Pebblebee is including a free, useful characteristic to already-purchased units.
At present, it introduced that its Clip Common Bluetooth trackers, that are appropriate with iOS and Android units, are being up to date to incorporate an Alert characteristic that units off a siren and strobing mild when a consumer needs assist.
Pebblebee began promoting Android trackers in Might 2024 in three totally different kind elements: an AirTag-like Clip model, a credit score card-shaped Card SKU, and the smallest model, Tag. In October 2024, Pebblebee introduced Common variations of these trackers that may use each Google’s Discover My Machine and Apple’s Discover My networks (though not concurrently).
Pebblebee’s replace makes it in order that Clip Universals can present a strobing mild and make a siren sound when customers press the system rapidly and repeatedly. Beforehand, the Clip’s mild was primarily for serving to folks discover their issues at nighttime. Clip house owners can add the Alert characteristic by way of an replace within the Pebblebee companion app.
Clip house owners now have the choice to arrange a Security Circle for Alert; members of the Circle will obtain “instantaneous emergency notifications” when the Clip’s panic alarm is triggered, Pebble’s announcement stated. Alert notifications are despatched “through the Pebblebee app and backend companies … so long as your telephone is close by,” per Pebblebee.
Utilizing updates for good
Pebblebee’s Alert replace reminds us that gadget firms are able to issuing software program updates that profit customers and are not centered on company pursuits. It is a standout from many different gadget updates that lock options behind a paywall, take away options, and/or utterly brick folks’s units.
