2021-05-19T12:24:27Z
We knew this was coming since the first rumours started circulating about Google potentially buying Fitbit. As announced at Google I/O yesterday, Fitbit will be releasing new fitness trackers and health smartwatches running Wear OS. And while for the uninitiated this might sounds good news, in reality, previous Wear OS iterations were not famous for their responsiveness, so changing the perfectly fine Fitbit OS to Wear OS doesn t fill me with confidence.
Don t get me wrong, it was pretty much inevitable for Fitbit to be assimilated into the vast Google product and service portfolio sooner rather than later, yet I can t help but feel sad about seeing the Fitbit OS go. That s even considering that Wear OS has undergone its biggest update ever and that even Samsung is on board now providing its own expertise to improve the platform.
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50 Things Google Announced This Week
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Google I/O has been running this week and some things sure were announced.
Unlike previous years, there was no hardware focus. It was all about the software, AI and improvements.
That being said, if you were itching to find out about the upcoming Google Pixel 6, the leakers have you covered.
So let’s take a look at just some of the many things Google announced this week.
AI
AI was also s big deal at Google I/O 2020 so much so that Google even announced a dedicated AI campus.
LaMDA, a machine learning model that improves on an AI’s conversational skills
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Google has announced to bring the best of its Smartwatch Wear OS and Tizen platform by Samsung into a single, unified platform, to deliver faster performance, longer battery life and more of the apps you love available for the watch.
For performance, Samsung and Google teams collaborated and made apps start up to 30 per cent faster on the latest chipsets with smooth user interface animations and motion.
“To achieve longer battery life, we’ve worked to optimize the lower layers of the operating system – taking advantage of low-power hardware cores to enable better battery life,” said Bjorn Kilburn, Director of Product Management, Wear during the Google I/O conference on Tuesday.
Samsung and Google are partnering to finally challenge the Apple Watch
Google is merging Wear OS with Samsung’s own Tizen smartwatch software to create a unified platform for wearable devices.
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Google I/O 2021 keynote was a busy one. We got our first official look at Android 12, had a glimpse of new Workspace and Maps features, security advancements, some cutting-edge Google Assistant research, and a lot more. But the biggest news of them all was about Google’s wearable platform – Wear OS. And a little bit about Samsung’s Tizen platform too. Both, actually. In clear words, Google is partnering with Samsung to finally pose a serious challenge to the Apple Watch – undisputed king of the smartwatch segment.
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