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Pebble unveiled the Pebble Round 2 on Friday.
It's a thin, open-source smartwatch with a 10-day battery life.
It improves on the Pebble Time Round, which launched in 2015.
Ten years after Pebble's launch of its first-generation round smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, the indie watch brand arrives with the Pebble Round 2 -- and improvements in almost every area. Pebble announced the Round 2 on Friday, with a longer battery life and a larger display.
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The watch has maintained its thinness while addressing common user complaints, like the thick bezel that wraps around the display and the short battery life of the Pebble Time Round.
This isn't the kind of watch you'd use for marathon training. It's a sleek, elegant, and functional device that can track some health details, primarily sleep and steps, but forgoes the breadth of a fitness watch for timekeeping, communication, and AI queries or assistance.
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