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I wonder why they added this to the finger rather than adding this capability to the watches they are already making? One handed operation is one reason, though
by pedalpete 10mo ago
I wonder why they added this to the finger rather than adding this capability to the watches they are already making? One handed operation is one reason, though I'd think a UX could be designed to make this an app on the watch, rather than a stand-alone device.
Seems like overkill, particularly when other rings do bio-metric tracking, so is this focused on a big enough problem to want to solve?
- plaidphantom 10mo agoThey explicitly address this in the article: "Initially, we experimented by building this as an app on Pebble, since it has a mic and I’m always wearing one. But, I realized quickly that this was suboptimal - it required me to use my other hand to press the button to start recording (lift-to-wake gestures and wake-words are too unreliable). This was tough to use while bicycling or carrying stuff." This interacts directly with the Pebble App, so I would be shocked if the watches never get an equivalent app.