A more current rumor now says the watch is in development again.
When Will the Meta Smartwatch Be Released?
You canread through the patent via this PDF hosted by LetsGoDigital.
Smartwatch display with camera.
It was originally planned for 2023.
No other details were provided.
The price is right up there, with features, as a deciding factor when users make a purchase.
According to the Bloomberg report, the watch would have had a price point around $349.
This is just under the $400 Apple Watch.
We’ll drop the link here at that time.
Apps would be managed through the user’s Facebook account or a dedicated companion app.
There might also be skin temperature sensing, sleep tracking, heart rate monitoring, and blood sugar detection.
It’ll instead be more of an extension for the headset.
If anything, those features could be reserved for the Meta Watch 2 or some other future Facebook smartwatch.
Kamila Wojciechowska’s source saysthe gear uses a custom version of Androidand is powered by a Qualcomm SoC.
All of that sounds fine and expected in any modern smartwatch.
But given what we know about Facebook, it’s doubtful the features will stop there.
In short, aFacebook smartwatch is a bad idea for one reason: it’s a huge privacy risk.
), it’s pretty erase the problems this could create.
A connected smartwatch adds even more of your data to the trove.
The patent linked above shows the display’s ability to rotate.
Users will be able to adjust the field of view with multiple cameras."
Like any camera, this one captures selfies and presumably facilitates video calls.
This camera is 12-megapixels.
It might have an 18-hour battery life.
The Latest News About the Meta Watch
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