Future Smartwatches

[datalore]

In the earnings call CEO Park mentioned that fitbit would release multiple smartwatches. I'm guessing the Blaze 2 will be a full fledged smartwatch? Just speculation. https://www.wareable.com/fitbit/fitbit-planning-more-smartwatches-ionic-4949#c-15899

[bbarrera]

I mentioned that yesterday, in another thread. In addition Fitbit CEO told DCRainmaker "That’s [NFC] a technology we’re going to try and push across our entire line.”

Regarding future smartwatches, here is the exact info from earnings call:

"Unidentified Analyst

This is Nick Todero [ph] on behalf of Joe. I know you guys don’t provide full details about upcoming product launches, but can you speak in broader terms about cadence? In the past, you’ve mentioned multiple smartwatches. Could you have multiple versions side-by-side? Or do you plan to iterate one after another?

James Park

Yes, so can’t give too many details on the product road map, but we are going to have a fuller product lineup of smartwatches, one that coexists side-by-side, not just ones for that we’re upgrading."

[bbarrera]

The Blaze 2 is an upgrade. My bet is Blaze 2 will add NFC, and possibly limited apps (watchfaces).

My speculation about "side-by-side" from yesterday, last sentence of post:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Issue-syncing-w-Strava/m-p/2279418/highlight/true#M12659

Think Ionic with speaker and microphone. Or different sensors.

[datalore]

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@bbarrera wrote:

The Blaze 2 is an upgrade. My bet is Blaze 2 will add NFC, and possibly limited apps (watchfaces).

My speculation about "side-by-side" from yesterday, last sentence of post:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Issue-syncing-w-Strava/m-p/2279418/highlight/true#M12659

Think Ionic with speaker and microphone. Or different sensors.

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Yeah, the lack of a speaker and microphone was a bad call. Consumers expect to be able to reply to notifications on a smartwatch; that's just now a defacto standard.