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·
      8 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·
        8 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·
          8 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.