Google’s Project Jacquard jacket adds more functionality

Google’s Project Jacquard is bringing some new features to the Levi’s Commuter Trucker Jacket that its users might appreciate. For those who don’t know, this Google’s smart jacket project that it’s collaborated with Levi’s to make it available to the public. Some of the new features coming to the US$350 (around CA$450) smart jacket include Bose Aware Mode, or letting you gesture on the jacket to toggle noise cancellation on select Bose headsets; being able to drop a pin while you’re on the go and save a location you want; and being able to link your Lyft and Uber apps to the jacket’s snap tag to alert you when your ride arrives. And if you’re on Android, the Call & Text ability will let you Brush In to answer a call right from the jacket. If you’re interested in getting one, Levi’s is offering 30% off of the $350 retail price. Just input the code JACQUARD30 to avail of the discount. This brings down the price to $245.

Source: Android Police

Google updates Project Jacquard app to have the jacket’s tag light up as well as find your phone

You might have heard of the Levi’s Commuter Trucker Jacket, the first wearable jacket that integrates Google’s Project Jacquard touch-gesture function. The accompanying app gets its first update since the jacket went on sale late in September and adds a few new useful features. One of the new ones is new light modes for the tag on the sleeve. Called Illuminate, it has three new modes. One is called Shine, which turns the tag into a flashlight; another is called Blink, which, as its name suggests, makes the light blink so you’re more visible to drivers and other people while in the dark; and last is called Strobe, which as Google describes turns the tag into a “multicolored party light.” On top of that, the jacket now comes with a Find Your Phone capability. Simply assign a gesture for that and it’ll ring your phone for up to 30 seconds at maximum volume even if it’s on silent. The app has also been updated to add support for major music services to let you control them from the jacket’s sleeve.

Source: Android Police

Google's Project Jacquard comes to life with Levi's Commuter Jacket

The first item out of Google's Project Jacquard, the initiative behind making connected wearables (and by wearables we mean clothes), is a Commuter Jacket from Levi's. It allows bikers to navigate their smartphones by simply using their sleeve as a touch sensor. The jacket has a smartphone app that'll help you communicate with your phone. It can control apps like Google Maps, Google Play, access messages and calls, among other things. You can place the sensor in any size jacket without it being uncomfortable. And you don't have to worry about its durability. You can put it in the wash like any other jacket. It'll be available in the spring of 2017 with a beta opening up in the fall of this year.

Source: Android Central