Personally I have tried several smartwatches, sport watches, wearables and fitness bands, of all kinds, but none have ever proved perfect. I do not hide that I also tried the infamous Apple Watch for some time, which after 3 months of use I proceeded to resell, due to the many gaps and inefficiencies that I found. To want to put a definite piece in the search for the perfect wearable, Facebook intervenes that seems to have taken the sale of these devices to heart to the point of wanting to develop a completely personal one, which will offer fitness services but above all an enviable smart soul. .
The Facebook smartwatch will be based on an Android operating system, but it will not be Wear OS that we all know for some negative aspects related to autonomy, but Facebook will develop its own OS. This means that the release times will not be ripe until 2022.
It is therefore too early to talk about features but it is Facebook itself to underline that their wearable solution will be perfect for receiving and sending messages and all messaging in general, with particular preference for Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. , all owned by the most used social network in the world.
In addition, the wearable will be equipped with its own connectivity, so that users can stay in touch with their friends and family without the need for a smartphone. But even the features related to fitness will not fail to amaze and rival the most popular competitors of the moment, first of all Apple Watch and Huami's Amazfit devices.
Facebook throws down the gauntlet to wearables in general: theirs will be the best to use WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram
In fact, among the software goodies, there are rumors of integration with services such as Peloton, which will allow you to see exercise classes live or on request without of course neglecting the possibility of monitoring heart rate and blood oxygen levels.
It is not the first time that Facebook has come out of its seminar, so much so that there are also rumors of the development of ray-Ban-style smart glasses equipped with augmented reality that should debut by the end of this year. In short, only time will tell us if Facebook will be serious or if it is better that it continues to deal with social media and nothing more.
