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Migicovsky said the addition of sleep tracking was partly inspired by his own odd sleeping hours, and tracking his sleep helped get him in the right mindset. That makes them unreliable for sleep tracking, while the Pebble smart watch will only see a marginal reduction in battery - about a half day of its typical week-long battery, Migicovsky said.

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Whole companies, like San Francisco-based startup Hello, are springing up with devices centered around sleep-tracking, and the addition to Pebble comes at a time when smart watches like the Apple Watch and Android Wear devices have batteries that need to be recharged every night. Many wearable device creators are placing increased importance on sleep-tracking, as previously detailed by BuzzFeed News. We're the smart watch that's affordable that does the right things, it's not an overly complicated smart phone on your wrist, and it gets better over time.' We've been working on it for several years and we know what people do with smart watches, which is tell the time. a little like strapping an Android phone to your wrist, they're still figuring out the use cases. 'I'm the first to admit it's a great-looking product, it's beautiful, I could see someone swapping out their Rolex. I think they've made a very Apple-y stab at the problem,' Migicovsky told BuzzFeed News. 'Apple is taking one smart watch strategy which revolves around the luxury angle, creating a really high-end quality product with good materials. Overnight, what was once a smart watch with a portfolio of apps will also become an activity tracker, CEO Eric Migicovsky said.

With today's update, Pebble owners will be able to track their activity - even swimming - and sleep using software created by other activity-tracking companies like Jawbone and Misfit.

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To that effect, Pebble - known for having a battery that lasts and a screen that's always on - is adding activity and sleep tracking as part of a software update to all of the more than 400,000 smart watches it has shipped. With Apple unveiling a luxury-skewed smart watch, and Android releasing software to many manufacturers making their own smart watches, one startup, Pebble, is betting there's more than enough room for a third major manufacturer.

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