tree@lemmy.mlM to Pebble@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoPebble was one of the best smartwatches ever and now it's a miracle if you can get one to workwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down12
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkPebble was one of the best smartwatches ever and now it's a miracle if you can get one to workwww.techradar.comtree@lemmy.mlM to Pebble@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoJust find someone with the APK Email a Google engineer if you can’t find it online …there’s no pebble forums or subreddits? Why the hell would you ever buy a watch that couldn’t sync to a computer? This is wild I don’t know who should be smacked upside the head here.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe APK has worked great for a long time, but doesn’t work with new versions of Android (I think it’s 13 onwards). They can also work with Gadgetbridge, but you lose some of the functionality.
minus-squareerebionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWorks fine on Android 14 here. Google even released an update, long after Pebble had become history, to fix support for newer Android versions. Instructions and APK are now available from Rebble: https://help.rebble.io/setup-android/#1
Just find someone with the APK
Email a Google engineer if you can’t find it online …there’s no pebble forums or subreddits?
Why the hell would you ever buy a watch that couldn’t sync to a computer?
This is wild I don’t know who should be smacked upside the head here.
The APK has worked great for a long time, but doesn’t work with new versions of Android (I think it’s 13 onwards). They can also work with Gadgetbridge, but you lose some of the functionality.
Works fine on Android 14 here. Google even released an update, long after Pebble had become history, to fix support for newer Android versions.
Instructions and APK are now available from Rebble: https://help.rebble.io/setup-android/#1