Sentences with phrase «companion smartphone»

Overall, freeing smartwatches from companion smartphones seems like a step in the right direction, but it doesn't yet appear to be a game - changer.

Voice commands should work with any song, artist, album, or playlist, provided users have signed into Spotify through Amazon's Alexa companion smartphone app.

Beyond the aesthetic enhancements, the Android Wear companion smartphone app is also getting updated, with Google promising it «makes browsing, downloading, and switching watch faces really easy.»

The Gear Live also has a changeable strap, and connects to companion smartphones through Bluetooth 4.0 LE (Low Energy).

Companion smartphone apps on Android and Fire OS will launch upon availability to help buyers set up and get started with the speaker, but everyone else (including iOS users) will need to access it via a web app.

Its battery charge is longer (10 days), its electronics more elegantly housed, its companion smartphone apps better thought - out.

Unlike past watches, this one has 3G cellular connectivity and can do more without a companion smartphone nearby.

A companion smartphone application can automatically correlate the visual results to specific blood hemoglobin levels.

A companion smartphone app provides parents with insights on a daily basis.

A companion smartphone app allows you to plan your route offline and then load it into the system at the start of the journey.

I couldn't help but wish for a companion smartphone app that lets you play a new video or adjust the volume from afar.

The Switch doesn't feature voice chat options readily and requires a companion smartphone app for that function — to the searing disappointment of many players.

Also like Amazon's Go store, shoppers will have to use a companion smartphone app, where their payment information is stored.

This one is great if you want to get into scheduling but you don't want to rely on the companion smartphone app to do all the programming.

In addition to the new firmware, Google Glass's companion smartphone app, MyGlass, has been updated to target version 5.1 of Android's operating system (meanwhile, Google is working on Android O — version 8).

Insteon's sensor has a straightforward setup process: Once your hub is up and running, the companion smartphone app guides you along.

Alerts are sent to Nest's companion smartphone app along with a live video stream from the camera.

In the U.S., the U.K., and Germany, you can now link your iCloud calendar to Alexa using the companion smartphone app.

We grabbed some hands - on time with the new Bluetooth 4.0 equipped activity dongle - and its companion smartphone app - at CES to see if it could oust UP from our wrist.

The Orbit uses Bluetooth smart to connect to the companion smartphone app, features and OLED display on the front and is waterproof up to 300 feet.

Once connected with a companion smartphone, it pulls out notifications from social networks as well as calls and messages.

That last bit shouldn't be glossed over as everything Google demonstrated today was performed without a companion smartphone.

The battery contains a Wi - Fi radio that can communicate with your home network and a companion smartphone app.

The problems didn't lie with the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol itself, Rose said, but in the way the locks implemented Bluetooth communications, or with a lock's companion smartphone app.

This allows the device to work without the companion smartphone app.

New security enhancement Auto Lock automatically secures the companion smartphone screen any time that GALAXY Gear is more than 1.5 meters away from the smartphone, and then unlocks the smartphone when the companion devices are near each other again.

Features New security enhancement Auto Lock automatically secures the companion smartphone screen any time that GALAXY Gear is more than 1.5 meters away from the smartphone, and then unlocks the smartphone when the companion devices are near each other again.

Content is recorded to the camera's onboard microSD card, and can be sent to its companion smartphone via Wi - Fi Direct, Bluetooth or a microUSB cable connection.

The Pebble currently gets those notifications via email, but later they'll just work directly with the companion smartphone apps.

We grabbed some hands - on time with the new Bluetooth 4.0 equipped activity dongle — and its companion smartphone app — at CES to see if it could oust UP from our wrist.

To update, you can check if you're among Fitbit's initial deployment for Fitbit OS 2.0 in the companion smartphone app.

It syncs with a companion smartphone to deliver text notifications, incoming calls, calendar alerts, and social media updates.

It was also given dual - band MIMO wireless connectivity and a clever private listening mode via the companion smartphone app.

Not only is the companion smartphone app a gateway for configuring your Echo devices, it maintains an activity log of all voice interactions with Alexa devices associated with your Amazon account.

The vast, round speaker system - which reminds us of an archery target, albeit one with touch - sensitive volume controls and a companion smartphone and tablet app - can be wall - mounted or stood on three wooden legs, streaming music around your home via DLNA and AirPlay.

You just plug in the QC - 1 to power and Ethernet, add your Ethereum wallet address in a companion smartphone app, and you're off to the races.

However, I found the process of syncing the mechanical hands using a companion smartphone app confusing.