Smartwatches expected to pass fitness trackers in fast growing connected wearables market
Shipments of connected wearables will grow by a CAGR of 15.4 percent from 116.8 million in 2018 to 238.5 million…
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Valencell technology integrated into smartwatch delivers biometric monitoring to banking customers
Valencell, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Z-Smart have integrated Valencell’s PerformTek technology in G&D’s new payments-focused smartwatch targeting the banking…
Samsung continues to utilize speech recognition technology by Sensory
Sensory Inc. announced this past week that Samsung continues to utilize TrulyHandsfree technology to provide speech trigger and speech recognition…
Samsung patent uses veins for biometric authentication on wearable device
A newly published Samsung patent titled “Wearable Device and Method of Operating the Same” was filed on July 29, 2015…
Samsung developing Biosignal ID for smartwatch to process financial transactions
Samsung has been working on remedying issues with its fingerprint scanner for smartphones and tablets, along with developing a way…
Hyundai releases voice recognition-enabled smartwatch app for Android
Hyundai has launched its Blue Link voice recognition-enabled smartwatch companion app for Android Wear on Google Play, which will also…
Ionosys combines a watch and fingerprint reader for biometric authentication
French startup Ionosys is now offering SmartSafe, a new biometric watch with fingerprint recognition for two-factor authentication, according to a…
Toyota to showcase research vehicle with custom biometric software
Toyota will showcase the latest generation Driver Awareness Research Vehicle, DARV1.5, at this week’s Meeting of the Minds 2014 summit…
Samsung to partner with PayPal to enable mobile payments with new smartwatch
Samsung is partnering with PayPal to offer mobile payment capabilities for the next version of its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, according…
Apple adds smartwatch, biometric payment capabilities to iPhone
After months of rumors and speculation in the press, Apple announced it will soon launch its new Apple Watch, a…
