We are in the era of smart things and this cuts across smart homes to smartwatches, smartphones, and even smart cars that are integrated with top-notch technologies, the most advanced being autonomous driving. cars are also integrated with features that activate keyless entry using a smartphone. China’s carmaker BYD recently started including an NFC module on the left rearview mirror which allows not just NFC-enabled mobile phones to unlock the car but also smartwatches to unlock. At the moment, only the OPPO Watch 2 is enabled to use this feature on BYD cars but that may change soon.
According to news emanating from China,
the automobile giant will soon launch its own smartwatch. The watch will arrive
with features such as smart ignition, comfortable entry, smart locking, raising
and lowering windows, and opening the tailgate. The watch could effectively
replace the car key and that is a good thing considering that it is always worn
on the wrist and the risk of misplacing the key is eliminated.
The promotional posters of the smartwatch
give us a clear look at the product. It has a round, rugged-looking dial with
the BYD logo stamped on top of the metal bezel surrounding the display. The
watch also seems to have a sapphire glass screen as well as rubber straps.
Since it is a smartwatch, we expect it to come with several watch faces and to
bring features such as steps counter, exercise pedometer, heart rate
monitoring, sleep monitoring, call reminder, temperature sensor, and others.
Thus, in addition to activating keyless car entry, the watch will also serve as
a fitness tracker
The BYD smartwatch is expected to go on
sale in December but the price is yet to be revealed.
