The spiritual sequel to the Pebble smartwatch is on track to ship in July

Eric Migicovsky, the creator of Pebble Who Reviving intelligent e-Paper paper watch With a new company called Core Devices, shared that the first new smart watches come next month. The Duo Core 2 watch is on the right track to ship to pre -order customers in July and the most expensive Core Time 2 is still being launched this year.

The Core 2 duo of $ 149 is “near mass production” according to Migicovsky, and should land in the hands of all customers pre -order in July or August. If you pre -ordered, you can confirm your order and shipping details later in June. Migicovsky says that it also aims to have “engineering samples” of Time 2 of $ 225 2 “in next month”.

The Core 2 duo and the Time Core 2 postpone the basic features of the original migicovsky smartwatch, using displays in black and white electronic paper or color, with health monitoring, access to notifications and the possibility of using the rear catalog of faces and conventional pebble watch applications. The main difference between the two watches is that the Time 2 Core has a slightly larger screen, a metal frame and an integrated heart rate monitor.

Core Devices also opens a beta program to test early watch equipment and its new Android and iOS companion application to synchronize notifications and watch faces. You can register to join the beta test via a Google form And interesting, Migicovsky writes that the new application will also be compatible with older pebble equipment such as the Pebble steel And Round or the Caillou 2.