In the interview below, he describes it as a local, encrypted feature used to identify people you already know. Not, he says, as a feature that pulls data from a central database. Even so, there are discussions to be had about consent and whether it’s actually that awkward to ask, “Hey, where do I know you from again?”
It’s been missing from the first two versions of the beta, but you can now continue conversations from your phone on your wrist, and vice versa. I’m playing around with it now, but I’m curious to hear from fellow smartwatch nerds. (You’ll need a Series 9, Ultra 3, or SE 3 and later to run the dev beta.)
The AI wearable surveillance state hinges on good intentions masking legitimate privacy concerns.
Electrolyte mixes have a time and place — but less than influencers would have you believe.
I measured my body composition on five devices. I still don’t know what my exact body fat percentage is.
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Google Health remains a work in progress, but it could be so much worse.
They’re $80 cheaper, and Alex Himel, Meta’s VP of wearables, says privacy improvements are on the way.
