Accurate time information can be transmitted from a smart phone to the watch to ensure correct time.The size of the watch case is a comfortable 53.4 (D) x 44.4 (W) x 12.8 (T) millimeters.Battery life with the communication functions is the same as previously released watches.Wireless communication is powered by the button-cell battery used in small devices and watches.Overview of Casio’s prototype Bluetooth® Low Energy Watch *2: The battery life is estimated at approximately two years based on the prototype model, assuming that the Bluetooth® wireless communication function is used for 12 hours per day. The new prototype demonstrates how Casio hopes to expand the ways people use their watches, unlike anything ever seen before, as new applications are developed for smart phones to enable communication between watches through smart phones.

This makes the new Bluetooth® Low Energy Watch highly useful because users can wear it everyday just like they expect of a wristwatch, without the bother of the recharging required by typical mobile devices.Ĭasio’s new prototype can communicate with smart phones equipped with Bluetooth® Low Energy Wireless Technology, which will be available in the near future and be able to connect to networks of various kinds of devices. And it does this without losing any battery life*2 compared to conventional wristwatches. Taking advantage of the low power consumption of the new Bluetooth® technology, the new watch powers Bluetooth® wireless communication functions with its single button-cell battery, the same kind used in small devices and watches. Now, Casio’s prototype Bluetooth® Low Energy Watch is poised to create new possibilities for the way people use their watches yet again. Casio participated in determining the standards for Bluetooth® Low Energy as a member of the Bluetooth® Special Interest Group (SIG), an association of companies that decides on Bluetooth® standards and authorizes certification.Ĭasio has been transforming the definition of the wristwatch for years by applying the latest technologies. *1: Designed in accordance with new Bluetooth® Core Specification Version 4.0 standards, Bluetooth® Low Energy is a new technology that enables wireless communications with very low power consumption. A prototype of the watch was exhibited at Casio’s Booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, 2011. Tokyo, January 2011 - Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced that it has developed a watch equipped with Bluetooth® Low Energy Wireless Technology,*1 a new technology for short-range communication.

Casio prototype