{"id":383795,"date":"2026-01-02T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383795\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:59:07","slug":"pebbles-round-smartwatch-is-getting-a-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383795\/","title":{"rendered":"Pebble\u2019s round smartwatch is getting a reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s time to reboot another OG Pebble smartwatch \u2014 specifically, the round-faced Time Round, which is getting a follow-up more than a decade after its original launch. The new Pebble Round 2 improves upon its predecessor with longer battery life and a larger 1.3-inch touchscreen display, ditching the chunky bezel that surrounded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/11\/5\/9675612\/pebble-round-watch-review-time-smartwatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">original Time Round\u2019s<\/a> 1-inch screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While Pebble\u2019s original round-faced smartwatch only provided two days of battery life on a single charge, the Pebble Round 2 can go for up to two weeks. The 260 x 260 color e-paper display also provides twice as many pixels as the Time Round and now covers the entire watch face. Dual microphones are included that support speech input features like chatting with AI agents and replying to messages, though the latter is only available on Android for now, with iOS support coming to the EU \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Pebble Round 2 features a stainless steel frame that\u2019s available in black, silver, and rose gold color options. There are two quick-release band sizes available \u2014 14mm for rose gold, 20mm for black, and both 14mm and 20mm for the silver variant. Core Devices says that it\u2019s making several additional band accessory options for each size, including leather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cYou can do basic health and activity tracking (steps, sleep), but it\u2019s not designed to be a fitness or sports watch,\u201d Core Devices said in the announcement. The Pebble Round 2 includes an accelerometer and magnetometer, so this may appeal to anyone who needs a basic smartwatch and has nostalgia for the OG Pebble brand, but it won\u2019t be replacing your Garmin any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to reboot another OG Pebble smartwatch \u2014 specifically, the round-faced Time Round, which is getting a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[49,48,195,44,226,64,61,227],"class_list":{"0":"post-383795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-smartwatch","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-wearable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}