{"id":571538,"date":"2026-07-06T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/571538\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:47:15","slug":"pebbles-round-2-will-cash-in-on-smartwatch-nostalgia-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/571538\/","title":{"rendered":"Pebble\u2019s Round 2 Will Cash In on Smartwatch Nostalgia This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some smartwatches try too hard to be an all-in-one wrist-mounted computer\u2014a minimalist Omni-tool<\/a> or a Pip-Boy<\/a> without any sense of whimsy. But here are some smartwatches that simply build on the original premise of the wristwatch and keep track of time, and maybe also your steps and messages. While short-lived, the original Pebble was one of those smartwatches that didn\u2019t try to be an invasive healthcare-monitoring tool disguised as a watch. And it\u2019s finally returning to us next this month.<\/p>\n

Pebble\u2019s Round 2<\/a> smartwatch may not look like much at first glance. It\u2019s shaped like a traditional wristwatch. There are physical buttons on the side\u2014with one styled to look like a traditional winder\u2014a slim bezel, and a traditional 14mm or 20mm band.<\/p>\n

The Round 2 also mimics a classic watch with a 1.3-inch, 260 x 260 display, which puts its size and weight closer to those of typical wristwatches than to the 41mm to 45mm smartwatches from Google, Samsung, and Apple. Granted, the larger 41mm to 45mm watches tend to have higher resolutions, ranging from the Apple Watch Series 9<\/a> 41mm\u2019s 352 x 430 pixels to 480 x 480 pixels on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Feature-wise, this is a minimalist smartwatch. It has no speakers and no heart rate monitor. It\u2019s a light, thin stainless steel device that tells the time, displays incoming text messages, tracks your steps and sleep, and includes a microphone for voice-to-text.<\/p>\n

The Pebble Round 2 does take touchscreen inputs, but for those who don\u2019t enjoy tiny touchscreens, it\u2019s fully controllable via buttons as well. So it has some modern features, but the Round 2 sticks to the bare essentials. It\u2019s not a smartwatch for the would-be cyborg but a modern update to the classic wristwatch that provides functionality without intrusion. In fact, we enjoyed the Pebble Round 2 so much that it was crowned our Best Smartwatch of CES 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Initially, the Pebble Round 2 was expected to ship in May, but production issues delayed the shipment. The Round 2 is now set to begin shipping to customers this month, with all pre-order shipments completed by September, when it hits shelves for the masses.<\/p>\n

In any case, you\u2019ve still got time to pre-order the Pebble Round 2 for just $200 if you happen to be in the market for a smartwatch that doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s smarter than you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some smartwatches try too hard to be an all-in-one wrist-mounted computer\u2014a minimalist Omni-tool or a Pip-Boy without any…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[258],"tags":[18,282,19,17,768,284,82,3149],"class_list":["post-571538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-eire","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-pebble","tag-smartwatches","tag-technology","tag-wearables"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116873110868934162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}