Pebble has built 23,000 Time 2 watches so far

rePebble says it has built more than 23,000 Pebble Time 2 watches since mass production started in late March, and that it is now over 80% of the way through fulfilling preorders. For customers still waiting, the company says remaining Pebble Time 2 shipments are scheduled for July 28 or July 31, depending on color: Black and Red by July 31, Grey and Blue by July 28. The company also says the watch should soon be available in stock with no wait, before returning to preorder status once current inventory sells out.

On software, rePebble says its four-person team spent the last six months improving battery life, apps, and overall stability. It claims median battery life on Pebble 2 Duo has increased from 17 days last summer to over 30 days, while Pebble Time 2 is currently at around 21 days. The company also highlighted new SDK features developed with the Moddable team, including a Touch Screen API, Speaker API, RGB Backlight API, new JavaScript tooling, and FFI support for running C code inside Alloy apps. According to rePebble, the community has already created 2,120 apps and watchfaces for Pebble Time 2 and Pebble Round 2.

The company said the first version of Index 01 features is now live inside the Pebble mobile app, including support for syncing with iOS Reminders, Obsidian, Google Tasks, Calendar, Android music control, MCPs, and sending recordings or transcriptions to external services by Webhook. Optional encrypted cloud backup is also available, and rePebble has launched a web app at index.rePebble.com.

Bugs, replacements, and what’s still broken

rePebble says it is still tracking three major software issues in PebbleOS with no ETA for fixes:

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• Step and sleep tracking are inaccurate for some users
• The accelerometer sometimes stops working
• The touchscreen can stop working or register touches in the wrong place

On the hardware side, the company says it has replaced 330 PT2s, covering devices even outside warranty, with free worldwide shipping. It says those replacements came from 19,000+ watches in the field and 17.82 million hours of usage. The most common issue has been unusually high power consumption, defined as less than about 3 days of battery life. The company says it has tightened power-consumption testing on the assembly line.

rePebble also says it initially replaced around 70 watches over touch-panel problems, but now believes at least some of those issues may be caused by software. It has received 51 reports of cracked front glass and 32 reports of button problems. In the case of glass cracks, the company says it will continue offering free replacements for reasonable reports “as long as we can,” before eventually moving to heavily discounted replacements. It is also looking at sourcing replacement LCM modules for self-repair.

Pebble Round 2 and Index 01 timelines

For Pebble Round 2, rePebble says a cosmetic issue with the stainless steel bottom case delayed production, but a revised part has now reached the factory. As of July 14, the company plans to start mass production in the last week of July. About 14,000 people have preordered the watch, and rePebble estimates it will take about 2 months to build them all, with all preorder shipments expected to finish by the end of September.

Each Round 2 preorder includes a silicone watch strap and charger, while optional custom leather straps will cost $20-30.

For Index 01, rePebble says the ring is now officially in mass production and that it has already assembled several thousand rings. Shipping has slipped slightly from the previous early August estimate, and the company now expects to send out nearly all preorders by the end of August, with some size and color variants moving into September. It is also warning customers that Index 01 may feel slightly smaller than the sizing rings, and recommends choosing the next larger size if the sizer feels tight.

The next software roadmap items include a Send text app for Android, Find my phone, a new weather app for PT2 and PR2, a WYSIWYG watchface editor, and the long-running shift to reverse PPoGATT needed to support iOS AccessorySetupKit and eventually notification replies for EU users.