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Victoria Song

Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

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    An old Pixel Watch can learn new tricks.

    On top of public transit directions (which are also available on any Wear OS 3 watch or later), as part of the March Pixel Feature Drop, the original Pixel Watch is getting the ability to auto track certain workouts, set goal paces within exercises, and heart rate zone training. It’s also getting the Relax app, which guides you through breathing exercises.

    Most of these were already available on the Pixel Watch 2, but it’s nice to see Google give the first-gen watch some love.

    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Seems like a MicroLED Apple Watch is probably at least delayed.

    Apple supplier AMS-Osram said a key project was cancelled — aka a MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says on X that means the whole project is cancelled, citing Osram as Apple’s sole MicroLED supplier. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman also said on X that nah, AMS-Osram was but one of several suppliers Apple is working with.

    Only Apple knows the truth, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a MicroLED Ultra is delayed.

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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
    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.