CES 2017: Nokia plans to invest in Smart Devices

In 2017, Nokia does not come back with only smartphones, but smart devices. Nokia made a splash at CES 2017 with help from its smart home subsidiary Withings.

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Nokia Plans to Invest in Smart Devices

As we all have known that, for sure, Nokia phones will come back in 2017. But it is not everything that we will get. Nokia acquired Withings in May 2016 for an disclosed sum. In order to continue to compete in the smart devices market, Nokia has just announced a few new devices that it says will help its Withings brand.

Pointed the first place is the new Withings Home Plus, a smart HD camera that can not only record your house, but also receive notifications in the events of unusual noise, monitor indoor air quality and keep watching your baby with its baby-monitoring feature. And of course, everything will be streamed directly to your smartphones. The Withings Home Plus is designed to work with the app for Android and iOS. However, Nokia pointed out that the camera is one of the first of its kind to support Apple’s HomeKit. The app lives on iOS will acts as a central hub for users to control many smart devices at your home.

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Another device that we might got is Withings Steel HR. It is an activity tracker. That device can track wearer’s health by counting the number of steps, how far that they have walked and the kind of activities they have done. The Stell HR also can track heart rate. It will connect with an Android smartphone or iPhone to deliver notifications to the users.

Nokia smart device: price and availability

Nokia said that it’s improving its Withings line of products with the release on Jan. 4 of the Withings Steel HR. It will be available 36mm and 40mm sizes, and will retail for a starting price of $200. The Withings Home Plus will be available to customers in the first quarter for $199.