{"id":38277,"date":"2014-12-19T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38277"},"modified":"2014-12-19T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T10:52:17","slug":"the-pebble-smartwatch-just-became-way-more-awesome-for-android-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/the-pebble-smartwatch-just-became-way-more-awesome-for-android-users\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pebble smartwatch just became way more awesome for Android users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/pebble-smartwatch-for-ios-and-android-devices-jet-black-42252\">The Pebble<\/a>\u00a0just became a\u00a0<em>way<\/em>\u00a0better smartwatch for Android users. The Pebble team announced Android Wear support this week, allowing the e-ink smartwatch to receive the same actionable notifications as Android Wear smartwatches like the Moto 360.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the feature demonstrated in the video below &#8211; a Pebble is shown receiving a Google Hangouts notification and an emoji response being sent (because who needs words when you have a selection of tiny pictures?)<\/p>\n<div data-wpview-text=\"https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-_acvnlD0UI\" data-wpview-type=\"embedURL\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_acvnlD0UI?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"424\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To get Android Wear notification support on your Pebble, you&#8217;ll need to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/developer.getpebble.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/Android-Beta-Channel\/\">join the Pebble app beta testing group<\/a>\u00a0and download the beta version of the Pebble Android app. The beta group is open for anyone that cares to join it, so go right ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The unexpected move makes the Pebble a uniquely powerful proposition, as it is now by far the longest-lasting Android Wear device&#8230; and if you pick up the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/pebble-steel-smartwatch-for-ios-android-devices-brushed-stainless-43079\">Pebble Steel<\/a>, it&#8217;s also got a claim to be the best-looking Android Wear device as well.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got a Pebble, try out the new features and let us know what you think in the comments below! You can also talk to us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mobilefun\">@mobilefun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pebble\u00a0just became a\u00a0way\u00a0better smartwatch for Android users. The Pebble team announced Android Wear support this week, allowing the e-ink smartwatch to receive the same actionable notifications as Android Wear smartwatches like the Moto 360. You can see the feature demonstrated in the video below &#8211; a Pebble is shown receiving a Google Hangouts notification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[311,6,7325,7521],"tags":[7392,7326,6880],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38279,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277\/revisions\/38279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}