In a 15-second clip posted on Tuesday by NBA star and Google performance advisor Steph Curry, there’s an Easter egg hinting at what could be a notable new wearable launch from Google. The paid partnership shows Curry dribbling and shooting a basketball, followed by the Google logo, but it’s the band on his wrist that caught my eye.
A gray wristband with neon orange piping and a strap adjuster sits on Curry’s wrist. There’s no screen, reminding us of the Whoop wrist-based wearable, which announced on Tuesday that it raised $575 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $10.1 billion.
If it is similar to Whoop, the new Google wearable may be able to monitor sleep, stress, recovery and overall health by tracking wrist-based metrics such as skin temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and daily behaviors.
