Your Pebble Time as Personal Assistant – Managing Notifications

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Pebble Time with Michael – Day 4

Notify

My next favorite available feature of my new Pebble Time is the whole notification mechanism that’s available on it. SMS and Facebook messages, Google Now card updates, important emails, reminders, upcoming appointments, incoming phone calls, and voicemail messages are all quickly and simply brought to my attention by the buzzing of my watch. A quick glance empowers me to act upon or ignore the notification, based on how important and/or urgent it is for me. I also like the fact that the Pebble notification function allows me to remotely open a text message or email on my phone so that when I take it out of my pocket I’m all ready to deal with it as needed. However, one important thing I’ve learned about maximizing the effectiveness of the Pebble notification system is the need to install a 3rd party notification manager on my phone.

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Top 10 Best Watchfaces for Pebble Time (1/2)

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Note: This is the first of two entries that together will make up the top 10 best watchfaces for Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel. You can check out part 2 here. Development on faces optimized for the new color display has only just started, so make sure to check back here regularly as we will do our best to keep this list updated over time!

With Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel featuring a new color display, watchface developers now have a whole new dimension of aesthetical aspects to play with. We’ve been poking around in the Pebble Appstore and also the community to give you what we think are the best watchfaces for Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel – besides the standard watchfaces provided by Pebble. So without further ado, here are our top choices in no particular order.

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Best Docking Stations for Pebble Time (Update 18.06.2015)

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Since barely anyone can call themselves a proud owner of Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel (yet), the market for docking stations is still in its baby shoes. Nevertheless, a few clever people have done some great work and already developed charging docks for our beloved Time piece.

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Let Pebble Time Count Your Steps – With FitCat

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Pebble Time with Michael – Day 3

FitCat

My second most favorite Pebble Time app (after Nav Me) is FitCat. This is a very quirky app that I initially dismissed, but the more I now use it the more I love it.

My personal fitness program is very simple and consists of strength training and walking. The only fitness tracking I really need from a smartwatch is the ability to count my steps and report against my daily goals. FitCat does exactly that. It runs in background on the Pebble and counts steps. I’ve done some accuracy testing and it seems to be quite good at that task.

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