The Pebble Round 2 offers a stylish, stripped-down alternative to the Time 2
What you need to know
- The Pebble Round 2 updates the original Pebble Time Round design with a larger screen and two weeks of battery life.
- It has an open source OS, a 1.3-inch paper touch display, a stainless steel bezel, and a few basic tracking sensors.
- It’s thinner than the upcoming Time 2, but it lacks the HR sensor, speaker, and extra capacity.
- It costs $199 and launches in May 2025; Round 2 pre-orders can be transferred to Round 2.
Pebble’s awakening is in full swing. After launching the Pebble 2 Duo last year and announcing the Time 2 this March, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky announced the Pebble Round 2 this week, with plans to show off the watch at CES 2026.
The announcement post and video revealed below provide details about this new device, which they started designing in March 2025 and will launch in May 2026, two months after Season 2.
Round 2 leaves the 2015 Round Time big the display bezel of the 1.3-inch, 260 x 260, 64-color e-paper touch display is “optically bonded” to the glass for a wider viewing angle. About the same DPI as the 1.5-inch, square-shaped Pebble Time 2, although it uses fewer pixels (200×228).
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Migicovsky says they can make the Pebble Round 2 “so easily with a small team” because it uses “the same electronic circuit design as the Pebble Time 2,” while the hardware is “basically the same” as the 2015 Time Round.
Basically, Repebble revives the old experience with a few new benefits, like 10–14 days of battery life instead of just 2–3. The new model measures 8.1mm, slightly thicker than the 7.5mm Time Round – or about the same size as the Garmin Venu X1 (7.9mm) – making it a lot smaller than your Android smartwatch.
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Another simple way that Pebble has released this small frame is to remove some standard smartwatch features found in the 2nd Generation: HR sensor and speaker to read notifications or AI responses. The Stones aren’t designed for workouts or Bluetooth calling, but the Time 2 can support a few extra features that the Round 2 can’t.
Otherwise, both smartwatches run the same open-source Pebble OS, which works with both Android and iOS. This includes the Pebble Appstore, where developers have already created apps for tracking sleep, music, weather, games, messaging, and other tools.
The Pebble Round 2 will sport 3ATM water resistance, a vibration motor, a 3-axis accelerometer for tracking steps, a magnetometer (compass), two mics, and four buttons. It won’t have GPS tracking or NFC payments.
The Pebble Round 2 can be pre-ordered now for $199, and anyone who pre-ordered the Time 2 can upgrade to the Round 2 if they like its design — and ignore the drop from 30 days of battery life to 14. The Round 2 comes in black, brushed silver, and polished gold, and ships with a heated silicone strap and charger.
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Last year, Migicovsky posted on X that he was returning from Hong Kong “with 6 devices I made last year, including EVT samples of 3 new products we haven’t announced yet.”
The three devices confirmed at the time were the already sold Pebble 2 Duo watch, Time 2, and the Index 1 smart ring announced in December 2025, designed with a built-in microphone for voice memos on the go. The Pebble Round 2 is the first new device, but we don’t yet know what the other two will be.
Back in 2023, Migicovsky announced plans for a “Small Android Phone,” a project to make a “5.4”-ish 1080p OLED display,” a “unique and iconic” camera, and “premium” performance, according to the team’s comments at the time.
We haven’t heard anything since; the smallandroidphone.com URL is still there, but with the 2022 specs listed it will expire now. Still, we’d be surprised to see Pebble enter the Android smartphone race, if this phone is one of Migicovsky’s yet-to-be-announced devices.
