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Late yesterday it was reported by The Information that Fitbit is close to b=
uying wearable startup Pebble, news that has since been independently confi=
rmed by The Verge Fitbit and Pebble have been in the final stages of the de=
al since before the Thanksgiving holiday; the buying price has not yet been=
confirmed While it ultimately might not be as good of a deal as Pebble wou=
ld have hoped for, there are a lot of reasons why a Pebble-Fitbit deal make=
s senseFirst, the deal comes at a time when the wearables market is facing =
a day of reckoning Google delayed its next version of Android Wear software=
until next year, and three key makers of Android Wear watches =C3=A2=E2=82=
=AC=E2=80=9D LG, Huawei, and Motorola =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D held off on =
launching new hardware this fall Jawbone is reportedly looking to sell itse=
lf And Fitbit, despite being the clear leader in the wearables industry, ju=
st saw its stock fall off a cliff after it forecasted a dismal holiday quar=
terTHE WEARABLES MARKET IS FACING A KIND OF RECKONINGConsolidation comes as=
no big surprise then =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D see also Nokia and Withings,=
or the number of digital health apps that have been snatched up by larger =
companies Ever since the notion of the quantified self first became a thing=
with these digital trackers, their perceived value has been largely depend=
ent on how much data they could gather, and how companies could use that da=
ta If a company is struggling to sell hardware, it could always sell off it=
s platform or its dataSecond, for Fitbit, acquiring Pebble would mean just =
that: it's not about the hardware, but about acquiring talent, software, an=
d a homegrown smartwatch platform While "basic" activity trackers like Fitb=
its are in a better position than "smartwatches" right now, according to da=
ta from research firm IDC, Fitbit mentioned more than once a softening in d=
emand for basic activity trackers on its recent third-quarter earnings call=
Owning a smartwatch platform would help diversify Fitbit's product lineup =
if it chooses to go further down the smartwatch pathA buy also lets Fitbit =
essentially kill off the only competitor it can Aside from Fitbit and Pebbl=
e, the top wearable makers come in at the very high end (Apple), very low e=
nd (Xiaomi), or specialized (Garmin) Buying those multi-billion dollar comp=
etitors is not an option for Fitbit Buying Pebble isFitbit Charge 2Vjeran P=
avicLastly, the actual products the companies make are aligned in a bunch o=
f ways Both Fitbit and Pebble take a sparse, utilitarian approach to aesthe=
tics =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D although Fitbit has made much more of an effo=
rt to design for women =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D and both have designed thei=
r wearables to last for five to seven days per battery charge Both make the=
ir own on-device software and are agnostic when it comes to which smartphon=
es they work with Both share data freely with other third-party apps, altho=
ugh Fitbit has stubbornly refused to allow data-sharing with Apple Health o=
r Google Fit softwareWHILE FITBIT MAKES ACTIVITY TRACKERS AND PEBBLE MAKES =
SMARTWATCHES, THE PRODUCTS ARE ALIGNED IN A VARIETY OF WAYSAnd Pebble in re=
cent months has focused more on health and fitness tracking, after determin=
ing that health and fitness are the main draws for people interested in buy=
ing a smartwatch The newest Pebble watches have built-in optical heart rate=
sensors, and the company made a big deal about the health-tracking algorit=
hms it developed in collaboration with researchers at Stanford University (=
Pebble is not alone in this thinking; Apple also doubled down on health and=
fitness tracking with its new, GPS-equipped, swim-ready Apple Watch Series=
2)Pebble, which is led by founder and CEO Eric Migicovsky, first rose up i=
n the wearables market in 2012 after running a record-breaking Kickstarter =
campaign for its original Pebble watch The watch began shipping in 2014, an=
d found a cult following in the early-adopter, tech-enthusiast crowd In ear=
ly 2015, Pebble said it had sold 1 million smartwatches =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=
=80=9D surpassing Android Wear numbers at the time =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D=
and was profitableBut people familiar with the company's inner-workings ha=
ve said Pebble has been struggling for the past year In March it said it wa=
s laying off 25 percent of its staff due to a lack of funds Pebble has rais=
ed at least $15 million in venture capital funding to date, according to Cr=
unchbase; that's not counting the millions it has raised through its famed =
Kickstarter projects In our review of its newest smartwatch, the Pebble 2, =
we found the heart rate tracking to be inaccurate, and the company's Pebble=
Time 2 watch has been delayed, resulting in a series of complaints from ea=
rly buyers on the Pebble Kickstarter pageIt may not be the desired ending f=
or Pebble, which is said to have had early stage conversations with other p=
otential acquirers before But it may be the inevitable one
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pendently confirmed by The Verge Fitbit and Pebble have been in the final s=
tages of the deal since before the Thanksgiving holiday; the buying price h=
as not yet been confirmed While it ultimately might not be as good of a dea=
l as Pebble would have hoped for, there are a lot of reasons why a Pebble-F=
itbit deal makes senseFirst, the deal comes at a time when the wearables ma=
rket is facing a day of reckoning Google delayed its next version of Androi=
d Wear software until next year, and three key makers of Android Wear watch=
es â?? LG, Huawei, and Motorola â?? held off on launching new h=
ardware this fall Jawbone is reportedly looking to sell itself And Fitbit, =
despite being the clear leader in the wearables industry, just saw its stoc=
k fall off a cliff after it forecasted a dismal holiday quarterTHE WEARABLE=
S MARKET IS FACING A KIND OF RECKONINGConsolidation comes as no big surpris=
e then â?? see also Nokia and Withings, or the number of digital heal=
th apps that have been snatched up by larger companies Ever since the notio=
n of the quantified self first became a thing with these digital trackers, =
their perceived value has been largely dependent on how much data they coul=
d gather, and how companies could use that data If a company is struggling =
to sell hardware, it could always sell off its platform or its dataSecond, =
for Fitbit, acquiring Pebble would mean just that: it's not about the hardw=
are, but about acquiring talent, software, and a homegrown smartwatch platf=
orm While "basic" activity trackers like Fitbits are in a better =
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y kill off the only competitor it can Aside from Fitbit and Pebble, the top=
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circ;?? and both have designed their wearables to last for five to seven da=
ys per battery charge Both make their own on-device software and are agnost=
ic when it comes to which smartphones they work with Both share data freely=
with other third-party apps, although Fitbit has stubbornly refused to all=
ow data-sharing with Apple Health or Google Fit softwareWHILE FITBIT MAKES =
ACTIVITY TRACKERS AND PEBBLE MAKES SMARTWATCHES, THE PRODUCTS ARE ALIGNED I=
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nd fitness tracking, after determining that health and fitness are the main=
draws for people interested in buying a smartwatch The newest Pebble watch=
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l about the health-tracking algorithms it developed in collaboration with r=
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he watch began shipping in 2014, and found a cult following in the early-ad=
opter, tech-enthusiast crowd In early 2015, Pebble said it had sold 1 milli=
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o Crunchbase; that's not counting the millions it has raised through its fa=
med Kickstarter projects In our review of its newest smartwatch, the Pebble=
2, we found the heart rate tracking to be inaccurate, and the company's Pe=
bble Time 2 watch has been delayed, resulting in a series of complaints fro=
m early buyers on the Pebble Kickstarter pageIt may not be the desired endi=
ng for Pebble, which is said to have had early stage conversations with oth=
er potential acquirers before But it may be the inevitable one
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