Last December, the guys from Fibit did against all odds with the firm Pebble, lthe first firm that ventured into the world of smartwatches through a successful Kickstarter campaign. But in recent years we have seen how the company has failed to adapt to the needs of users and continued to bet on electronic ink screens that offered very few possibilities, not only aesthetic but also functional. Before its disappearance entirely to integrate into Fitbit, Pebble has released what will likely be the last update to receive its application to manage the company's devices.
As we can read in the Pebble blog, the company eliminates in this update any operation that depended on cloud services, to ensure that when the servers that maintain the services it offers are gone, the devices can continue to function without any problem. In addition, it will also allow us to update new firmware applications without having to go through its servers as well as applications.
What's new in the latest update to the Pebble app
- The application allows Pebble devices to continue working if the servers are not available. The login process can be skipped, applications can be installed manually as well as the latest firmware version, including language packs.
- The Contact support option has been removed, even so, you can continue to export the diagnosis information, including the Health database through the Share diagnoses button.
- Health data collection and telemetry services have been eliminated.
- The option to suggest new improvements has also been removed.
- If we activate the synchronization with Healthkit within Settings, the heart rate data will be sent directly to the iOS Health application.
- Fixed the issue where the first day of the week included a crown, despite having performed the corresponding physical activity.