Google Brings A New Breath To Wearable Technology!

Google is working on a technology that can be controlled with skin movements on wearable devices. Here are the details...

With the development of technology, wearable devices continue to progress in parallel. Google is on the way to develop smart watches and headphones that can be controlled by skin texture. The devices will be able to detect and respond to skin movements. Here are the details…

Google develops skin-controlled wearables

Google is working on controlling smart watches or headphones only with skin movements. The company also holds a patent for this technology. The patent, titled “Skin Interface for Wearables: Sensor fusion to improve signal quality,” was spotted and uncovered by the folks at LetsGoDigital.

According to the patent documents, users will be able to swipe or touch the skin that the wearable devices come into contact with to control this technology. Movements create a mechanical wave and can be detected by sensors in wearable devices. This technology, called “Sensor Fusion”, combines the collected motion data into an input command for the device.

Thanks to this technology, actions such as answering calls, adjusting the volume, playing media and more can be done. To do this, it will be a system that can be swiped up and down to give skin commands, or tapped with fingers in varying intensities.

Sensor Fusion technology allows making skin movements by touching the front of the ear or the temple for wireless smart headphones. In smartwatches, wrists, forearms or hands will be used to perform commands. The devices will use machine learning technology to distinguish the actions and movements that users perform in daily life from skin commands.

Similar technology was also available in Sony's LinkBuds WFL-900. Headphones can be controlled by touching the front of the ear without touching the device. It is not yet known whether Google will use Sensor Fusion technology on the Pixel Buds set or Pixel Watch.