Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces

Samsung launched its first fitness-focused smart ring last year, including to its steady of wearables that’s largely comprised of smartwatches. The corporate is now trying to bolster its lineup with new wearables in several type elements, like glasses, earrings, and necklaces, CNN reported.

Received-joon Choi, COO of Samsung’s cellular expertise division, advised CNN that the corporate needs to discover type elements that allow customers talk and do issues with no need their telephones.

“We imagine it ought to be wearable, one thing that you simply shouldn’t carry, (that) you don’t want to hold. So it may very well be one thing that you simply put on, glasses, earrings, watches, rings, and someday (a) necklace,” CNN quoted Choi as saying.

Earlier this 12 months, Samsung stated it was building smart glasses with Google, and in Could, the Korea Financial Day by day reported that the corporate was working on an advanced microdisplay for AR glasses.