Has wearable tech had its day?

[RSoles]

Did it have a day?
Other than a calculator watch I had in the seventies( maybe eighties) I never really saw the point.

Anybody go in for wearable tech.?
No Suity, that tag on your ankle doesn't count.....

[scooterscot]

It never had its 'day' in the first place.

Apple watch - the wrong name for a start. Had they stuck with something without a screen loaded with health sensors. No they had to reinvent the wheel. Steve would never have let it leave the lab.

Fitbit got off to a good start. The right name for a start. Then they decided to follow apple, and making health monitoring into notification centre. Idiots. Now their stock is sinking faster than the titanic.

Wearable tech has a place, I like to know if I'm sleeping the hours needed for me, my health. But a smaller version of my phone so I don't have to reach into my pocket?

Apple died when Steve did, the Watch, the latest Macbook pro. Hopefully they'll find the right direction before the money runs out.

[xoggoth]

For us old farts who lose something nearly every week, having a GPS tracker on everything we carry or wear would be great.

Seriously, not sure what the point of Fitbit etc is. I find a pedometer is good to record time actually spent walking/running, your watch does not take account of stops to look at the view, check the map, have a quick pee etc. but gave up bothering about calories, steps, distance.

[greenlake]

[woohoo]

Did it have a day?
Other than a calculator watch I had in the seventies( maybe eighties) I never really saw the point.

Anybody go in for wearable tech.?
No Suity, that tag on your ankle doesn't count.....

I don't think it's had its day. I think we are at the start, health monitoring will only improve and I can see it becoming a normal thing to have. Perhaps we won't have them on our wrists but will be on/in our body.

Few years time I can see something like the Hololens becoming the norm, obviously a much smaller light weight version.

I've tried a few wearable and the fitbit is probably the best for every day use, but still they are really limited. But that's going to improve.

[anonymouse]

For health reasons, I've just started with a cheap £15 pedometer, with heart rate monitor and sleep measuring. Oh, it also gives me the time as well. It's an unbranded version of a Yamay that came out will it consumer tests.

Seems OK, does what it's supposed to do and apparently can connect to Google Fit.

[RonBW]

I use my Pebble Time for my normal wear, and I do miss it when I've not got it on. Non-normal wear, I go back to my Omega.

I find it convenient to be able to glance at my watch and see who is ringing / emailing / sending me messages rather than needing to get my phone out. Plus I can delete an email from my watch without needing to open the email like I do on my phone.

[vetran]

I have a Vivofit 2 love it. Steps, heart rate & sleep + watch. Needs alarms.


It was as always hype before sense. But I suspect that niche markets will stay. Virtual reality warehouse picker and of course porn.

[VectraMan]

I wear a Casio digital watch. I love it. Tells me the time; the date. Can use it as an alarm. Everything you want from wearable tech.

[VillageContractor]

Got a fitbit surge which measures heart rate and tells me calories i've burnt during the day.

While I'm trying to lose weight it's really helpful to see how a small walk into town rather than get a bus can burn 200+ calories etc