Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, October 29th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Tons of Meta commentary about the Meta Move by by Facebook including the appearance of a Meta-Smartwatch

Small bit of earnings fallout for Apple and Amazon

Very important detail from the reviews of the new Macbook pros involving battery life and of course the weekend long read

suggestions here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

The fallout from yesterday's meta event was ongoing overnight and we'll get to that in a second.

But among the discourse, two things I thought you should be aware of.

First, the Facebook View app on iOS

apparently contains an image of a potential meta smart watch which has a front

facing camera rounded screen and a detachable wrist strap

quoting Mark Erman in Bloomberg.

The image was found inside of the company's app for controlling its new smart glasses

launched in partnership with Ray-Ban. The picture was located by

app developer Steve Moser and shared with Bloomberg News. A meta

spokesman declined to comment. The watch has a detachable wrist strap and what appears to be a button at the top of the watch case.

Its large display mimics the style of Apple's watch rather than the more basic fitness tracker sold by Google's Fitbit and Garmin limited.

The camera suggests the product will likely be used for video conferencing, a feature that

would make Meta's device stand out.

Apple Smartwatch doesn't have have a camera nor do rival products

from companies such as Samsung. Facebook has been planning to launch its first watch

as early as 2022 but a final decision on timing hasn't been made yet and the debut could come later

According to a person with knowledge of the matter the company is working on three generations of the product aimed at different release time frames, the person said.

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