The device looks to share design language with the company’s Blaze device, which was something between a fitness tracker and a full-fledged smartwatch. A source told Yahoo that the device, codenamed “Higgs,” is “definitely not sexy,” which the renders seem to bear out.

It’s said to sport GPS, have local storage for music and built-in heart-rate monitoring. The contactless payment and four-day battery life, meanwhile, seem like no-brainers, given some of the acquisitions the company has made over the past year. It’s also apparently scheduled to arrive with some optional Bluetooth headphones, marking a new product category for the wearable maker… More at TC.

That is horrific.

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