AppleExposed

anantksundaram said:

AppleExposed said:

I once heard a quote:

"Google....where companies go to die" or something like that.

What a great quote. I'll steal it.

In all seriousness, this is a company without a serious Product B, despite two decades of existence, $900B market cap and multiple expensive acquisitions. Search -- i.e., peddling advertising -- is still 8 of every 10 of their revenue dollars.

gatorguy said:

bluecohones said:

gatorguy said:

wood1208 said:

If past is any indication! "Google is selling Motorola, the iconic handset maker it bought for $12.5 billion in May of 2012, to Chinese PC maker Lenovo for $2.91 billion". Fitbit should have merged with Garmin's wearables division.

You might be on the money when all the dust settles. Or maybe not. I'd give it 12 months to see where this is going.

Google bought "something" from Fossil several months back, will now own stuff from Pebble and Fitstar and Twine along with Fitbit IP. I doubt they're trying to create an Apple Watch competitor (why would they? Apple owns the segment)) but have signaled an interest in health-related wearables so perhaps that's what purpose Fitbit fills.

It's been hardly mentioned that Google's ATAP created a health-monitor "band" briefly revealed in Milan last year following a health related "watch" a fee years earlier. It's not a new interest. Google even has Apple's own Chairman of the Board leading one of it's health-specific companies. Overall health, disease treatment and prevention, even research into extending human life well beyond 120 years have all been a major focus of Google (alphabet) for a number of years. 

Apples owns the segment for iPhone owners, There are still a massive Android market of premium android phones who dont have a watch.

Google sees the accompanying Apple watch with the phone as a big plus in the eyes of the consumer so they need to create their own Android/Google watch to compete.

Competition is a good thing, it allows the platform to improve. Remember the old days of Apple where you couldn't open more than one application at a time and you couldn't copy paste text from one app to the other?

That's what happens when there is no competition and no incentive to improve usability for the end users.

If/when Google creates a watch that has a 1 week battery life without sacrificing functionality too much. Apple will take note and cut down the battery consumption or expand the battery on it.

You could be right but I personally doubt that creating an Apple Watch competitor has much if anything to do with it. I feel as tho Google's intent is more targeted than a general use "smartwatch". That doesn't mean I'm right, but looking at various moves they're made in the health and wearable segments in the past few years I don't think Google themselves has any intent on making their own Apple-copycat "Google Watch".  They have more defined plans in the health field. 

MisterKit said:

With all the Android phones in the wild it makes sense for someone to try to come up with a smart watch which is compatible. Apple has proven that the market is fertile. If Google could manage to somehow in spite of their record get this right it could be a good move for them.

macxpress said:

gfurry said:

Apple TV hasn't been refreshed forever and it seems like with Apple TV+ now would be a great time for some sort of update there. It seems folks are clearing inventory with AT&T selling them for $90 off today.  I a, also hoping for airtags! Seems like a great stocking stuffer? 

Why does AppleTV need to be updated? It's not like it doesn't do what Apple wants it to. What else does AppleTV need to do? To me, this would just simply be updating for the sake of updating.