Fitbit has announced that it will finally end support for Pebble smartwatches in June 2018. On the one hand, this represents an extension of the original timeline, but on the other hand, it means that the end is visible. However, the Fitbit IS is offering Pebble owners a discount on the Fitbit Ionic.
In December 2016, Pebble announced that it was closing Fitbit jumped in and purchased its technology, software, and other intellectual property. However, Fitbit hasn’t purchased the Pebble hardware, meaning it’s only a matter of time before support for those products ends.
The end is close to the pebbles
Fitbit promised to support Pebble smartwatches until the end of 2017. However, the company has now extended support until June 30, 2018. At this point, the app store, forum, voice recognition functions, SMS and email replies (on iOS), timeline contacts, and other elements stop working.
Devices and apps will work as normal for the time being. However, there will be no further updates for the Android and iOS apps, and Fitbit warns that «future iOS or Android updates» may «break compatibility with Pebble.» In other words, you are living on borrowed time.
