are on the tip of my brain.
- cush 2mo agoIt's kind of interesting reading the scathing comments about the lack of a rechargable battery, but it probably makes the most sense if the two year battery life claims are true, as you'd likely be ready for an upgrade by then and the technology would be cheaper and/or more advanced. This thing isn't an iphone. It weighs a few grams. There's likely less silicon and battery in it than in the singing greeting card you got two year old for their birthday. Everyone needs to chill out
- lardosaurusrex 2mo agoJohn Pebble sold his community and their collective souls for a corn chip and I genuinely don't understand why they all went rushing back to him; particularly after he went on his little social media crusade against rebble and accused them of stealing and gatekeeping the apps/software that were already -- and have been for years now -- avaliable. Every time he makes a post I can't help but somehow lose even more respect for him and his stupid ring is so enviromentally unfriendly and anticonsumer that even if I was given one for free by him I would likely still spit in his face and cuss him out. Also... a 30 day warranty? Does he think that's cute? What the f--.
- apparent 2mo agoThe notion that a ring-sized device could be "so environmentally unfriendly" is just not serious. I have no desire to get one, but environmentalism has zero to do with it. Is my smoke detector "so environmentally unfriendly" because it requires alkaline batteries? There are so many things that are bigger than a ring (and have a greater manufacturing carbon footprint) that we do not think twice about using.
- slashdev 2mo agoAgreed, that’s a silly argument. You should worry more about your daily commute than a little ring. It’s plastic straws all over again.
- swyx 2mo ago> John Pebble sold his community and their collective souls for a corn chip and I genuinely don't understand why they all went rushing back to him youve never made a mistake? you didnt think google had at least a decent shot of making pebble even bigger and better? he has not been shy about google's errors in handling pebble post acquisition. please be kinder - this is clearly his passion and he wants to run things his way. let him cook. spitting on a strangers face just because you dont agree with how they run their business when its really none of yours is something you should reflect on.
- citruscomputing 2mo agoI'm super excited about the Index. All the time, I feel like I go "oh, I need to buy this thing" or "I should message that person about this" but I'm in the middle of a task and then I forget. (Or I have to get out my phone or a notepad to write it down - the phone is distracting and the notepad needs to be synced manually later, which I won't do.) I think my main use case is probably going to be adding stuff to my grocery list while I'm cooking, but I'm also excited about the webhooks integrations - I can pipe my idle while-driving questions to an agent and read the report later, for example. Or maybe I'll connect it to home assistant - "It's cold, turn down the AC please" or "hey can you play some music" without having to break focus. If this all works alright, I'm thinking about figuring out audio-out, so I can ask "what's on my calendar for tomorrow" and get a verbal answer. (Or maybe, putting this+todo lists on e-ink displays in physical space.) I think the reason this is so exciting to me is that it's a way to interact with technology that's a lot less "evil" feeling. I am at my best when I'm not looking at screens all day, and the index provides an off-ramp that can potentially move several common workflows off those screens. I think even on my technology-off days, using the ring would still be fine. It also looks cool, and speaking into a ring to make things happen is much more aesthetically pleasing to me than "ok google." I really think you can't discount the cool factor here.
- nmstoker 2mo agoMy Time 2 was ordered early and still took an age to arrive (well beyond the estimate) but they were good enough to announce updated timing when I queried it and it came a few weeks after. I must say it's a fantastic piece of kit. Not worrying about charging it for 18 days is great and it gave me a little reminder the morning of the day it was expecting to need a recharge (in the evening) so it was nicely thought through. In terms of usage, it's just right - all vrry intuitive (although weirdly they didn't seem to list anywhere what each of the buttons did, so you need to explore but that's not difficult and you quickly get the hang of it). I used to find with my Google watches it wasn't clear when you were in Google Play looking at watch apps or for phone apps and the whole mental model was surprisingly frustrating but the Pebble nails it with a much more intuitive way.