Earlier in the year, wearable maker Fitbit acquired Pebble is a move that shocked us at Droid Turf. Since then, many have been curious as to the status of remaining Pebble watches and what would be to make of them. This week we received some much-needed insight.

If you’re using any Pebble branded smartwatch or wearable, we have some good news to deliver. Your watch will continue to work for as long as you have it in your procession under the condition that you download and install a new update that is now being pushed out.

At the end of the year, Pebble will shut down all of their servers, but an update being sent out to all watches will disconnect the dependency of Pebble hardware on the company’s cloud services. After the update has been installed on your watch, your watch will operate more independently. However, you’ll still be able to install apps via side-load if you choose. Other features will no longer work, such as weather updates, voice dictation and messaging, as these rely on the company’s cloud services to function.

Pebble owners and developers wanting to learn more can visit developer.getpebble.com for full details. More changes could come about before the end of 2017 when the servers are to be permanently suspended.

SOURCE [The Verge]