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Victoria Song

Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

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    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Oppo just busted out AI smart glasses at MWC.

    Oppo’s Air Glass 3 look like an ordinary pair of glasses, but it connects to Oppo smartphones to access the company’s AndesGPT LLM. Like other smart glasses, you tap the sides for controls and it can play music, display information, and take voice calls.

    So far, it sounds similar to what Meta is trying to do with the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, where you can ask an AI assistant to deliver more context about the things you actually see. The catch is it won’t be available outside of China — and this is only a prototype in any case.

    Render of the Oppo Air Glass 3
    Image: Oppo
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    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Withings finally adds cycle tracking to its app.

    Withings users can access the feature by pressing the “+” icon in the app’s Home tab and entering some basic questions about their period. You can also add tags for symptoms, and receive trends based on your last three cycles.

    Withings is late to the game. Most major wearables started adding period tracking in 2018. That said, the timing makes sense as it recently launched its ScanWatch 2, which has temperature sensors and lets you add cycle data straight from the wrist. Ah well, better late than never.

    Withings App - iOS - Learn more about Menstrual Cycle Tracking

    [Withings | Support]

    No, smartwatches and smart rings can’t measure blood glucose yetNo, smartwatches and smart rings can’t measure blood glucose yet
    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    The Pixel Watch 2 might get a new way to tell time.

    According to 9to5 Google, you’ll soon be able to tap the Pixel Watch 2 and it’ll tell you the time through vibrations. There are two modes — one that tells you the hour and minutes via varying vibration lengths, and another that rounds the current time to the nearest quarter hour.

    I’m eager to try it whenever it officially rolls out. It could be helpful for folks with low-vision, and it’s always good to have discreet ways to tell time without being rude.

    Pixel Watch 2 might soon tell you the time by vibrating

    [9to5Google]

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