The Pebble’s creator demos his new smartwatch

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. After announcing a new company called Core Devices and a pair of new smartwatches running the now open-source PebbleOS, the Pebble’s creator, Eric Migicovsky, has launched a podcast. In the first episode of Tick Talk w/ Eric Migicovsky, he gives a brief demo of the Core 2 Duo that’s still in development, talks about potential new features, and addresses concerns over how US tariffs will affect the price and delivery of the new smartwatches. Migicovsky is still confident the Core 2 Duo — the cheaper model with a black-and-white screen lacking touch capabilities — is going to ship some time in July 2025, but his demo of one of the first units from the factory shows a device with software that’s still under development. The familiar PebbleOS UI is there, but basic features like telling time haven’t been enabled yet, and the Core Devices t ... Read full article.