For once, I didn’t have to worry about a fiddly fit getting in the way of heart rate tracking.
After an earthquake rocked the East Coast this morning, we were all warned that an aftershock could be a possibility. Well, it looks we just got one — albeit much shorter and less intense. In any case, at least you don’t have to worry too much about NYC’s infrastructure.
That’s what I kept asking myself when testing out spatial Personas with Wes. The short of it is your ghostly Personas are now free to interact in any SharePlay enabled app, so you can watch movies, play games, and collaborate on projects. It’s neat — and you can interact more with other people. But seeing Wes’ head just float in my office also reminded me he really wasn’t there.
Finally, a chest strap that works with my sports bra — not against it.
That’s because rumor has it the thing will pack a 600mAh battery. On the one hand, that probably means multiday battery life. We love that! But it also means the Pro will likely be a behemoth. Don’t love that. I get the design challenge, but on behalf of petite-wristed folks, smartwatches can’t keep getting bigger to solve the battery issue.
Namely, Google’s rolling out Heath Connect integration. So if you have 5,000 steps on a Pixel Watch and then switch over to a Garmin for a run, that workout data will still be viewable within the Fitbit app. It’s not perfect — that data won’t count toward Fitbit badges, for instance. Still, this is a neat option for folks who like to use multiple devices.
This video is a fun speedrun through all the VR headsets and AR glasses that Meta’s been tinkering with over the last decade. There’s a mention of Project Aria, and you even get a glimpse of some experimental smartwatch like controls. It’s a neat highlight reel, but I did chortle at how fast the video glosses over Ray-Ban Stories.
