diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4921ccb7a..356a7fe85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ###Changelog
 
 ####Next Version
-* Pebble: Allow installing apps compiled with SDK 2.x also on the balast platform (Time, Time Steel)
+* Pebble: Allow installing apps compiled with SDK 2.x also on the basalt platform (Time, Time Steel)
+* Pebble: Fix decoding strings in appmessages from the pebble (fixes sending SMS from "Dialer for Pebble")
 * Some new and updated icons
 
 ####Version 0.6.9
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
index 471d25bbe..0b913c9e7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -1252,7 +1251,7 @@ public class PebbleProtocol extends GBDeviceProtocol {
                     if (type == TYPE_BYTEARRAY) {
                         dict.add(new Pair<Integer, Object>(key, bytes));
                     } else {
-                        dict.add(new Pair<Integer, Object>(key, Arrays.toString(bytes)));
+                        dict.add(new Pair<Integer, Object>(key, new String(bytes)));
                     }
                     break;
                 default:
@@ -1306,7 +1305,7 @@ public class PebbleProtocol extends GBDeviceProtocol {
                         jsonObject.put("value", Base64.encode(bytes, Base64.NO_WRAP));
                     } else {
                         jsonObject.put("type", "string");
-                        jsonObject.put("value", Arrays.toString(bytes));
+                        jsonObject.put("value", new String(bytes));
                     }
                     break;
                 default: