PYMNTS.com September 16, 2024
After tangling in court with Apple over smartwatch features, medical technology company Masimo is teaming with Google.
The company announced in a news release Saturday (Sept. 14) that it was working with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building the tech giant’s Wear OS smartwatches.
The platform, the company said, will allow OEMs to more efficiently bring Wear watches to market, incorporating Masimo’s biosensing technologies and standardizing smartwatch devices. The platform is designed to support the Wear OS ecosystem, the company added, which includes health and wellness tracking tools.
“Building quality smartwatches with premium features that users have come to expect can be time consuming and costly,” said Bjorn Kilburn, general manager of Wear...