Smartwatch Pioneer Pebble Relaunches With Apple Watch Alternative
'I'm not trying to sell this to everybody,' Migicovsky said of the the new devices in an interview. 'It's for the people who don't feel served by Apple Watch, Pixel Watch or Garmin,' he added referring to popular models from Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Garmin Ltd.
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