Tag: Global Positioning System

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Google Wallet Integrates Android 16’s Live Updates for Real-Time Activity Tracking

Google Wallet has reportedly adopted Android 16’s Live Updates feature, enabling users to monitor ongoing activities like flights and events directly from their screens. This enhancement, similar to Apple’s Live Activities, aims to improve real-time information access without requiring app switching, analysts suggest.

Google Wallet Embraces Android 16’s Live Updates

Google Wallet has integrated support for Android 16’s Live Updates feature, allowing users to receive persistent notifications for activities such as flights, events, and other real-time tracking scenarios, according to recent reports. This development marks a significant step in enhancing user convenience by providing at-a-glance access to ongoing tasks without needing to open the app directly.

by Henry Blakemore
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Smartwatch GPS Breakthrough Delivers Centimeter-Level Location Precision

A research breakthrough is set to transform smartwatch navigation with centimeter-level GPS precision. The technology could make affordable wearables as accurate as professional surveying equipment for the first time.

Smartwatch GPS Accuracy Reaches Survey-Grade Levels

Consumer smartwatches may soon know exactly where you stand—down to the centimeter—according to reports from an international research collaboration. Sources indicate that algorithms developed by researchers at the University of Otago, in partnership with Google‘s Android Context group and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have demonstrated unprecedented positioning precision on consumer-grade wearable devices.

by Nathan Cross