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Last updated: May 29th, 2014 at 07:47 UTC+02:00
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The health platform is called Samsung Multimodal Architecture Interaction (SAMI), and any data stored on the platform by any device based on the Simband can be controlled by the user. Developers will also have access to this data for creating custom applications, but in the end, it is the user who will own said data. For those not wanting to use the Simband as reference for their own device, Samsung will also make available open APIs that developers and manufacturers can use to upload data from their custom wearables to SAMI, a move that Samsung says is a bid to “connect more brains with more sensors.”
While the Simband looks like Samsung's existing smartwatches, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a proper display inside, it's not a product that will go on sale for consumers anytime soon. Instead, it is simply an example of where the Korean manufacturer hopes to take the wearable industry when it comes to health-tracking, and given the open nature of the platform, it shouldn't be long before other companies start to take advantage as the wearables market gets set to be the next big thing in the industry.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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