The Core 2 Duo smartwatch is \u201cnearing mass production,\u201d according to Migicovsky, and Core Devices is \u201con track to ship out all pre-orders in July and August.\u201d Customers who preordered the Core 2 Duo should receive an email later this month to confirm shipping and to pay any regional charges that apply, including duties, tariffs, and taxes.<\/p>\n
The Core 2 Time \u2013 an upgraded version of the Core 2 Duo that adds a touchscreen and sleep and step tracking capabilities \u2013 is also still on schedule for a release later this year, and the company is \u201caiming to have working engineering samples within the next month.\u201d<\/p>\n
Migicovsky also says the Core 2 Duo is ready to start beta testing and that 200 units have been manufactured and will be sent out to some early preorder customers over the next few weeks, but only those who opt in and are selected to be testers. The company is seeking volunteers to try the new hardware, software, and mobile apps.<\/p>\n
The most interesting detail about Core Devices starting its beta test program is that it\u2019s not limited to those who preordered the new watches. Migicovsky revealed that the company\u2019s new iOS and Android mobile apps are also designed to work with older smartwatches, including the Pebble Time<\/a> (both the Steel<\/a> and Round<\/a> versions) and the Pebble 2<\/a>. If you still have any of those models on hand, you\u2019re encouraged to join the beta program to put the new app through its paces.<\/p>\n Even if you don\u2019t have any interest in testing Core Devices\u2019 new hardware or software, this is great news for fans of the original Pebble watches who have had to rely on sideloading old versions of the company\u2019s mobile app to keep them running after Fitbit ended support<\/a> back in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Core 2 Duo smartwatch is \u201cnearing mass production,\u201d according to Migicovsky, and Core Devices is \u201con track…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,12,3317,326,53,16,15,8260],"class_list":{"0":"post-181283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-smartwatch","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wearable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114676508052671092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}