Casio teams with Finland's Polar Electro on smartwatch

Casio Computer

28/02/2023 10:00

HELSINKI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japanese watchmaker Casio
Computer  6952.T  has partnered with Finnish heart rate
monitoring pioneer Polar Electro for its latest fitness
smartwatch, the two companies said on Tuesday.
    Casio launched what it called its first smartwatch in 2021
using Google's  GOOGL.O  Wear operating system, entering the
wearables market dominated by Apple  AAPL.O  and Samsung
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    Casio will add Polar's technology to its newest smartwatch,
it said. Polar said it would also offer its algorithms to other
commercial partners.     
    Financial terms were not disclosed.
    "We have seen a growing global interest from people wanting
to better understand their own health and bodies for years now,"
Takashi Uema, Casio's head of global marketing, said in a
statement.    
 (Reporting by Anne Kauranen in Helsinki; editing by Jason
Neely)
 ((anne.kauranen@thomsonreuters.com; +358401895560;))