Hon Hai is developing smart watches

Absrtact: June 28 News, according to Taiwan media reports, Hon Hai Precision recently at the shareholders ' meeting to display the development of a smart watch. The device can be wirelessly connected to the iphone. Hon Hai executives said at a shareholder meeting that the wearable computing device could be used to measure user

The June 28 news, according to Taiwan media reports, Hon Hai Precision recently at the shareholder meeting to display the development of a smart watch. The device can be wirelessly connected to the iphone.

Hon Hai executives said at a shareholder meeting that the wearable computing device could be used to measure the user's life characteristics, such as breathing and heartbeat, and could also be used to view phone calls and Facebook posts. They also said that if the measurement results are not ideal, the device will automatically provide users with recommendations for improvement.

The improved wireless communications and medical Research department also plans to add new features such as fingerprint identification to help record personal health data, said Hon Hai, chairman of the board.

"With such equipment, you can look at all kinds of information directly on your watch without having to take out your phone," Mr Gou told shareholders. ”

Some market analysts expect Apple to launch a similar device iwatch later this year. Last month it was also reported that Foxconn had received production orders for 1000 smart watches from Apple, and that Apple was conducting a small trial run.