Definitely a feature that adds so much for little.

I would love to see a schedule for colours. Indiglow blue in the morning, tactical orange mid day, and red for night time.

  • oneguynickEnglish
    7·
    15 days ago

    I loved the blue cyan backlight when I was a Boy Scout. If anyone wants to replicate, this is the hex code!

    #18dbed

    • directive0OP
      6·
      15 days ago

      It only seems to be configurable through the app. It’s under Settings>Watch Tab>Display.

      At the bottom of the page.

      • jode@pawb.social
        2·
        15 days ago

        Worth? I’ve kinda sworn off “smart” gadgets but I had the original Pebble and I’d love another.

        • directive0OP
          3·
          15 days ago

          I feel you on the smart gadgets thing. After the fall of pebble I swore off smart stuff and was into Casio and simpler amazefit neo type stuff for a while. Then I fell into casio PCB conversions and before I knew it I was back at basically smart watches again like the pinetime.

          When I saw pebble was back I had to get it. I pulled my old pebble time out and started daily driving it.

          The time 2 builds on the existing pebble vibe but just sort of smoothes a lot of edges, improves quality of life and feels like a solid upgrade. It’s early days but I kind of love it.

          Pros

          • The screen is great. Maaaaybe a tiny bit less legible than the time screen, but easy to read in most light and in sunlight it’s stunningly crisp. Not amazing color reproduction but eh, it’s epaper.
          • the buttons are this nice knurled metal and they click satisfyingly. An improvement over my old time’s mushy buttons.
          • It looks pretty slick imo I love how it looks on the wrist.
          • should you want them there is a decent hobbyist level of apps and watchfaces available for all sorts of things. You could also easily make your own if so I inclined.
          • there’s lots of simple customizations that feel very neighborly for example letting you flip the screen if you like the buttons on the other side for wearing on your right wrist.
          • it just has that fun lo-fi feel that is kind of missing these days.

          Cons

          • I haven’t completely discharged the battery yet, but at current rate I don’t see the endurance target being realistic. I think theres optimizations like turning off heartrate monitor etc. Maybe we’ll get there with updates.
          • while cool the backlight is not exceptionally bright. It’s not dim, but I could have used a bit more juice personally.
          • there are some minor bugs. Backlight will stop sometimes while navigating the menu. Not ideal in the dark. Again maybe this will be fixed.

          Tl;Dr

          Yeah I recommend it if you’re like me and like the pebble philosophy and are willing to accept some deficiencies. If you want a polished finished product I’m not sure it’s there yet. It’s a nice watch in general though. Even without notifications it offers a lot of unique timekeeping functions.

          • jode@pawb.social
            2·
            15 days ago

            I just lost my Casio due to putting it down while preparing some chicken while not exactly sober lol. I may look into a new pebble if I can’t find that damn Casio.

          • deadcream@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            14 days ago

            How is notifications integration with Android? None of the alternative smart watches I used (Xiaomi, Amazfit) were as good as wear os. E.g. they don’t support notification actions beyond texting apps, even though it’s possible (KDE connect does it).

            • directive0OP
              1·
              14 days ago

              Good question I can’t really speak to that I don’t typically respond from my wrist so I’m not even sure what it offers in way of features there. Sorry.