It’s the Ecosystem, Dummy!

While I’m not the biggest fan of the design of the Apple Watch I think there’s plenty of potential in the technology itself. With Apple’s push into wearables, like its push into tablets, we’ll see the jumpstart of a nascent tech field that’s ready for innovation.

Wearables in general are going to do a lot of good and provide services we’ve yet to fathom. Tracking steps in a day, taking photos and playing music are a great start but there’s plenty of room for growth.

Like what?

Wearables will facilitate bank transactions, open secured doors, personalize the lighting, heating and your home entertainment system, exchange personal information with trusted parties, monitor the air quality in your home or workspace…you get the idea. Your Apple Watch will be able to talk to any other form of electronics or sensors in your environment.

Currently this isn’t the situation but I can see Google and Apple in an arms race (Google bought Nest after all) of creating standards, devices and sensors that will play nice with all wearables and in the process develop a veritable internet of things (buzzword!).

For more information read PSFK’s Future of Wearable Tech Report