Wearables Archive

Remember the first voice assistant I ever wanted to talk to twice? It’s headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, and it just hired Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell as chief product officer. They go way back: Mitchell joined Iribe’s Scaleform in 2009, they worked together at Autodesk and Gaikai (where we met), then co-founded Oculus. Now they’re hiring for AI glasses with, apparently, next-gen embedded OS.

The upgraded Quatix 8 starts at $1,199.99 for the 47mm model, offering an AMOLED display with a scratch-resistant sapphire lens, titanium bezel, and up to 16 days of battery life (or up to 29 days on the $1,299.99 51mm option).

The strength-training startup had a funny campaign last year, ribbing Peloton for allegedly copying the Ladder app for its Strength Plus app. Now it’s flexing that it poached Peloton instructor Jennifer Jacobs (who Peloton originally poached from Ladder) and offering Peloton members a three-month, all access subscription. Word has it Ladder is also planning to send trucks with digital billboards outside Peloton’s NY headquarters advertising the campaign.

That’s according to CNET, which interviewed Hon Pak, Samsung’s head of digital health, about new features coming to One UI 8 Watch, including an AI running coach and a non-invasive antioxidant level check that might be impressive if it actually does what it claims.

In addition to their discussion of what happened with AI Siri, Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak talked about how an Apple Watch might fit into Apple’s AI device plans, if Apple is working on a foldable (“who’s to say?”), and if iPhone prices will go up due to tariffs (“nothing to announce”). It’s worth watching.

The company’s first chief technology officer (CTO), Francis Shanahan, has a remit “to focus on artificial intelligence efforts,” announced alongside a new head of marketing. New-ish CEO Peter Stern has already said AI “has the potential to give humans superpowers,” which in Peloton’s case so far means personalized workout plans and AI-powered subtitles for classes.