{"id":76831,"date":"2025-05-05T15:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76831\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:56:08","slug":"the-pebbles-creator-eric-migicovsky-demos-his-new-core-2-duo-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76831\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pebble\u2019s creator, Eric Migicovsky, demos his new Core 2 Duo smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

After announcing a new company called Core Devices and a pair of new smartwatches running the now open-source PebbleOS<\/a>, the Pebble\u2019s creator, Eric Migicovsky, has launched a podcast. In the first episode of Tick Talk w\/ Eric Migicovsky, he gives a brief demo of the Core 2 Duo that\u2019s still in development, talks about potential new features, and addresses concerns over how US tariffs will affect the price and delivery of the new smartwatches.<\/p>\n

Migicovsky is still confident the Core 2 Duo \u2014 the cheaper model with a black-and-white screen lacking touch capabilities \u2014 is going to ship some time in July 2025, but his demo of one of the first units from the factory shows a device with software that\u2019s still under development. The familiar PebbleOS UI is there, but basic features like telling time haven\u2019t been enabled yet, and the Core Devices team is still working on drivers for vibrating notifications and the smartwatch\u2019s accelerometer.<\/p>\n

The Core 2 Duo will come with a silicone strap reminiscent of the Apple Watch\u2019s with a slot for tucking excess length away while it\u2019s worn, and Migicovsky demonstrated the tiny USB-C magnetic charging dongle<\/a> they revealed last month.<\/p>\n

Although Migicovsky believes the original Pebble team did a lot of things right a decade ago with the original Pebble watches, there are a few new features he wants to eventually introduce for the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2, a follow-up that\u2019s set to ship in December 2025 with a color touchscreen. Watch face widgets would make it easier to see information like the weather or upcoming appointments at a quick glance, while deeper integration with Beeper \u2014 the universal chat app Migicovsky developed after selling Pebble to Google \u2014 would improve both smartwatches\u2019 communication capabilities.<\/p>\n

Better access to AI voice agents is something on Core Devices\u2019 wish list, given that the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2 both have speakers and microphones. And thanks to the European Union\u2019s Digital Markets Act (DMA)<\/a> forcing Apple to open up its devices, Migicovsky says he will support expanded operability with iOS should Apple allow it, potentially allowing users to respond by voice to incoming messages when paired to an iPhone, at least in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Core Devices team is also doing a lot of work on PebbleOS\u2019 underlying architecture and porting it to two new Bluetooth chipsets with the goal of expanding the types of devices the operating system can be used with \u2014 not just wearables. But what those other devices might be hasn\u2019t been revealed yet.<\/p>\n

During the podcast, Migicovsky also addresses the effect President Trump\u2019s tariffs on Chinese-made goods will have on the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2, as both smartwatches are manufactured in Shenzhen. With steeper tariffs for these types of devices on pause, Chinese-made smartwatches are currently subjected to 27.5 percent tariffs, he says, which will potentially increase the price of incoming shipments by $10 or $25. But specifics on how that will affect the cost of the $149 Core 2 Duo and $225 Core Time 2 aren\u2019t yet known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After announcing a new company called Core Devices and a pair of new smartwatches running the now open-source…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76832,"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-76831","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\/114456047354125476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76831","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=76831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}