Pebble Adds SDK Plugins for Developers, Expanding Watch Features With New Permissions
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Updated · Android Police · Oct 23
Pebble Adds SDK Plugins for Developers, Expanding Watch Features With New Permissions
3 articles · Updated · Android Police · Oct 23
Summary
Pebble has opened an experimental plugin system to developers through its SDK, marking one of the biggest software changes in the smartwatch platform’s revival.
The plugins are headless JavaScript apps that run in the Pebble phone app, supplying data such as weather, finance and traffic or actions like home control, music and webhooks.
Running locally on the phone should make integrations more seamless and secure, while a new permissions model requires user approval for location, internet access to specific URLs and other capabilities.
The shift also removes some hardcoded limits in watchfaces and could enable commands for calendar access and smart-home control as Pebble broadens beyond its original app model.
The update builds on Pebble’s comeback after Google released the source code, with new hardware including Pebble Time 2 and Pebble Round 2 already in the pipeline.