Trick out my Pebble Time

August 19, 2015 1:29 PM

I have a new Pebble Time and an iPhone and I want to make the most of it. What is the best of Pebble? Favorite watch face? Most fun stupid quirky thing? Inspire me!
posted by bq to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

I found the Pebble did not grow on me like I hoped it would but I found that the binary watch face kept my brain nimble which was a plus.
posted by jessamyn at 2:27 PM on August 19, 2015

I love my Pebble Time… the watchfaces I use the most are Day and Night, Marked 2 (dunno what happened to Marked 1), Real Weather, Thin, and Timely.

Relaying the notifications from my iPhone has proven to be enough for me. I've never gotten any of the GPS apps to work reliably, although the maps do look lovely on the Time screen.
posted by Ampersand692 at 7:24 PM on August 19, 2015

Favourite watchfaces:
Timestyle: Clear & has all the info (including weather) I want on the watchface, can customize colours to you liking.
TrekV3, or LCARS: If you're any kind of Star Trek fan.
ChronoCode: I like the text version, has some style; there's also a colour version, but I prefer the B&W.
Circle-5-MOD: Has a little more "interest", but still easy to understand.
DIN Time: Clear & has all the info (including weather) I want on the watchface, can customize colours to you liking.

Favourite apps:
JavaPay: Add your Starbucks card #, set it to a Quick Launch button & presto, pay for your coffee using your Pebble.
Misfit: Best activity tracker for me.
Evernote: I'm a regular Evernote user & thought this would be clunky, but it's more handy that I thought.
TripAdvisor: Shows what's nearby, very neat.
Pebble Movies: Shows movies & showtimes for nearby cinemas.
Travel: Links up with TripIt.
Wikipedia Nearby: Similar to the TripAdvisor idea, but based on Wiki entries.

I have Weather on my other Quick Launch & do use it, but not sure you really need it if you have weather on your watchface & check the Sunrise/ Sunset ones on the Timeline; but I do find myself going to it for the 5 day forecast sometimes.

For me the most fun/ quirky thing is being able to reply to my emails/ SMS with either canned responses or voice, but I think you still can't do that yet on iOS (I have an Android phone).
posted by Laura in Canada at 7:28 AM on August 20, 2015

Oh, yeah, not an app exactly but I also use IFTTT to send myself quick SMS info tidbits that I probably wouldn't have noticed as much on my phone, but I find perfect on the Pebble Time.
posted by Laura in Canada at 7:49 AM on August 20, 2015