Pebble Announces iOS Text Reply for Pebble Time Lineup

Pebble has today announced an all new Text Reply for iOS feature for its Pebble Time lineup, making it the first non-Apple smartwatch to bring voice and text replies to iPhone. The beta feature is now available for all Pebblers in the U.S. on a post-paid AT&T account. They can test drive iOS Text Reply using their Pebble Time, Time Steel, or Time Round smartwatches. One set up, users can respond with a voice reply or pre-defined text to incoming items from the iOS Messages app.

“Expanding voice capabilities to Pebblers with iPhones continues to be a big focus of ours. We are working to enable additional carriers and services to provide actionable notifications to more and more iPhone users. For full details about iOS Text Replies, review the FAQ on our Support page”.

To get started with iOS Text Reply, you need to update your Pebble Time iPhone app to version 3.4 or higher and Pebble Time’s firmware to version 3.7 or higher. Full release notes for Pebble Time Firmware 3.7 and iOS app 3.4 are given below:

Pebble Time Firmware 3.7 Release Notes

• NEW: Support for iOS Text Replies. Pebble users with AT&T contracts in the US can now send replies to incoming items from the iOS Messages app.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements to version 3.6.
• To update to the latest firmware, select Menu » Support » Update Your Pebble within the Pebble Time app for iOS or Android.

Pebble Time for iPhone 3.4 Release Notes

• NEW: Support for iOS Text Replies. Pebble users with AT&T contracts in the US can now send replies to incoming items from the iOS Messages app.
• Better support for Pebble Time Round watches.
• Better support for Pebble Time 3.6 and older firmwares.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements to version 3.3.1.
• Download 3.4 from the iTunes App Store.

There’s no word on when this feature will reach Canadian Pebble Time users, but stay tuned.