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Earlier this week, Google made a surprising move by sharing the source code for Pebble OS, the operating system that ran on one of the most beloved and cult-favorite smartwatches. Google had acquired this code when it bought Fitbit, which had bought Pebble earlier, and the code had been lingering in some dark server abyss before Eric Migicovsky asked Google to release it. They did, and Eric quickly followed up by saying he has plans to use this code to make a new Pebble smartwatch once again.

However, the smartwatch market is very different now from what it was in 2013 when Pebble launched its first watch, and for as many positive memories as I have with my own Pebble watch, I also remember how limited some of the experience on that tiny, buttons-only, e-paper display was. So, if a new Pebble is in our collective future, here is my personal wishlist and non-negotiable requirement for what I want (and what I don’t want) from this new smartwatch.