Galki returned, baby. On Monday, Google (who owns IP Pebble's IP by using Its purchase Fitbit) open source OG Modern Smart WWatch software. Despite the fact that this paves the way for everyone to make new wearable devices in the style of pebbles (or customizable firmware for old models), one high -ranking figure already raised her hand: the creator of Galki Eric Migikovsky.
Google says that Pebbleos with open source includes most of the source software source code. The only exception is the proprietary code for the software for the chipset and Bluetooth. Mattiu Jeanson from Google, Katherine Berry and Liam Mclaflin wrote that the developers are faced with a “non -trivial volume of work” when searching for a replacement for tearing code fragments. Migikovsky says that he spurred the project by asking friends in Google, whether they will open software.
The founder of Pebble, who continued Launch Beeper (Imessage application for Android, which caused A short -lived war with Apple), wrote In his blog, he wants his planned smart watches to be a modern look at the original pebbles – a spiritual successor who is not trying to re -invent the wheel. “No one makes smart watches with the main set of functions that I want,” he wrote. “I really really hoped that someone else would come and build a replacement of pebbles. But there is nobody. ”
Its list of wishes for the not yet named product includes always on the screen of electronic paper, for a long time of battery life, “simple and beautiful user experience”, physical buttons and hack (for example, user faces). These really were the distinctive signs of innovative and charming pebbles, which Broke Kickstarter Records And preceded AppleIN Samsung And Google Models for several years.
“The new watches that we build mainly have the same characteristics and functions as Pebble, although with some funny new things,” Pebble wrote, adding that his team still needs to give accurate product specifications and graphics. “He launches an open source PEBBLEOS, and it is compatible with all applications and hourly packages.”
Developers can get Google with open source. GirubThe field and if you are interested in that Migikovsky is not yet called the spiritual successor in the smart watches of 2013, you can subscribe to updates to his Web pageField