Scratching the Surface of Apple Watch’s True Potential with RJI Fellow Victor Hernandez (demo) Could the Apple Watch and other smartwatch technologies potentially evolve into fundamental pillars of newsrooms? What will it take for smartwatches to offset or even replace smartphones as core essential within journalist toolkits? RJI Fellow Victor Hernandez highlights current content-related features with the Apple Watch, and more importantly, shares cutting-edge innovations and potential applications that could introduce new game-changing capabilities for news organizations. | M1

1. APPLE WATCH + NEWSROOMS
scratching the surface on the full potential
@ToTheVictor, RJI Fellow

2. BBC News Labs predicts by 2018,
wearable tech will become part of standard
equipment issued to its reporters
Future of News: Timeline of the Connected Generation
BBC News Labs, January 2015

3. FROM NOVELTY TO NECESSITY
FORM
FACTOR
SET UP
BATTERY
LIFE
BUGS
UI/
SCREEN
SIZE
NEWS
GATHERING
APP
ECOSYSTEM
SIRI
BEYOND
NOTIFICATIONS
STORY
STRUCTURE
MEDIA
INTEGRATION
11 areas that must be addressed before the AW can be considered core essential for newsrooms

4. THE RISE OF GLANCE JOURNALISM
“It will become very addictive.”
Smartphone users now glance at their mobile devices more than 100
times a day, and with the smartwatch that could become 300 or 500
times.
Currently there is only limited experience with news on smartwatches — but
now smart news orgs and apps are preparing for the possible widespread
adoption of Apple Watch.
http://meta.watch/blogs/news/15725509-the-power-of-glance-and-ambient-info

5. Smartphones for Reporting:
*Camera | video + photo
*Audio gathering/edit
*Produce multimedia
*Transmit content
*Live streaming
*Post social media
*Curate web content
*Gather/share notes
*Sensory data

6. WHY THE WATCH IS LESS ABOUT TODAY,
AND MORE ABOUT TOMORROW
iPHONE VERSION 1
January 2007
No third party support (App store)
Poor camera (2MP)
No front facing camera
No copy & paste
No Office support
No Outlook Exchange email
Limited memory (8GB)
Small screen size (3.5 inches)
Limited talk time
Limited phone carriers

7. Courtesy: watchaware.com

8. Courtesy: watchaware.com

9. WATCH OS 2: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Apps gone native
Tetherless Wi-Fi
Third-party complications
Mass transit on your wrist
Nice step up for Siri
Live photos on the wrist
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10. WHAT WE ARE DOING @
articles, blogs, workshops
ANALYSIS
COLLABORATION
INNOVATION
RJI capstone students competition, playbook, reports

11. VICTOR HERNANDEZ
2015-2016 RJI FELLOW, UNIV. OF MISSOURI
tothevictor.hernandez@gmail.com
@ToTheVictor
AlltheNewsThatFitsYourWrist.Tumblr.com
RJIonline.org