Smart ring maker Oura has paused plans to go public, citing uncertain market conditions. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) had been slated for this week but has now been postponed “despite strong demand,” Oura announced Tuesday (Sept. 29). “Our mission is to empower people to live healthier, longer,...
Meta’s still-unreleased smart glasses are reportedly the subject of a class action lawsuit. A group of parents and their children in California and Illinois filed the proposed class action suit, which relates to Meta’s leaked “NameTag” feature, WIRED reported Monday (Sept. 14). According to the report, the suit...
The smartphone era won’t last forever, and the tech industry is spending billions to own whatever comes next. Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened that ambition, giving new momentum to an old dream: ambient computing that delivers information through a lens rather than a screen. On...
Warby Parker has introduced its first pair of Google-and-Samsung-powered smart glasses. Set to launch this fall, the Intelligent Eyewear frame “combines Warby Parker’s distinctive approach to design with Google’s leadership in AI and Samsung’s mobile leadership,” the company said in a Tuesday (May 19) news...
Google is revamping its health and wellness product and platform lineup. The company is making its Google Health Coach generally available, transitioning the Fitbit app into the new Google Health app, and launching the new Fitbit Air, it said in a Thursday (May 7) blog post. The...
Big Tech really wants augmented reality (AR) smart glasses to happen, no matter the Google Glass graveyard, Apple Vision Pro pivot or Meta’s failed metaverse roadmap. On Monday (April 27), details about an alleged Samsung smart glasses product leaked, while earlier in the month news...
Meta has reportedly resurrected its smartwatch project, aiming to release the device this year. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Feb. 19) from The Information, which notes that the company’s efforts are happening as its Big Tech peers like Apple, Google and OpenAI are also planning new consumer device launches. The report, citing sources familiar...
Apple is accelerating its development of three artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable devices: smart glasses, a pendant and AirPods, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 17), citing unnamed sources. The three devices will be built around the company’s Siri digital assistant and will be linked to the iPhone,...
Meta and eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica are reportedly considering doubling their capacity to produce Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses from 10 million to 20 million by the end of the year. If demand continues to grow, they could boost the capacity to 30 million, Bloomberg reported Tuesday...