The connected bracelets are about to become as worn as Brazilians bracelets? Possible ... This is in any case the most common connected object.
Moreover, 51% of Internet users plan to buy a connected object.
Simple to use (once the head-up of the installation has passed), the connected bracelet becomes the coach form of our daily life and brings us data that we had not easily accessed so far: number of steps taken in the day, the number of calories lost, the duration of our sleep ... "More than a fashion the bracelet connected, it is the sense of progress", notes Anne-Sophie Bordry, president of the Think Tank Connected Objects and Intelligents of France.
Why is the connected bracelet so successful?
Because it coaches us daily : blood oxygen level, number of kilometers traveled, quality of sleep, inactive periods ... The data recorded are numerous and varied according to the models of connected bracelets.
"The connected bracelet knows success because it corresponds to a search for well-being: understanding its environment and the quality of its daily life, " explains Anne-Sophie Bordry. This is the concept of the qualified self .
Unconsciously, wearing a connected bracelet makes us pay more attention to our physical activity and really move: let us not forget that the Ministry of Health and the WHO recommend walking 10,000 steps a day (between 6 and 8 km depending on the length of our stride) to stay in shape. But it would seem that on average we would be closer to 7000 steps ... A connected bracelet would help us to motivate us to make his 3000 steps more?
How does a connected bracelet work?
One slips his bracelet connected to his wrist, it is indicated at the touch of a button if one is in active phase or sleep and it saves everything for us. If all models are waterproof (so go under the shower), some are even able to measure performance in pool.
Afterwards, it is enough to synchronize the data recorded by its bracelet connected on its Smartphone via an app (each bracelet has its own app). Everything happens via Bluetooth, so the bracelet and mobile phone must be close to each other.
And to recharge the bracelet? It is connected to its computer via a USB cable provided.
Small flat all the same for those who do not have a last generation phone: things get complicated because you have to synchronize the data from your computer at home. Not very practical if you want to follow your data in real time, in the office or on the subway.
How do you choose your bracelet connected?
"The choice of the connected bracelet depends entirely on our expectations ," continues Anne-Sophie Bordry. If you are sporty or not, depending on our age, our daily life, our desires, our hobbies ...
The practical detail to be taken into account: check, with the purchase, that the connected bracelet and its mobile application are compatible with its Smartphone.
The bracelet, the beginnings of a world all connected?
In reality, the connected bracelet is only one example among the multitude of connected objects that one finds on the market. Connected watch, connected TV, knife and fork connected, balance connected and soon pillow connected ... All areas of our lives are affected by this trend and it is our whole environment that tends to be connected.
"Well-being, sports, entertainment, home, clothing ... the Gartner Group (US company for consulting and research in the field of advanced technology) plans 26 billion connected objects by 2020 for a market estimated at more than 14 000 billion dollars, continues Anne-Sophie Bordry. This is the sign of a technological revolution that is affecting us all in our daily lives. "
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