Samsung is working on a smartwatch with built-in projector

Samsung recently added support to mensutral cycle tracking in its Galaxy Watch 5 series of smartwatches. Now it appears that the smartphone maker is working on including a new technology in its future smartwatches.
According to a new patent filed by Samsung, the South Korean giant may include a built-in projector in Galaxy smartwatch. The patent shows a concept image in which the smartwatch is seen projecting light from the other side of the wearable on user’s hand.

“Disclosed is a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes: a display module comprising a display; a housing to which the display module is coupled; and a projection display disposed on a side portion of the housing and configured ot display information on a display area adjacent to the housing, the projection display may include: a substrate disposed along a mounting surface provided on a side portion of the housing; a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising light-emitting circuitry disposed on the substrate in a grating arrangement; and a plurality of micro-lenses covering a light-emitting surface of the plurality of light-emitting devices,” reads the patent.
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The patent further highlights that the projector part of the smartwatch will include multiple lenses and LED emitted. The smartwatch will be able to mirror the main screen of the wearable on the user’s hand.
It is also mentioned that the LEDs inside the projector will be able to adjust its luminance for optimal viewing experience.
Presently, there is no information available on the launch timeline of the smartwatch. However, we might see some updates on the same in the coming months.

Recently, Samsung has entered into partnership with Natural Cycles. As part of this association, Samsung will bring advanced temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking capabilities to the Galaxy Watch5 series.
Samsung has revealed that the Galaxy Watch5 users will be able to access advanced cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature.