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I’ve had an Apple Watch for years but I very rarely use it for anything I couldn’t do with my Pebble Time Round all those years ago. Set timers, control music,
by afavour 3y ago
I’ve had an Apple Watch for years but I very rarely use it for anything I couldn’t do with my Pebble Time Round all those years ago. Set timers, control music, check the weather… all possible with a device that was cheaper, had a longer lasting battery and looked better (subjective opinion of course).
RIP Pebble. You were always doomed because you couldn’t have the kind of OS integration a first party device could, but you were the little watch that could.
- _ea1k 3y agoTBH, OS integration on Android wasn't too bad. They were able to leverage a lot of the exposed Android Wear APIs. But they were really slow to embrace fitness usage and a lot of people found them less attractive than the Fitbit.
- amatecha 3y agoI've always felt the Pebble was superior to the Apple Watch for controlling music playback, because you could control the playback with tactile buttons you can operate without looking at. With the Apple Watch you don't really have any choice but to raise your wrist (to make the screen turn on), look at the screen to know where to tap, and tap precisely on the right spot on the screen. With the Pebble you can just feel for the upper button and push on it. One of the ways in which my "upgrade" to an Apple Watch was actually a downgrade :\
- gnicholas 3y agoExactly. I looked for a long time to replace my pebble. Garmin sort of does it, but most of the time I actually control music playback via my AirPods, which don’t need to be in the right state in order to control anything.