blog post<\/a>, confirming that while the company will remain as Core Devices, the watches will carry the iconic branding. The asterisk in \u201cPebble Time 2*\u201d is a deliberate nod to the original 2016 model of the same name that was famously canceled before shipping.<\/p>\nWhen will the upcoming smartwatches ship?<\/p>\n
The post also provided a crucial update on production timelines. <\/p>\n
The initial July shipping window for the Pebble 2 Duo has been missed, and the team\u2019s best estimate is that the first batch will now begin shipping at the end of August, with the second batch following in mid-September. The delay is attributed to an effort to improve the watch\u2019s waterproof rating beyond the initial IPX8 target, a process complicated by the new model\u2019s speaker.<\/p>\n
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The development of the Pebble 2 Duo is also progressing, the blog notes, with over 100 units having been shipped to \u2018alpha\u2019 testers for feedback. This testing phase helped identify and fix a software bug that was causing a clicking sound from the speaker. For US customers, it was also confirmed that a tariff of around $10 will be added to each order.<\/p>\n
Progress has been reported on the higher-end Pebble Time 2*, as well, with the smartwatch entering the Engineering Verification Test (EVT) phase. <\/p>\n
On the software side, a new companion mobile app is in closed beta, and the underlying open-source library has been released to developers.<\/p>\n
With units still scarce, we\u2019re unsure when we\u2019ll get our hands on the relaunched Pebble pairing for full reviews. However, Core Devices securing the original name is another nice boost for the feel-good wearable tech story of the year. So, fingers crossed for no more delays in shipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the recovery of the iconic trademark, founder Eric Migicovsky details new shipping estimates and development progress for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[786,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-33993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}