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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces
Samsung released its first fitness-focused smart ring last year, adding to its stable of wearables that's mostly comprised of smartwatches. The company is now looking to bolster its lineup with new wearables in different form factors, like glasses, earrings, and necklaces, CNN reported. Won-joon Choi, COO of Samsung's mobile experience division, told CNN that the company wants to explore form factors that let users communicate and do things without needing their phones. 'We believe it should be wearable, something that you shouldn't carry, (that) you don't need to carry. So it could be something that you wear, glasses, earrings, watches, rings, and sometime (a) necklace,' CNN quoted Choi as saying. Earlier this year, Samsung said it was building smart glasses with Google, and in May, the Korea Economic Daily reported that the company was working on an advanced microdisplay for AR glasses.
TechCrunch
6 days ago
- TechCrunch
Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces
In Brief Samsung released its first fitness-focused smart ring last year, adding to its stable of wearables that's mostly comprised of smartwatches. The company is now looking to bolster its lineup with new wearables in different form factors, like glasses, earrings, and necklaces, CNN reported. Won-joon Choi, COO of Samsung's mobile experience division, told CNN that the company wants to explore form factors that let users communicate and do things without needing their phones. 'We believe it should be wearable, something that you shouldn't carry, (that) you don't need to carry. So it could be something that you wear, glasses, earrings, watches, rings, and sometime (a) necklace,' CNN quoted Choi as saying. Earlier this year, Samsung said it was building smart glasses with Google, and in May, the Korea Economic Daily reported that the company was working on an advanced microdisplay for AR glasses.
Times
7 days ago
- Health
- Times
Being constantly nagged by health apps is no fun at all
Health and fitness apps have come a long way since they logged your daily steps and not much else. Now, not only on your phone, but on your wrist and, increasingly, on your finger in the form of a smart ring, anyone interested can measure cardio capacity, sleep patterns, stress resilience, skin temperature, oxygen saturation levels, recovery times and something called circadian alignment. Best of all, just as some phones are still used to make actual phone calls, most wearable trackers will also tell you what time it is. Personal stats gathering can be helpful, a latter day Jiminy Cricket-style conscience promoting better health, but recent innovations suggest these devices risk becoming, at worst, busybodies, and at best, purveyors of the absolutely blinking obvious. Witness the upgraded smart watch which can now tell its wearer they need to dose up on beta carotene, found in brightly coloured vegetables, to improve their antioxidant score. So, essentially, this clever new function on a clever watch tells its clever owner to eat more carrots. Such redundant advice is in tune with those endlessly repeated announcements at transport hubs ordering passengers to carry water in hot weather, avoid falling over in wet weather, hold the handrail, apply the brakes on the buggy, collect their belongings and please don't smoke, skateboard or attack members of staff. Worse, some trackers will tell you, without so much as a by your leave, when to start drinking coffee, when to stop drinking coffee, when to go outside to soak up some sun, when to go to bed, when to have a glass of water, when to stand up, when to sit down, etc. Paradoxically, these gadgets are most favoured by alpha-male types who hold a dim view of the nanny state yet submit to being bossed about all day by a cheeky gizmo on their wrist. Go figure.
CNET
7 days ago
- Health
- CNET
Nab This QVC Deal and Save Big on This Subscription-Free Fitness Tracking Ring During Prime Day
These days, you don't need a bulky smartwatch to keep an eye on your fitness throughout the day. Smart rings are a sleeker, less clunky solution -- especially if you're wearing them at night. The Ultrahuman Ring Air is one of CNET's picks for top smart rings, and it can perform many of the same functions as a wrist-worn fitness tracker without throwing off your style. It typically sells for $350, but right now you can pick up any of the five color variants for as little as $298 when you shop at QVC. That's thanks to a $51 direct discount and an additional coupon code HELLO30 that takes an extra $30 if you're new to QVC. It's not quite the biggest discount we've seen, but deals on this smart ring are far and few between, so you could be waiting a while if you're holding out for a better offer. The device is water-resistant and weighs just 2.4 grams, hence the "Air" in the name. It can track sleep data, function as a fitness tracker, have a heart rate monitor, support circadian phase alignment and more. Even more appealing is that it is subscription-free, compared to other smart rings like the Oura Ring (which costs over $6 per month if you want all your insights). Hey, did you know? CNET Deals texts are free, easy and save you money. If you're trying to get a detailed look at your health and fitness data, the Ultrahuman Ring Air is an ideal choice. It lets you track your sleep, movement, recovery and other health data through the Ultrahuman app, which calculates everything using its own scores. The ring can even tell you the optimal times to drink caffeine based on your personal data. It's even perfectly suited for high-performance athletes who need to maintain their overall health. It also offers additional features, including food tracking and time management, to help you avoid glucose spikes or disrupted sleep. Why this deal matters The Ultrahuman Ring is a great fitness tracker that hasn't been on sale much, so a $51 discount is worth your attention. Fitness rings are still a fairly new category, so discounts on them are still very rare. If you like the look of this one, make sure you get in on it sooner rather than later, as we don't know when the deal is set to expire.
