Gadgetory

it's the end of an era for google glass I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the google glass connected I where is evolving beyond an experimental product the Explorer model will no longer be available to purchase after Monday and google announced that the glass project is leaving the labs to become its own team with a new boss the man behind the design of the ipod and the nest thermostat Tony Fadell is now in charge of the future of glass taking glass off the market and ending the Explorer program doesn't mean glasses dead the future just isn't crystal clear Google teased in a blog post that as glass graduates from the labs we're going to see future versions of it the head gear has faced some scrutiny since it launched in 2013 the $1,500 gadget gave us the term glass holes as we worked around the social etiquette and privacy issues that come with wearing a camera and screen over your eye but we also came across some cool examples of glass as an instructional tool for hands-free video recording doctors use it during surgeries cyclists can get real-time directions during a ride but aside from being used during a specific task it's still awkward to go around town walking with it on your head having it alert each of the same notifications that you can get on a smartphone and so people are more comfortable with face cameras the SmartWatch has become the more widely accepted wearable tech in a few months Apple is going to release the Apple watch and we have some more clues into how it will work thanks to a leaked iphone companion app screenshots were published by the blog 9to5 mac and if these are accurate it reveals that there are many settings you can control about the watch from your phone you can have a red dot appear on the clock when there's a notification you could track a stop on your watch face it can speak aloud text so you don't have to read a tiny screen and instead of typing on the screen it'll just dictate your voice into text or you can send an audio clip message to reply to someone to use Apple pay you'll have to type in a 4 number passcode on the watch this year tech isn't just on your head or your wrist even tech for your toes at CES we saw the sense aura smart sock preparing to ship in late 2015 it has pressure sensors in the soul that send data to a removable anklet and that syncs with your app so you can check your cadence and striking pattern as you run we also got to see the digit soul it's a bluetooth connected insole that tracks your steps and activity but it can also warm your feet on a cold winter day a pack of two costs two hundred dollars that your tech news update and there's more on cnet com be sure to follow along on Twitter for the latest and subscribe to the update podcast from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey