Testseek.com have collected 172 expert reviews of the Pebble Time and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Pebble Time.
August 2015
(75%)
172 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(83%)
18 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
750100172
The editors liked
Great battery life
Waterproof and well-suited for sports
Works with iOS and Android price
Sharp construction and a thin
Comfortable design
Always-on screen
Voice-dictation support in apps
Works with iPhone and Android
Clever at-a-glance timeline feature
Solid
All-steel construction
Boosted battery life should last over a week
30 meters water resistant
Always-on display
Works with iPhone and Android phones
Long battery life
Comfortable band
Attractive
Simple UI
Sophisticated design
Excellent battery life
Always-on color display
Voice-to-text functionality
Instantaneous notifications
Comfortable
Lots of apps
Syncs with Android or iOS
More grown-up design
Choice of bands
Longer battery life
Really great battery life. When it comes to smartwatches
Less is definitely more. The timeline metaphor is simple and understandable. Smart straps are a smart idea
Improved design
Display is always on
Visible outdoors
Symmetrical design is sleek
Elegantly simplistic
Color in the screen is good addition
Performance as snappy as ever
More than 8 apps can be installed at one time now
Voice input is as good as Android Wear
Tactile buttons are still useful
Reliable
Impressive battery life
Works on both Android and iOS
Always-on color e-paperdisplay
Display looks great under direct sunlight
Large app library
Unique Timeline interface reduces app clutter
Voice replies
Potential for more features via smartstraps
The editors didn't like
Not as fully polished as the Apple Watch or Android Wear
App ecosystem can be difficult to gauge
Not as unique as it was a year ago
Shorter battery life than previous Pebble watches
Not water resistant for swimming
Expensive for what it offers
Doesn't run all Pebble apps and watch faces
Design doesn't look much different than the less-expensive non-steel Pebble Time
Can't make phone calls
Fitness tracking is less accurate than rival wearables
Most notifications are too skimpy
No way to reply to email from watch
Can't do much with microphone
Cannot reply to notifications from watch
Microphone functionality limited
App store needs curation
Little reason to upgrade
Thick bezels
Same iffy notifications
Turns out design does matter
Pebble. The Time's screen and hardware both leave a lot to be desired. The interface is cutesy at the expense of being useful. If you're an iPhone user
Forget about it
Creaky hardware
Limited iOS capabilities
Limited voice control
Screen still has quite a bit of body and bezel around it
Not very easy to find good-looking replacement bands
IOS functionality is limited
Voice function doesn't extend to Google Now or Siri
Published: 2015-05-27, Author: Sean , review by: gizmodo.com
Well. you can’t unless you already did. Until the Kickstarter backers get their orders in, this smartwatch won’t go back on sale. Second, I think it’s worth waiting to see if the platform gets some software updates to address its deficiencies, and for a...
Published: 2015-05-27, Author: Dan , review by: theverge.com
Improved design, Display is always on, visible outdoors, Long battery life
Creaky hardware, Limited iOS capabilities, Limited voice control
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
Impressive battery life, Works on both Android and iOS, Always-on color e-paperdisplay, Display looks great under direct sunlight, Large app library, Unique Timeline interface reduces app clutter, Voice replies, Potential for more features via smartstraps
iOS functionality is limited, Voice function doesn't extend to Google Now or Siri, Can only choose one app for activity tracking, Pricey for what it offers
Pebble needs to distinguish itself from its Android Wear and Apple rivals in order to stand out, and it does so with the Time. Its color e-paper technology results in an always-on display that looks great under bright sunlight, plus battery life that las...
Published: 2015-05-27, Author: David , review by: wired.com
Really great battery life. When it comes to smartwatches, less is definitely more. The timeline metaphor is simple and understandable. Smart straps are a smart idea
Turns out design does matter, Pebble. The Time's screen and hardware both leave a lot to be desired. The interface is cutesy at the expense of being useful. If you're an iPhone user, forget about it
Published: 2015-05-27, Author: David , review by: yahoo.com
Abstract: The Pebble Time is also less expensive than most of those. It's $200.* Color screen. Previous Pebble watches had a crisp black-and-white screen. This one shows a rainbow of 64 colors — sort of. More on this shortly.* A new operating system. As always, the...
Published: 2015-08-19, Author: Daniel , review by: mobilesyrup.com
Abstract: It's August, which means that kids are filling their backpacks with pens, paper, textbooks and – oh, who are we kidding, no one uses those things anymore.Students want tech , and that's why our Back To School Guide features the best smartphones , tablets...
Abstract: Pebble, the company which kicked off the smartwatch and wearables niche in in 2012, now finds itself coming from behind in a market that's heavily slanted toward Apple's Watch and Android Wear.Pebble doesn't make smartphones or tablets. The company focuse...
Published: 2015-07-03, Author: Daniel , review by: mobilesyrup.com
Always-on screen, Excellent sunlight readability, Industry-leading battery life, Big software improvements over first-gen Pebble, Timeline is a great way to navigate a smartwatch, Some decent apps and watch faces
Feels cheaply made despite its $199 USD / $249 CAD price, Lacks mainstream developer support compared to Apple and Google, Poor contrast when displaying colour, Low-resolution display, Buttons feel low-tech compared to touch and Digital Crown
Excellent battery life, Always-on color display, Voice-to-text functionality, Instantaneous notifications, Comfortable, Lots of apps, Syncs with Android or iOS
App store needs curation, Little reason to upgrade
The Pebble Time brings a color display and a microphone to the company's winning formula, making it a solid choice for first-time smartwatch buyers...
Sharp construction and a thin, comfortable design; always-on screen; voice-dictation support in apps; works with iPhone and Android; clever at-a-glance timeline feature
Shorter battery life than previous Pebble watches; not water resistant for swimming; expensive for what it offers; doesn't run all Pebble apps and watch faces
Pebble's newest round, thin watch takes the Pebble formula and shrinks it to a stylish design, but gives up battery life and some app support in the process...
