#BT NOTIFICATION APP FOR SMARTWATCH IOS UPDATE#
The firmware update took about five minutes on my watch, but your results may vary. You can download it here, or launch the App Store app on your iOS device and check for updates. The new feature does take a bit of set up to get going, but then it takes the "set it and forget it" approach.īefore you can begin using any of the new features you need to grab the latest version of the Pebble app from the App Store. On Monday, Pebble announced firmware version 1.3 was available, and the revamped iOS 7 Pebble app was live in the App Store. Our own Scott Stein wrote up his initial impressions with the new software, and detailed more of the changes in the latest update. Then, early in November, Pebble held a press conference where it announced the team had, in fact, found a way to bring full notification support - for all apps - to the smartwatch for iOS users. With iOS 7 releasing new tools to developers, and with better support for Bluetooth devices and background apps, hopes were high that the Pebble team would be able to make the watch what many users so desperately wanted it to be. It was anything but a great user experience. Other services required additional setup each and every single time the watch and iOS device were disconnected. The only service that the watch truly supported was Messages. One of the shortcomings of using a Pebble smartwatch with an iOS device previously, was the lack of full notification support.