Citizen’s new Put on OS smartwatch makes use of AI that will help you battle fatigue

Final 12 months was a giant 12 months for Put on OS smartwatches, and it appears to be like like Citizen is constant that momentum at CES 2023. The corporate introduced its second-gen CZ Good smartwatch, which is not going to solely run Put on OS 3 but in addition function an AI-powered “self-care advisor” that leverages the tech of NASA and IBM Watson.

The self-care advisor comes within the type of the CZ Good YouQ app. The app makes use of neural networks developed through IBM Watson to attempt to decide a consumer’s chronotype — principally, whether or not you’re an evening owl, an early fowl, or one thing in between — after accumulating seven to 10 days’ value of sleep knowledge. Customers also can take quick day by day gamified checks based mostly on NASA’s Psychomotor Vigilance Take a look at, which was initially developed to offer astronauts suggestions on their fatigue ranges on the ISS. On this case, customers will get an Alert Rating.

The pitch is that, over time, customers will get customized suggestions based mostly on their chronotype to spice up alertness, construct higher habits, and assist with day by day fatigue. It’s an idea that’s turn out to be more and more widespread on wearables over the previous few years. For instance, each Fitbit and Samsung have launched comparable options the place customers are assigned a cute cartoon animal based mostly on their chronotype and sleep knowledge. Different sleep monitoring apps, like Rise, recommend actions based mostly on a consumer’s circadian rhythms to fight sleepiness and maximize productiveness.

Some dangerous information for first-gen CZ Good house owners: the CZ Good YouQ app received’t be backward-compatible. You’ll want the second-gen CZ Good if it is a function that pursuits you.

Spec-wise, the CZ Good appears much like the Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Version and the Montblanc Summit 3. The watch has a 1.28-inch OLED show and about 24 hours of battery with a fast-charge time of about 40 minutes. The watch can be powered by a Snapdragon Put on 4100 Plus chip with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. For connectivity, the CZ Good helps Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, built-in GPS, and contactless funds. As for sensors, it has the entire traditional movement sensors, a coronary heart charge sensor, and SpO2 sensors for blood oxygen monitoring.

It’ll additionally come preloaded with Google Match, CZ Good YouQ, Strava, Spotify, YouTube Music, and Amazon Alexa. It may appear odd for a Put on OS 3 watch to not have Google Assistant, however sadly, that’s been par for the course with non-Samsung or Google Put on OS 3 smartwatches. On the plus aspect, the CZ Good is appropriate with iOS.

So far as design goes, the CZ Good will are available two fashions: a 44mm Sport mannequin and a 41mm Informal mannequin. The Sport mannequin has a barely chunkier case, whereas the Informal mannequin appears to be like fairly much like Fossil’s Put on OS smartwatches. Each will include quite a lot of silicone, leather-based, and steel straps.

Each fashions can be accessible in March, with the Informal mannequin beginning at $350 and Sport mannequin beginning at $375.