With speculation swirling around Apple about a smartwatch, a Samsung VP earlier this week revealed that the Korean manufacturer had been working on its own such product for some time. A screen shot of a possible Samsung smartwatch, called the Samsung Galaxy Altius, had leaked last month. On Friday, the Financial Times outed an apparent third player in the smartwatch game, a little company that we happen to know as Google. The Mountain View based company is said to have its Android team working on the product instead of the experimental Google X team. This probably means that Google sees a real strong potential in the device.
Google's patent application shows coffee prices being checked using a smart watch
The recent success of the Kickstarter funded Pebble smartwatch has made many big tech companies more serious about such a device. Seeking $100,000, Pebble received over $10 million in financing and just released its first SDK to developers. Made of E-Paper, the face of the watch can be changed as easily as downloading an app on your phone. The watch sends you notifications of calls, emails, SMS messages and more, using Bluetooth to connect to your Android or Apple iPhone. Apps can be downloaded to turn your watch into a golf rangefinder, a pedometer and more.
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It looks like there is going to be a battle for control of the real estate just above your hand. Google's smartwatch is said to be separate from Samsung's product and back in 2011, Google did apply for a patent for a smart watch using a dual-screen flip up display and an augmented reality viewer. An illustration that was part of the patent application showed the watch with the flip screen up and the augmented reality viewer being used to check the price of coffee on the shelf at the supermarket.
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Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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