It has been a long time since we began to hear of Facebook’s intentions to launch a smartwatch, and not just any one: with two cameras, one of them removable. From the hand of Bloomberg we now have the first image of the possible aspect of this smartwatch from the company formerly known as Facebook.
According to Bloomberg, the image is inside the official Facebook application to control Ray-Ban’s smart glasses, the Ray-Ban Stories. It is a single image where the design with a rounded square screen and a notch for the camera.
This is how Meta’s watch would be
Facebook has changed its name and focus, now focusing on a metaverse that they hope will reach 1 billion users by the next decade, but the projects of the past continue to move forward. For example, him the company’s first smartwatch, whose existence has been rumored for months.
It is said that Facebook would have invested about 1,000 million dollars to create a peculiar smartwatch with two cameras and detachable box, so that you could take it off its leash, snap a photo, and put it back on. Beyond this description, we had not seen any images of the smartwatch so far. Now comes the ins and outs of the application to control Ray-ban Stories glasses.
The image shows a device with a square screen with rounded edges and a drop-shaped notch with a camera. It appears to have at least one physical button, although it can barely be distinguished in the photo due to its low resolution.
This front camera fits with the previous leaks and would be useful for video conferencing, one of Meta’s focuses. The most curious thing is that the box could be removed and I would have another camera behind, so you could use it to take photos. It is not clear if the photo shows this difference between the screen and the base of the watch or if it is the watch in a charging base.
At the moment, Meta has not confirmed the existence of the watch. Previous rumors say that it would have health sensors, a strong messaging component and that its launch would be planned for spring 2022. Its code name appears to be Milan, according to the internal code of the Facebook View app, which also anticipates that it can record videos and transfer them to mobile. They will have it complicated with the name: there is already a Meta Watch and Facebook Watch is the video section of the social network.
Via | The Verge