Pebble Technology has launched its range of smartwatches in India which will be sold exclusively by Amazon.in. These smartwatches come in four models – Pebble Classic, Pebble Time, Pebble Time Steel & Pebble Time Round. These are priced Rs. 5999, 9999,13999 and 15999, respectively.
Pebble Classic
Pebble Classic comes with a 1.26-inch ePaper display- an ultra-low-powered Sharp LCD with a 144×168-pixel resolution. Once fully charged, Pebble Classic can last for 7 days. It has a motion-sensing accelerometer and Ambient Light Sensor. The waterproof smartwatch is available in Red, White & Black colors. It also offers basic control of music on your phone: it’ll display song titles and let you pause and skip tracks. Pebble Classic is also perfectly adept at notifying you of calls, texts, emails and messages.
Pebble Time
Pebble Time is claimed to have daylight readability, up to 7 day battery life, water resistance, customizability — and adds a color e-paper display, voice dictation for message replies, and a thinner, ergonomic design to the mix. The Pebble Health feature tracks your steps, sleep, and helps to get personalized insights. It is available in Red, White & Black color.
Pebble Time Steel
Pebble Time Steel fits every occasion with hundreds of watch faces, with up to 10 days of battery life and personalization mode. With just 10.5 mm thin design, ergonomic profile and stainless steel band, the smartwatch enables you to manage everything from notifications, calendar events, incoming calls, fitness, music playback and more. Pebble Time Steel is also water resistant up to 30 meters and has a built-in microphone for voice notes and quick replies. The Pebble Health feature tracks your steps, sleep, and helps to get personalized insights. It is available in Black, Gold & Silver color.
Pebble Time Round
Pebble Time Round is 7.5mm thin and weighs just 28 grams and is the thinnest and lightest smartwatch in the world. Two band sizes (14mm or 20mm), three finishes (Black, Silver, or Rose Gold), and a selection of leather and stainless steel bands help Pebble Time Round suit more wrists and personal styles than ever. Pebble Time Round’s quick-release watchband mechanism lets users swap bands in seconds. The Pebble Health feature tracks your steps, sleep, and helps to get personalized insights.
Pebble Time Round features a quick-charging battery that lasts up to two days on a single charge. Charging for 15 minutes is enough to achieve a day of battery life. It is available in 14MM Silver Stone & 20MM Black.
These smartwatches work with Android and iPhone smartphones. With its in-built Pebble app store, users can browse a selection of over 13,000 free apps and watchfaces. Pebble is actively engaging with the developers to populate the app store (available on iOS and Android users). The company has also launched special watchfaces for India market.
Pebble has also introduced its health & fitness ecosystem- Pebble Health, a software update that enables non-stop activity tracking and sleep monitoring in all its smartwatches. Pebble Health features timeline, an interface that highlights what’s important in your day so users can get things done: past, present and future–at fingertips. Pebble Health seamlessly integrates with timeline that makes the stats and insights conveniently accessible for the user. Moreover, the app focuses on personal success by measuring the daily progress against personal average of the users. Every aspect of Pebble Health works simply, automatically, and seamlessly so that it’s fun and easy to use. Pebble Health is fully compatible with Google Fit and Apple Health Kit, Pebble Health, as stated by the company in its press release.
“We are extremely excited to introduce Pebble in India. Indian users have always been open to adopt new technologies especially in mobile. Hence, we see a promising future for Pebble in India. Our unique products offer amazing experience at an affordable price point to the users. In conjunction with our India launch, we are also looking at establishing a connected community of users and developers in India” says Eric Migicovsky, Founder & CEO, Pebble. “To reach out to users across regions we have partnered with Amazon.in for exclusive distribution of our watches”
