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6 Ways Wearable Tech Makes Everything Better (in Work and Life)

By Robert Kazmi
By Robert Kazmi
HiTech
7 minutes read

There are many benefits of wearable technology. They are improving multiple aspects of work and life such as employee satisfaction and enterprise processes, while at the same time helping us track vital information to boost our health through the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

Sometimes referred to as smart clothing or just wearable tech, any wearable device has the potential to connect with a smartphone app in a mobile device to make our lives easier in many ways. However, the challenge is not just to come up with an idea of a wearable device, but to actually build something that generates value for users.

If you are wondering how wearable technology can be used to build great products, this post is for you. We discuss some of the benefits this technology offers both for work and life.

How Wearable Technology Works

While the wearable tech industry is still relatively new, its implications are seemingly limitless. Such devices are revolutionizing the role of healthcare providers, personal well-being, and workplace productivity.

Thanks to the apps they connect to through IoT technologies, this tech is already improving the overall lifestyles of millions. To reap the benefits, users need to pair their favorite mobile device with the respective wearable. It comes as no surprise then that app development is a crucial success factor of this industry. Sometimes this is even more important than the smart cloth device itself.

There is still great potential and there are many products that need to hit the market. This is exciting but also a challenge, as the products need to offer a clear value to users. Whether your product tries to reach the work or life market, having the right Internet of Things protocols and Product Design will be key to success.

Wearable Technology for Work

Many companies ask themselves how wearable technology can be used for work. In general, there are several benefits of doing so. After all, this is a great alternative to increase employee satisfaction through different strategies.

Office Health/Worker Health

The most popular benefit of wearables has to be the health implications due to their clear connection to physical activity. These devices have been shown to improve the health of teams in the office. Here are a few ways this is currently happening:

  • Seating Alarms: the Apple Watch and other devices alert stationary workers every hour so that they perform physical activity.
  • Time Tracking: monitor the amount of time spent staring at screens to combat eye strain, helping keep teams highly engaged while addressing potential negative emotions that may lead to office quarrels.
  • Better Communication: no more missing messages or being left out by accident. With messages sent directly to your body, you’ll always be in the know.

Improves Productivity

Companies are starting to see how wearable tech influences the workplace. In the UK, for instance, employers are able to gauge productivity and maintain teams highly engaged by comparing vital information given to them by participating employees. 

When the data is paired with goals, quotas, and other metrics, it becomes clear that eating and sleeping habits have a profound impact on overall performance. The resulting information allows employers to assist workers in suggesting and even providing means to help improve these conditions.

Furthermore, keeping tabs on assignments and progress lessens the need for managers to be “over the shoulder” of employees. Micromanaging is an irritant practice in many office environments, slowing down productivity.

Better for Customers

Perhaps the biggest beneficiary from the impact wearables will have on the workplace will be consumers.

Devices are being incorporated at the enterprise level at an incredible rate due to the personalized connection their staff can have with potential and current clients. Conversions and sales can be increased by sales teams having everything they need at hand right when the prospect wants it.

Large businesses will continue to incorporate and institute pilot programs making the future of business and wearables bright.

Wearable Technologies for Life

There are several benefits from using a smartphone app together with this technology outside of work. These are some of them.

Improving Fitness

Health monitoring and the traditional fitness tracker are common examples of everyday wearable technologies. Clothing, footwear, and even underpants are being connected to help you become the best you can be, and most importantly, to help healthcare providers assist you when needed. 

Here are a few of the top ways they are changing the fitness game:

  • Injury Prevention: compression shirts can actually warn you when you’re in danger of pulling a muscle or tearing a ligament due to an excess of physical activity. Such devices are commonly used by baseball players.
  • Odor Prevention: one product currently being developed promises to trap odor-causing molecules created by sweat during workouts. This is a safer alternative to deodorant.
  • Elderly Health: wearables are being adopted by the elderly to help them avoid injury and improve their health in the later years of life. Features like the step count help them stay active. 

Saving Lives

Safety is among the benefits that wearable technologies bring to the table. More and more devices are pairing up with great apps, using things like open data, to create a better world. 

Here are a few of our favorites:

  • Pain Relief Patch: Much like you would use a bandage to cover an open wound, tech is being developed to relieve pain associated with several injuries by covering them with a smart device.
  • Elderly Accidents: Multiple devices like wristbands are being developed for our elderly population and some of them are saving lives. From a shirt that monitors vital signs to incontinence underwear that can alert healthcare providers of accidents, there are many innovations.
  • Road Safety: A cell phone user checks their phone up to 200 times per day. Some of these are unfortunately while driving a vehicle. Wearables will soon alert drivers of notifications in safe ways through the use of glasses or vehicle paired displays.

Relaxing

One of the largest market opportunities of wearable technology has to be the devices that entertain. The availability of wireless connections and the world of IoT have truly made this a fun time for tech, and there are a ton of available devices. Here are a few of our favorites:

  • Gaming: Virtual Reality (VR) hopes to change the very nature of video gaming.
  • Music Quality: So many headphones exist, and yet the demand for higher quality and new features continues to rise.
  • Sports and Recreation: GPS for golf, tech that tracks your swimming performance, a fitness tracker for athletes, and many more sports devices are constantly being developed.
  • Toys: wearables and toys seem to go together fairly well with one another and augmented reality.
  • Travel: from backpacks with wireless solar lights to drinking containers that read the toxicity level of water, and apps for creating ideal routes for bike tours in Amsterdam the outdoorsman can benefit from current and upcoming tech.

Building the Future

As discussed, there are many benefits when it comes to wearables. Perhaps the most intriguing part of this technology is its potential. When it comes to innovation, the sky’s the limit.

The benefits from current uses will only improve and give way to even better uses in the future. The only problem is they haven’t been created yet. New apps are bound to come, but will heavily rely on sound ideas and available open data, especially when it comes to healthcare.

Don’t limit your idea’s potential to the use of traditional features like the Apple Watch’s digital crown. Contact a professional app development company that can assess you on the best ways to deliver a powerful product that users love and help them reap the benefits of wearable technology.

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