Diving deep into Put on OS 5 Developer Preview reveals a few neat options coming to future smartwatches. Maybe the primary one to characteristic them is the upcoming Google Pixel Watch 3, scheduled for an August announcement.
The 2 most notable options in query are UWB and Bluetooth LE Audio. The UWB connectivity has been advised in stories previously, which might probably enable safe telephone unlocking and extra correct location monitoring of the telephone and the watch. So long as the telephone helps UWB as effectively, after all.
The Bluetooth LE Audio half is one other characteristic that is not available on smartwatches and the Pixel Watch 3 could be the primary one to supply it. It is a Bluetooth protocol initially designed for IoT gadgets needing Bluetooth connection however with out draining the battery an excessive amount of. In any case, good wearables and IoT gadgets have tiny batteries. Nonetheless, Bluetooth LE alone cannot carry audio knowledge, so smartwatches use the protocol only for connecting along with your telephone.
Bluetooth LE Audio help will enable the wearables to hook up with your headphones and stream music. Furthermore, the protocol is able to connecting to multiple system concurrently and streaming music. Basically, folks utilizing their smartwatches for music streaming on the go will vastly profit from the BT LE Audio protocol as it will protect battery life.
Although we nonetheless have not seen any smartwatches supporting the protocol, there are a handful of earbuds and headphones that transmit over BT LE. We simply want the smartwatches now.
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