The return of Pebble offers a chance to reset the clock on smartwatches. Eric Migicovsky, the original idea man behind Pebble’s simple, pared-down e-paper wearable, is back with a device that looks akin to that decade-old smartwatch brand in the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2. The first footage of Migicovsky’s resurrected wearable shows […]
Garmin’s New Paid Tier Is Filled With AI, but Actually Seems Useful
If there’s anything we’ve been learning these last couple of months, all good things must end. Fortunately, Garmin isn’t putting an end to its free tier, but it is introducing a premium plan called Garmin Connect+. The perks will sound familiar if you subscribe to apps like Strava. And because its 2025, the paid features […]
You Can Control the Newest Samsung TVs With a Flick of Your Wrist (And a Samsung Watch)
In a case of product synergy no one asked for, you can now control Samsung’s 2025 line of televisions with the company’s smartwatches. Yep, for those cases where your remote goes M.I.A. to the Isle of Lost Things, you can still watch the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again or The Residence but you will […]
Pebble’s Successor Has Me Stoked for the Return of the Simple Smartwatch
The dream of the cool-but-not-overly-garish smartwatch is alive and well with not-Pebble’s new smartwatches, the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2. Pebble, known by diehard nerds for making one of the gadget world’s most beloved throwback wearables, is reprising its vintage-looking smartwatches under a new moniker, Core Devices. Aesthetically, the smartwatches remain largely […]
I’m Obsessed With J.D. Vance’s Apple Watch
Sometimes, the Vice President of the United States wears an Apple smartwatch. Last week the blog Watches of Espionage called out Vance over the issue in what it called an “open letter” to the Vice President. Smartwatches are a security risk, they collect a lot of valuable information about us, and it’s strange for a […]