In 2023, when I realized small phones were truly dead, I decided I couldnt wait for the Small Android Phone Project to revive them. That project, from the founder of the Pebble smartwatch, just wasnt far enough along. Unfortunately, things arent any better in 2025 for small phone lovers now that founder Eric Migicovsky is bringing back the Pebble smartwatch (yay!), he tells me hes only tangentially working on small phones, and that theyre no longer the top priority.I really do hope someone else makes one so I dont have to , writes Migicovsky.RelatedIm now one of a contingent of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip owners who is seriously considering trading in my Flip for a Galaxy S25. Its not small, but its the closest thing weve got and my Flips battery doesnt remotely last until bedtime anymore. I ask Migicovsky whether I can safely upgrade without feeling I might miss out on a possible Small Android Phone by, say, mid-2026. He says I can, without commenting on my proposed timeline.At one point the phone project was targeting a 2024 release date and had gotten as far as creating an entire brand, Beep, to market it with, according to the portfolio of Small Android Phone Project industrial designer Alex De Stasio. Hed even dreamt up a billboard:The perfect perfect-sized smartphone. Image: Alex De StasioThe Beep phones possible design. Image: Alex De StasioIm still pretty excited for Migicovskys new project to revive the Pebble smartwatch I loved my Pebble Time Steel and even owned two of them for a bit. You shouldnt get your expectations up too high for that project, either, though: Migicovsky told the Android Faithful podcast that this will not be a watch for everyone, and expanded on that in a February 6th blog post:Please dont get your hopes up that the new watch will have X/Y/Z new feature. Its going to be a Pebble and almost exactly as you remember it, except now with open source software that can you can modify and improve yourself. More hardware details will be shared in the future.For the uninitiated, the original Pebbles were low-power devices whose best features were dead simplicity and battery life no touchscreen, no digital crown, just a few buttons to help you read notifications and run a catalog of charming basic apps. Thats fine with me as long as the buttons are good!A few other things hes confirmed about the new Pebble so far:It will be new hardware, not an existing watchIts targeting this specific chip as processor, which is marketed primarily as a Bluetooth SoC!Youll be able to load your own firmware if you want to develop your own featuresHe told Android Faithful there are two software features hed like to add. His big thing is to someday have a chat client, one that could address a limitation of early Pebbles by letting you see a whole conversation history on your wrist. The other is a basic AI handoff: Pebble has a microphone, it has a screen why cant you talk to ChatGPT?Migicovsky should be in Shenzhen this week to meet with suppliers and factories for the new smartwatch.See More: