As he puts it, “yesterday, pebble watch software was ~95% open source. In this video, we explore what this means for diy enthusiasts, developers, and the future of wearable technology. One sticking point in past open source efforts was the lack of a fully open mobile app
Core devices has published the source code for its pebble mobile app on. In an era of planned obsolescence and corporate control, pebble’s decision (or the current maintainers’ decision) to open source everything is genuinely refreshing. Migicovsky learned some painful lessons from pebble's first shutdown
The gap between 95% and 100% open source turned out to matter more than anyone expected Android users couldn't easily get the companion app. Following a week of community deliberation regarding the future of the pebble ecosystem, core devices—the company behind the pebble revival—has announced that the watch software is now 100% open source This announcement marks a significant shift in strategy.
The project uses kotlin multiplatform, enabling a single codebase across platforms. The resurrection of a beloved product through community effort
