Description

Wearable smart devices are electronic devices that can be worn on the body or clothing and connect to the internet. They transfer information to other smart devices, computer programs, or apps1. Smart wearables are consumer-grade, connected electronic devices that can be worn on the body as an accessory or embedded into clothing. These include smartwatches, rings and wristbands, to name a few, and they all have high processing power and numerous sophisticated sensors that can glean new health insights. There are many types of wearable smart devices available in the market today. Some of them include smartwatches like the Apple Watch3, fitness trackers like Fitbit4, Health and Fitness Wearables, Life Insurance Wearables, Gaming Wearables, Fashion Wearables, Travel Wearables, Education Wearables, Logistics Wearables, Smart Rings, NFC OPN Smart Rin, Smart Glasses, Ray-Ban Stories, Smart Clothing with Sensors, Levi’s Trucker Jacket, Smart Swimwear, Smart Earphones smart glasses like Google Glass5, and smart clothing like Hexoskin. Wearable technology is any kind of electronic device designed to be worn on the user's body. Such devices can take many different forms, including jewelry, accessories, medical devices, and clothing or elements of clothing. The term wearable computing implies processing or communications capabilities, but in reality, the sophistication among wearables can vary.

Wearable tech keeps developing new devices that aim to simplify your daily activities. Wearable electronics are no longer just about smartwatches and fitness trackers that can measure your heart rate. The latest wearable technologies go as far as providing users with health advice, giving enhanced turn-by-turn directions, and detecting the intensity of ultraviolet rays while you’re sunbathing. 

Wearable technologies, known mostly just as “wearables,” are electronic devices that are physically worn by individuals in order to track, analyze and transmit personal data. These “smart” Internet of Things devices can track biometric data from heart rate to sleep patterns, and are also becoming popular consumer technologies in the gaming and fashion industries.