The Masimo Freedom has all the tech Apple can't use
  • Masimo, the company that sued Apple over patent infringement, has unveiled its own blood oxygen monitoring smartwatch called the Masimo Freedom.
  • The Masimo Freedom is a health-focused device that can track blood oxygen levels, hydration index, respiration rate, pulse rate variability, pulse rate, steps, and detect falls.
  • The smartwatch is currently in prototype stage and will be available for sale later this year at a price of $999.

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      • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
        101·
        5 months ago

        There’s been a Garmin app store for twice as long as Apple has been making watches.

        https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/

        It’s not at all a different product. It’s a direct competitor who makes a superior product.

        Again – I’ve had a smart watch that does all the shit apple watch does, for half a decade before apple even thought about it. And mine can go a month without charging.

        • BorgDrone@lemmy.oneEnglish
          29·
          5 months ago

          It’s a direct competitor who makes a superior product.

          Define superior. Only Apple makes Smartwatch SoCs with any kind of decent performance, other manufacturers like Qualcomm don’t put a lot of effort into the market segment and just put an old CPU core in a low power package and call it a day. It’s simply not profitable enough for them.

          • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
            51·
            5 months ago

            I don’t give a shit about any of that. It’s what the watch DOES, and Garmin does WAY more, for WAY longer.