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Fitbit is officially buying pebble rumors have been swirling for some time that SmartWatch maker pebble was about to be purchased by Fitbit well the rumors were true here's how this will break down according to a blog post from pebble pebble says it will no longer manufacture pebble devices the company says pebble devices will still work as normal but service quality may be reduced in the future Fitbit will keep pebble services going for now Fitbit isn't buying the entirety of pebble here's what Fitbit is picking up Fitbit will acquire pebbles tech its software and intellectual property additionally Fitbit will be hiring some employees from pebble pebbles first Kickstarter was back in 2012 with the promise of an ePaper watch that worked with Android and iOS devices that Kickstarter had the support of more than 68,000 backers and raised over 10 million dollars pebbles and latest Kickstarter was for the pebble - time - and core that campaign raised over 12 million dollars pebble will issue refunds to Kickstarter backers who have not received their rewards for more information check out cnet.com I'm iies Akhtar and I'll see you online