wearables
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Google’s Planned Updates for Wear OS Are Underwhelming
Google’s smartwatch platform, Wear OS, doesn’t get as much love — or regular updates — as its rivals, but today we got a nice surprise: Google detailed some new updates coming to the platform this fall.
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The EU Is Chucking Yet Another Hurdle at That Google-Fitbit Deal
At the end of last year, Google decided to reporting that the European Union is ready to launch a full-scale antitrust investigation into the deal next week.
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The Polar Unite Makes a Good Case for Simpler, Cheaper Fitness Watches
Fitness doesn’t have to be complicated, but that’s never stopped some wearables companies from turning exercise into an advanced course in data analysis. Most people who ask me which smartwatch they should buy aren’t looking for a metrics dump. They want the basics: a decent price, an easy way to track progress, and notifications. The…
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Using Thermal Cameras to Track Hand Motions Could Be the Key to Interacting with Smart Glasses
If this whole smart glasses thing is going to effectively free us from having our heads constantly down and staring at our phones, we’re going to need a reliable way to interact with a virtual screen. Thanks to new research from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we could still rely on our…