Given the inexpensiveness of fitness bands to the point they’re giveaway devices, I don’t think we can really argue that there is similar material value between this device and say, the steamdeck controller, which is also coming out at that price point.
I really don’t get why earbuds do not have much of the health device functionaility. Seems the perfect place for temp, o2, heartrate, etc and theoretically you should be able to judge steps from any point but between the phone and this you could triangulate.
you’d think they’d be able to do that considering most of them all use common bluetooth components… it’d just require someone like qualcomm to go integrate an led driver and sensor and add a MEMS gyro. I’m willing to have chonky earbuds for better bass driver, I’d accept a few mm³ being allocated to a MEMS gyro/accel… I think you’re right and now I’m mad with you.
Given the inexpensiveness of fitness bands to the point they’re giveaway devices, I don’t think we can really argue that there is similar material value between this device and say, the steamdeck controller, which is also coming out at that price point.
This should be a $19.99 product.
I really don’t get why earbuds do not have much of the health device functionaility. Seems the perfect place for temp, o2, heartrate, etc and theoretically you should be able to judge steps from any point but between the phone and this you could triangulate.
you’d think they’d be able to do that considering most of them all use common bluetooth components… it’d just require someone like qualcomm to go integrate an led driver and sensor and add a MEMS gyro. I’m willing to have chonky earbuds for better bass driver, I’d accept a few mm³ being allocated to a MEMS gyro/accel… I think you’re right and now I’m mad with you.