Pebble cloud services to continue through 2017

Prasad, 15 December 2016

Pebble has announced that it will be maintaining the cloud services through 2017. These are essential for all the internet related functionality on the Pebble watches to work.

Going forward, the mobile app will be updated to reduce the dependency on cloud services, so the watch will function even after the cloud services shut down. Everything that does not require cloud services, such as Pebble Health, will continue to work as it does now even after 2017. The company is currently evaluating how much further into the future it will enable smart features such as dictation, messaging, weather, etc. to work.

What happens beyond 2017 is still up in the air but the cloud services will likely be terminated, reducing the watches to just displaying time and notifications.

Source

Pebble Smartwatches

Reader comments

Sigh
08 Feb 2017
qai

Sigh... You guys here zero clue about jack. First, most who Kickstartered pebble 2 are getting refunds. Second, ALL SUPPORT could drop but it isn't. Third, they WERE the pioneers who allowed birth to smart watches. Forth, you don't get how crowd sour...

Sammy
16 Dec 2016
q{Z

This is a cautionary tale for buying electronics from a tiny kickstart company. From now on, I'm sticking to huge companies when I buy electronics!

Pix
16 Dec 2016
SeJ

What a disgraceful way to treat the people who made you a success. They should use the money raised from selling out to refund every single backer and purchaser in full. There should be a clause for every company that benefits from a crowdfunding cam...