In summary
- Pebble Index 01 smart ring coming March 2026
- Finger-mounted button lets you record your thoughts
- No charging required, but only 2 year battery life
Back in January, we reported on the news that the Pebble brand was set to return with wearables. Now we know that this is going to take the form of a new smart ring as well as the classic smartwatch form factor.
The Pebble Index 01 has been announced as a different kind of smart ring altogether.
While the Oura Ring 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Ring and other rivals are focused on ultra-portable health insights, the Pebble Index 01 is more concerned with your memory.
Pebble Index 01
A different approach
Pebble has always done things differently from its rivals and that’s certainly the case with the Index 01.
It’s essentially a finger-mounted dictaphone, complete with a button and a microphone. You press the button, whisper your thoughts into your finger, and said memo is then sent to your smartphone, either as a note or a reminder. It’ll also work with Pebble and other smartwatches (via the Pebble app), where your thoughts will appear. You can also ask questions like ‘What’s the weather today?’, and the answer will appear on your watch. Indeed, the Pebble Index 01 is more than just a dumb memory tool. It can send messages for you, and even answer basic web queries. Configurable button presses let you control your music playback or smart home actions, too. There’s sufficient memory on the ring for up to 5 minutes of audio recording, which can then synced up later, so you don’t need to take your phone out on that run with you if that’s where you do your ruminating.
Pebble
What’s the catch?
Intriguingly, the Pebble Index 01 never needs to be charged, which sounds great – initially at least. I’m more than a little dubious about the small print here, though…
Oura Ring 4
Author: Jon Mundy, Contributor, Tech Advisor
Jon is a freelance journalist who got his start covering mobile games at the dawn of the App Store. He has since covered everything from smart home tech and laptops to food and culture, but always seems to return to his fascination with smartphones.
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