Mercedes and Pebble Technology Collaborate on Watch that Connects to Your Benz

We always keep an eye out for the latest in the gadget world and we found the greatest tech to trickle out of Silicon Valley is the Pebble smart watch. Mercedes Benz recently forged strategic partnership with the upstart watchmaker-cum-tech company and this is just one example of things to come.

On its own, the Pebble smart watch works as a second screen for your smartphone via a Bluetooth connection; to facilitate its integration with Mercedes vehicles and demonstrate the benefits of an intelligently networked vehicle, Mercedes developers have tweaked their Digital Drive app to communicate directly with the Pebble gizmo. Once connected, owners can view vehicle data such as fuel level, door-lock status, and vehicle location when away from their car. Once in the car, the smart watch employs V2V technology to notify drivers of real-time hazards such as accidents and road construction.

Mercedes Benz hopes to gain early access to some of the newest hardware and early releases of application programming interfaces offered by the Pebble. This will allow Mercedes to develop integrated applications that might enable future in-vehicle uses.

Pebble, on the other hand, gets a highly visible and credible notch in its watchband to add to the roster of more than 2000 apps already developed for its open platform. It’s an interesting bit of partnership and with more stuff planned for the future, we look forward to what happens next.