With the addition of 5G connectivity to glass wearables, technicians, engineers, warehouse workers and other remote employees will be able to employ the low latency of 5G while continuing to work hands-free rather than having to hold a phone. This will enable a supervisor to...
Smart glasses firm Vuzix Corporation is working with Verizon’s video conferencing arm BlueJeans to expand the power of BlueJeans running on Vuzix’s glasses by tapping into Verizon’s 5G network and mobile edge computing. Vuzix says deploying BlueJeans at the edge lets networks execute more compute-intensive...
Samsung fired its latest shot across the bow of wearables category leader Apple on Aug. 26 with the launch of its Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. Are the wearables wars heating up again? Noting, “It’s not your typical Wear OS watch … it’s called One UI...
Facebook is planning to launch its first smartwatch, possibly in the summer of 2022, that will have a dual-camera display that can be detached for taking photos and videos, The Verge reported on Wednesday (June 9), citing sources and adding that the social network has not confirmed...
Wearables passed the novelty phase some time ago and are now following the money, literally, as COVID-19 keeps forcing the issue of touchless payments, and consumers continue driving demand for ever-cooler form factors to pay (and just do stuff) without physical contact. Action is heating...
Amazon’s fitness tracker Halo can now pair with Alexa smart speakers, giving users the ability to ask questions about their health without having to interact with the app, The Verge reported on Thursday (March 4). The faceless fitness band launched by Amazon in the fall of...
Digital banking and payment processing firm i2c has partnered with Purewrist, a FinTech working in end-to-end contactless payment solutions and wearables, according to a press release. The partnership will allow i2c’s platform to be used with transaction processing of tap-and-go payments made from Purewrist’s GO...
After allegations of patent infringement by Koninklijke Philips and its North American unit, regulators with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) said they will look into wearable monitoring devices with the inclusion of those made by Garmin and Fitbit, Reuters reported. The investigation would...
U.K. FinTech startup Curve has widened its range of wearables by partnering with Garmin, Fitbit and Sony’s Wena pay, Curve said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. 12). The banking platform enables its customers to roll all of their payment and banking cards into...
