wear os
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This Apple Watch Camera Band Brings Live Video to Your Wrist
The $US300 ($385) Wristcam is a futuristic Apple Watch accessory that asks the question: What if you put a camera on your smartwatch? When we first heard about it, it seemed like the band was teetering on the edge between genius and ridiculousness. The same can be said of Wristcam’s latest feature: live video messaging.
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I’m Lusting After This Custom Commodore 64 Smartwatch That Lets You Code in BASIC Right on Your Wrist
I assumed there was very little I couldn’t do with my Apple Watch given it has its own well-stocked app store, but Nick Bild has shown me the error of my ways with this delightful Commodore 64-themed C64 Watch that not only has a retro-inspired watch face but a built-in BASIC interpreter too for coding…
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Smartwatches Can Predict Your Blood Test Results, Study Finds
There’s no shortage of stories in which smartwatches have been credited with saving lives, but it turns out they can also predict the results of your blood tests, according to researchers from Duke University and Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Wear OS Just Got a Second Chance — It Better Not Blow It
After years of neglect and incremental updates, yesterday Google dropped its most meaningful wearables announcement since it rebranded from Android Wear to Wear OS in 2018. Going forward, Wear OS will take the best parts of Samsung’s Tizen OS and Google-owned Fitbit to create a new unified platform for wearables. It’s a massive shift with…