{
  "id": 4576401,
  "title": "I Started Wearing a Pebble Watch Again: Time 2 Took Me Back to the 2010s in the Best Way",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/i-started-wearing-a-pebble-watch-again-time-2-took-me-back-to-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNET",
    "slug": "cnet",
    "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-started-wearing-a-pebble-watch-again-time-2-took-me-back-to-the-2010s-in-the-best-way/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2010, the writer was traveling in the UK with his wife and young children, wearing a Pebble watch on his wrist. Now, during a summer trip to visit his in-laws, he had the opportunity to try out a new Pebble Time 2 smartwatch, which brought back nostalgic feelings from the 2010s. The $225 Pebble Time 2 is part of a new generation of Pebble watches, featuring a round model coming out soon. While it has an improved design and features similar to the original Pebble, it also includes some modern additions like a touchscreen, optical heart-rate tracking, and basic fitness features. The Time 2 allows users to download a wide variety of classic Pebble apps and watch faces for free, and its interface is simple and easy to use. The watch offers many functional features, including displaying the weather, tracking steps, automatically tracking walks and sleep, and syncing notifications. However, some features, such as muting notifications or silencing vibrations, require more taps and fiddling compared to the Apple Watch. The Pebble also has swim-friendly capabilities and a silicone band that fits snugly. The steel case of the Pebble gives users a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of the Pebble Time Steel. Despite the absence of voice-activated features and Apple Pay, the Pebble Time 2 offers a range of fun watch faces and a battery life that lasts nearly a month. The writer misses certain features from the Apple Watch but appreciates the simplicity and long-lasting battery life of the Pebble Time 2.",
  "summary": "The Pebble’s return to my wrist after over a decade reminded me what I’d missed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}