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Facebook Working on Smart Watch to Compete With Apple Watch
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Hmmm. I wonder how they can do that... oh yeah maybe it’s because they’re subsidizing the price of it by selling your user data. Think of the treasure trove they’d have access to! Heart rate, steps, when you sleep, messages, literally so many data points it’s horrifying.
Please do, FB. Burning millions of dollars on stuff few will want can only speed up your demise.
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I need it like an ******* on my elbow...
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So, now they'll steal your health data, too. I'd be very surprised if their offering doesn't have health monitoring functionality.
LOL anyone remember when fb tried to make some sort of mobile os or a skin or whatever it was... that was funny.
Facebook is developing a smart watch that will focus on messaging and health features, according to a new report from The Information. Wearers will be able to send messages with Facebook services like Messenger and WhatsApp, and it will work with a cellular connection without a tethered smartphone.
Health features like options to track workouts with friends or communicate with trainers will be included, and the watch will be able to connect to services provided by health and fitness companies like Peloton. Facebook's upcoming watch is said to run a version of Google's Android software.
Facebook plans to sell the smart watch at close to its production cost, which is also what it does with the Oculus headset. There's no word on what pricing will be, but competing products range in price from $150 to $400+.
It's not likely a smart watch will go over well with those who have concerns about Facebook's data collection. Amazon recently released a "Halo" fitness band that has been derided for its invasiveness. Facebook already makes some consumer hardware products including the aforementioned Oculus and Portal camera and tablet devices.
A Facebook smart watch would need to compete with the Apple Watch, which is one of the best selling wearables on the market. Just this morning, a report suggested that more than 100 million people globally own an Apple Watch. Facebook is also working on its own Ray-Ban branded smart glasses that would compete with rumored products coming from Apple in the next few years.
Facebook is aiming to start selling its smart watch next year, with a second-generation planned for as soon as 2023. The Information says that development is "far along," but there's always still a chance the product could be scrapped.
Article Link: Facebook Working on Smart Watch to Compete With Apple Watch
Just waiting for fb to become like MySpace and just go away. Still don't get why people continue to use Facebook am I missing something,
No. Just. No.
I really want Facebook to burn.
Everyone should watch “The Social Dilemma“.
I really want Facebook to burn.
Everyone should watch “The Social Dilemma“.
If it would be if it was legitimate competition, but have a feeling it will be as good as that phone thing they tried to do 8 years ago.People laughing about this don’t understand that this is ultimately a good thing for competition and thus a good thing for us. Super glad you lot aren’t in charge of any major decisions
Wow I have never actually seen a Facebook supporter, good for you
Actually, please, no, don't do that either. Go away. Find a nice leper colony somewhere and retire. Nothing personal, just thinking about the greater good, which I don't think you can even spell.
I'm laughing at Facebook and anyone that supports them. Just hope they become like MySpace, I mean it's the same thing?
This is great. Now i can creep on personal health data which people will most willingly give up 🤔😩
If I don't like using Facebook's products how is a good thing?People laughing about this don’t understand that this is ultimately a good thing for competition and thus a good thing for us. Super glad you lot aren’t in charge of any major decisions
Facebook plays fast and loose with privacy. They know it. The world knows it. To think they want us to trust them to protect one our most precious resources - our health and well being - is downright laughable.
I don't have an Apple Watch but I have more faith in Apple to keep my health records as secure as possible.
I don't have an Apple Watch but I have more faith in Apple to keep my health records as secure as possible.
I don't understand how they make any money at all, who is using Facebook,
I think they are lying about how
Many people use their service, seriously who uses Facebook.
Social is an odd way to spell anti-society.
You could at least try to make not as obvious that you're shilling for Facebook...People laughing about this don’t understand that this is ultimately a good thing for competition and thus a good thing for us. Super glad you lot aren’t in charge of any major decisions
Fast and loose? How about they just don't care about anyone privacy, who supports this company?
Laughing cause of the company making it not at the competition you go right ahead and get one ok 👍People laughing about this don’t understand that this is ultimately a good thing for competition and thus a good thing for us. Super glad you lot aren’t in charge of any major decisions
This is gonna need one major "privacy nutrition label." But Zuckerberg will make the print so tiny you'll need his new Facebook glasses to read it!
We understand, just no one believes fb wil make anything close to as good as the competition except youPeople laughing about this don’t understand that this is ultimately a good thing for competition and thus a good thing for us. Super glad you lot aren’t in charge of any major decisions
So is this what is known as ZUCC staying arms-length away from my personal data?
Facebook is developing a smart watch that will focus on messaging and health features, according to a new report from The Information. Wearers will be able to send messages with Facebook services like Messenger and WhatsApp, and it will work with a cellular connection without a tethered smartphone.
Health features like options to track workouts with friends or communicate with trainers will be included, and the watch will be able to connect to services provided by health and fitness companies like Peloton. Facebook's upcoming watch is said to run a version of Google's Android software.
Facebook plans to sell the smart watch at close to its production cost, which is also what it does with the Oculus headset. There's no word on what pricing will be, but competing products range in price from $150 to $400+.
It's not likely a smart watch will go over well with those who have concerns about Facebook's data collection. Amazon recently released a "Halo" fitness band that has been derided for its invasiveness. Facebook already makes some consumer hardware products including the aforementioned Oculus and Portal camera and tablet devices.
A Facebook smart watch would need to compete with the Apple Watch, which is one of the best selling wearables on the market. Just this morning, a report suggested that more than 100 million people globally own an Apple Watch. Facebook is also working on its own Ray-Ban branded smart glasses that would compete with rumored products coming from Apple in the next few years.
Facebook is aiming to start selling its smart watch next year, with a second-generation planned for as soon as 2023. The Information says that development is "far along," but there's always still a chance the product could be scrapped.
Article Link: Facebook Working on Smart Watch to Compete With Apple Watch