Pebble Smartwatch Reboot Will Charge With This Neat USB-C Adapter

The Pebble is coming back, with the new “Core Devices” reboot preparing to launch in the next few weeks, and a neat USB-C adapter now being shown off for the Core 2 Duo.

It’s been several years since Pebble smartwatches were available on the market, but they’re coming back. Following Google’s opening of the source code for PebbleOS, a new effort to produce hardware for the platform was started. The Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 are reboots of the Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2, and set for release in the coming months.

Original Pebble founder and the man behind the Core Devices reboot, Eric Migicovsky, shared a thread on Twitter/X with an early look at the packaging for the Core 2 Duo, the new version of the Pebble 2 smartwatch. The packaging is simple (and doesn’t show an included band), and Eric showed off the charger included with the device.

The Core 2 Duo will be using the same connector as prior models, but will ditch a dedicated cable for a neat USB-C adapter that was designed by Nomad. This is the same adapter that Nomad launched a few years ago and given away essentially for free, as it debuted right around the time that Pebble went out of business.

The Core 2 Duo is set to ship in May, though customers may end up paying more than they expected due to the ongoing tariff situation.

First raw samples of the simple paper packaging that C2D will ship inside, and the charge dongle (USB C -> standard Pebble charge connector) that will be included (Thank you @nomadgoods for designing it!) pic.twitter.com/naGPgiQAAO
— Eric Migicovsky (@ericmigi) April 21, 2025