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PebbleRecorder

Turn a Pebble watch button into a remote start/stop trigger for audio recording.
New in version 0.1.18
The watch app now checks in with the phone as soon as it launches, showing a "Connected" banner on success or "Phone app not responding" if the phone side is stuck.
PebbleRecorder turns your Pebble watch into a remote start/stop trigger for audio recording on
your phone. Press a button on the watch, and this app records straight to a folder you choose -
no need to touch your phone.

The watch has no microphone logic of its own - it just sends a start/stop command over Pebble's
AppMessage protocol (relayed through the Pebble/Core companion app) and displays whatever status
comes back, with a mic/record/stop icon and a live elapsed-time timer. All recording happens here,
on the phone, via MediaRecorder, writing AAC/M4A files into a folder you pick through the standard
Android folder picker (Storage Access Framework) - the app only ever writes inside that folder.

Optional features, both off by default:
* Location tagging: attaches a reverse-geocoded location line to each recording's transcript.
* Gemini transcription: sends a finished recording to Google's Gemini API (using your own API key)
and saves the returned speaker-labeled transcript alongside the recording. This talks to a
non-free cloud service and is entirely opt-in - the app works fully without it.

Requires a Pebble smartwatch, paired via a Pebble/Core companion app (e.g. Core Devices' official
app), and the matching PebbleRecorder watchapp installed on the watch (see the project's source
repository for the watch app and its own installation instructions).
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  • Version 0.1.18 (19) suggested Added on Sep 29, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • access approximate location only in the foreground
      This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
    • access precise location only in the foreground
      This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "microphone"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "microphone"
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • ask to ignore battery optimizations
      Allows an app to ask for permission to ignore battery optimizations for that app.
    • com.pebblerecorder.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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