Forbes January 28, 2025
More than a decade ago, the Pebble watch released to cult acclaim, if only modest financial success.
Pebble is now set to return, as announced by the company’s original founder Eric Migicovsky.
In a blog post on his website, Migicovsky explains this is all possible because Google has now made the Pebble platform’s software open source.
This may seem a head-scratcher to some original Pebble owners. But Fitbit acquired Pebble assets in 2016 for $23 million, as per its 2017 financial reporting.
Fitbit was then acquired by Google in 2021.
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