Pebble Adds SDK Plugins for Watch Faces and Index Ring, With New Permission Controls
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Updated · Gizmodo · Oct 23
Pebble Adds SDK Plugins for Watch Faces and Index Ring, With New Permission Controls
2 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Oct 23
Summary
Pebble has opened a developer preview of new SDK plugins that let watch faces and apps pull data or trigger actions without hard-coding each integration.
The plugins act like local mini-apps in the Pebble phone app, supplying weather, finance or traffic data and handling actions such as music control, webhooks or smart-home commands.
Index smart ring users would also tap the system: voice-style requests like checking a calendar or unlocking a front door can be routed automatically to plugins.
Core Devices says local plugins should be more secure than the Index ring’s current web-based Model Context Protocol setup, and is adding permissions for location and internet access.
Eric Migicovsky called it Pebble’s biggest SDK change in years, though Core Devices has not said when the features will ship beyond the preview.