Happy New Year!

Hey Pebble Devs!

It's been a great year for us at Pebble as well as all the awesome community developers that come up with ever more surprising and useful apps for Pebble. We would not be where we are today with over 5000 apps without all the hard work that you guys put into your apps, so thank you!

We look forward to another amazing year with you in 2015, May your hands always be busy!

Alex, Cherie, Chris, Heiko, Katharine, Katherine, Łukasz, Matthew H, Matthew T, Thomas

Happy New Year!

As we enter 2015, we took some time to recap all that we have seen, done and achieved in 2014 in the Pebble Developer Community. The list is extensive, but here are a few of our favorite bits:

• Launch of Pebble SDK 2.0, which introduced PebbleKit JS and allowed all kinds of apps for connecting to the web, or using GPS for navigation.

• CloudPebble went official as the recommended web-based Pebble IDE. Since then Katharine has been busy adding many advanced features such as code completion, a UI editor and GitHub integration to make it easier than ever to get creating for Pebble.

• We continued to expand the capabilities of Pebbles (old and new!) with new Compass, Background Workers and Wakeup APIs to allow apps to work in more relevant and timely ways.

• We hosted the 2014 Pebble Developer Retreat to bring together the top community members for hacking, bonding and innovation on the Pebble platform. Also, who could forget that robot competition?

• Pebble went international! With notifications in 80 languages supported as well as translating the watch firmware to three additional languages, users can experience awesome Pebble apps in more languages and regions than ever before.

• Pebble Meetups are popping up around the world. So far the San Francisco, London and Paris groups have launched. We would love to help you start a group in your own city, contact us for help!

Pebble Emulator Preview

The Pebble Emulator is almost here, and to celebrate we gave away a version you can try via the QEMU 2014 Advent Calendar. This package is limited to the pre-compiled apps, but includes a number of demo apps for you to play around with.

You will eventually be able to build and test with this emulator, which is great news for budding developers who do not yet own a Pebble!

Awesome Community Links

Here are some of the things we've seen in the Pebble community recently. If you see something you think should be included, let us know!

• Pebble can now use the power of WolframAlpha thanks to the awesome app created by Arnoud Buzing. With this app you can use your watch to access features of the Wolfram Cloud such as financial data, geolocation and weather information.

• Pebble Developer Edwin Finch has created a playlist of videos aimed at helping new developers get into making apps for the Pebble platform. If you prefer your instruction in video format, be sure to have a look!

• First Pebble Meetup in Paris on Tuesday January 6th!

We're Hiring!

As a rapidly growing company, we're always on the lookout for new talent to grow our various teams. If you or anyone you know has the technical skills, wearable enthusiasm and a taste for the Valley lifestyle, have a look at our jobs page to see a list of open positions.