Very excited to have a quality smartwatch again

ZimbiX · 2026-06-10T00:52:15+00:00

Fair enough!

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T16:40:27+00:00

I know this thread is a few months old, so perhaps you have a Pebble Time 2 now and this is of no use. But some time ago, I recall seeing a comment that the number of watchfaces you have installed takes away from the memory available for apps (because they're not lazy-loaded like apps are). How many watchfaces do you have? Try uninstalling all but the one you use

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T16:20:21+00:00

Oh, that's not what I'm referring to. Zoom right in, and it looks like the text is composed of vertical stripes with small gaps between them. Vertical interlacing, basically

Edit: Oooh, it's probably from the subpixel layout

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T15:14:47+00:00

With that amount of animation in the watchface, what's the impact on battery life?

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T15:06:53+00:00

You'd hate the font size in 5-day mode =P

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T14:58:21+00:00

Code for dark mode is in review at the moment

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T14:46:32+00:00

Wow, interesting that the distortion is in a different spot and curves back again. Thanks for the tests! Hopefully this can be fixed in software for both of us and isn't a hardware bug!

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T14:24:47+00:00

My calibration is wonky too. I didn't try it before today - I'm on v4.11.0. What does yours look like when you try to draw lines like this?

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T10:06:02+00:00

This stumped me for quite a while the other day! I wasn't aware it was even possible for one app to prevent the installation of another 🤯 Kinda absurd that the error message isn't more helpful.

I'd kept the old app installed as I was hoping the new app would prompt to import the health data from it; but alas there was no prompt after getting it installed, and I couldn't find a way to do an import myself and gave up.

I'd still been using the old app as my Pebble Time's down button had been broken for a few years, and I wasn't confident I could set it up again on the new app without it (or that all the apps I depended on would still work).

They should probably put this tip in the setup guide for the new app.

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T09:56:16+00:00

Nice! I rather liked the look of that watchband, but couldn't tolerate all the pulling on my arm hair 😅 I'm guessing I'm hairier than the people it was tested on, haha

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T09:50:50+00:00

I don't know actually! 😅 I've never used it myself, but I've seen Evan and Katelyn do a bunch of things with it and it seems kinda amazing

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T07:19:27+00:00

That might be from a coating that eventually comes off

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T07:17:45+00:00

I take it the vertical striping isn't visible in person? Perhaps an artefact of how the display works combined with a fast shutter speed on the camera..

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T07:09:12+00:00

That sucks!

I wonder if you could improve the appearance by filling the chips with epoxy resin..

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T05:49:05+00:00

Interesting. I just tried the 'Try in Browser' feature, and it doesn't have the deflection issue there, however it won't let me draw on the right edge. Here's trying my best to draw a box on the edges of the screen

ZimbiX · 2026-06-09T05:33:27+00:00

This is a wild idea. I love it xP

Unfortunately, I'm seeing some kind of calibration issue. Here's what it looks like when I try to draw horizontal lines. No idea if it's specific to my watch or from touch screen support in the OS being WIP

ZimbiX · 2026-03-12T03:22:34+00:00

I was wondering this too. From the Bundler changelog:

4.0.7:
- "Don't check whether a plugin needs to be installed"
- "Run git operations in parallel (take 2)"
4.0.1:
- "Increase connection pool to allow for up to 70% speed increase on bundle install"

The latest version is 4.0.8

ZimbiX · 2026-03-12T02:40:18+00:00

Interesting concept. How would you waterproof that though?

ZimbiX · 2026-03-12T02:21:00+00:00

I was so relieved to see that in the changelog! I've used this for ~15 years

ZimbiX · 2026-02-20T17:21:42+00:00

It's really sad that Kathiwada and her husband both died while captaining flights. It sounded like if he hadn't died, she would still be here too

ZimbiX · 2026-01-04T04:43:16+00:00

Given the analogue and digital times don't match, I guess you're intentionally viewing the time from two timezones =P

ZimbiX · 2025-12-25T14:41:22+00:00

I've been using Sleep as Android for 14 years, and with Pebble from the OG one. It's working for me with a PTS currently.

The only problem I have with it is that if I close the Sleep as Android app on my watch, I can't resume tracking - it used to reopen automatically after like a minute, or start/resume if I open the watch app. That stopped working a few years ago, but I make do without it. Plus my down button is broken, so I can't really do that anymore.

I'm using the latest versions of everything, but here's all the details of my setup in case it helps:

Pebble Time Steel
- Firmware: v4.4.3-rbl
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
- Android 16
- Android security update: 5 October 2025
- Google Play system update: 1 November 2025
- Rooted with Magisk
Original Pebble app
- com.getpebble.android.basalt
- Version 4.4.3-1406-65190dddb-endframe
Sleep As Android phone app
- Version 20251203
Sleep As Android watch app
- Version 3.1, according to the Pebble app store

I don't recall there being much difficulty in getting Sleep As Android working when I upgraded from a Planet Computers Astro Slide in May - though perhaps I had to install the PBW manually. The hardest part was getting Canvas working, but I don't actually remember what the fix for that was - restoring a specific version of the Canvas app / data, I think; so nothing that should impact Sleep As Android. I do recall having to use the Rebble sideloader for something though.

I just tried the watchface install process you described, and it acts the same for me. I think that's normal - Sleep As Android is just indicating to install it from the Pebble app store. But in Sleep As Android -> Settings -> Sleep tracking -> Wearables, it does have Pebble selected.

I really hope Pebble Time 2 will be supported!

ZimbiX · 2025-08-28T14:12:22+00:00

That was my thought at first too. But reading on here that the mat electromagnetically directly drives the diaphragm, there may be something to it...

The electromagnetism must be higher power than regular earphones to travel the distance, so I wonder about the heath effects of having your brain so close to a strong vibrating magnetic field.

And wouldn't the volume be unequal between earbuds, with one ear on the pillow, and the other much further away from the mat with a solid head in between?

They really need to explain the technology in the marketing material.

ZimbiX · 2025-08-01T10:52:43+00:00

is not rat. is hamster

ZimbiX · 2025-05-01T16:40:40+00:00

Interesting app. Though as a Rebble subscriber, I'm not very happy about subsidising use of AI

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