Jacket makes you look smart but this Smart Jacket by Levis provides the smartness beyond the looks. Lets check it out whats so smart in a Smart Jacket,As google announced last year the partnership with most renowned clothing brand to come up with a new ‘Smart Clothing’. So the wait is finally over in google I/O 2016 google explained the concept behind the smart clothing. This Levis jacket named as Levis Commutator Jacquard by google trucker jacket.
This smart cloth will be composed of conductive fabric woven into the garment to develop an interactive patch that senses touch, pressure and the gestures of hand before touching the patch. This Levis jacket contains a weave of jacquard threading on the left arm, and there's a little Bluetooth-enabled loop you connect to the cuff of your jacket. That cuff lets your phone talk to the jacket, and you can configure exactly what gestures you want to work with which apps.
In Google I/O 2016 google showcased some of its functions also as you can swipe to adjust the volume of the music, tap to change the music and some other gesture for navigation direction using Google Maps. This jacket is basically built by keeping bikers in mind.
This smart jacket does not need any special handling. It can be easily and worn just like other garments: you just have to remove the Bluetooth cuff before washing. Developers will have access to a host of APIs to make their apps work with Jacquard, and they are expecting to work with various apps by the time this garment comes in the market. Right now it works with your calls and messaging apps, Google Play Music and Maps and third-party apps from Spotify and Starve.
This jacquard based smart jacket will come in 2017 in markets, but is going to launch its ‘beta test’ that will come this year itself
