Wearables

Every thing these days is becoming smart. Who would've thought that even our watches one day, would be connected to the internet!

Everything from watches to glasses and even vr headsets , wearables are slowly creeping into our daily lives just as smartphones first did. However the main question is, Do we really need these? are these absolutely necessary? because if these were smartphones the answer to those both questions would've been "yes".

As normal watches do these smartwatches come in different shapes and sizes with different looks, each unique in its own way. However one  main difference is that we can actually customize how the dial looks.  This way one would never get bored of the same watch ever again. Another handy feature of these smartwatches is that since these are powered by google's android wear and are connected to your phone, you can directly access notifications and "google cards" from google now which can be pretty useful at times. For example if you are following the details of a particular flight and google is showing the timings of the flight in google now, then you can easily access these details on your watch without taking out your phone.

Google glass is another type of wearable. you pretty much know this by now but google glass are just fancy glasses that has a screen and is connected to the internet through your smartphone. it pretty much does the same job as a smartwatch does except that its on your face and not on your wrist and you dont have to directly look at your wrist anymore for those google cards or time.

Another device,which im not entirely sure is considered a wearable, is the VR headset. These have become very popular these days and they basically allow you to experience "virtual reality" directly through your phone. This is actually pretty cool if you think about it but do we actually need it? focus on the word "need".

perhaps the only wearble that i think is a necessity are smart bands that track your vitals and record your fitness attributes. these have a better practical use over all the other wearables out on the market right now and maybe that is the reason why these sell the most as compared to smartwatches or smart glasses.

Therefore in my opinion these expensive wearables are not a necessity in this period of time but maybe in the near future things might change. What do you think? Are wearables worth the money or are they just another gimmick?