![]() Eventually, smartwatches (and other wearables) will become independent devices, complete with their own wireless connections. Indeed, many of the complaints about smartwatches revolve around their duplicity: why do I need to wear this device on my wrist that just tells me the same thing the phone in my pocket is already telling me?īut while today’s smartwatches are shackled to a phone, that won’t always be the case. It’s hard to pitch them as must-have devices in your life when you still need your smartphone all the time to use them. Smartwatches are therefore accessories to the main show, your smartphone. ![]() They become, in effect, dumbwatches with really poor battery life. If you were to disconnect any of these devices, they become little more than standard timepieces with a little bit of activity tracking. ![]() Every smartwatch you’ve likely seen, whether it’s an Apple Watch, an Android Wear device, or a Pebble, has relied on a smartphone for all of its smarts.
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