At present, the smartwatch market is dominanted by the Apple Watch. We have been hearing about Google's answer to Apple watch for quite some time in form of Google's Pixel watch. Though we still don't know the release date, we now know the possible headlining feature of the watch.
A patent was filed with the U.S. Patent Office and was spotted by Patently Apple. It suggested a system that uses an optical sensor in the body of a smartwatch to detect gestures made with a wearer’s fingers, wrist or arm.
The gestures would need to be carried out using the hand or arm that the smartwatch is worn. One of the gestures include making a fist to launch a feature (such as Google assistant or any app) and opening the fist to dismiss it.
Another gesture shown is tapping one or more fingers against your thumb. Different number of taps would trigger different feature. You could imagine for example a single tap pausing your music, while a double tap skips track.
In theory it sounds innovative and useful. We have to keep in mind that many features seen in the patents doesn't always end up in the actual device. But there is still hope considering it's not the first time Google has done something similar. Earlier last year they released Google Pixel 4 with Soli rader chip which enabled gesture support. But many tech reviewers termed it to be inaccurate and less useful from a practical point of view. But the case can be different for a smart watch given the fact that it has a smaller display. The practicality of the gestures in a smartwatch is yet to be seen.
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