Smartwatches
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
the Neon Show 
the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Smartwatches, every show
Khatri: Noise dumped entire second smartwatch batch due to quality issues
“The first two generation of smartwatches, we had very high returns. I don't remember the numbers, but we had very high returns and you won't believe the second batch, what we've ordered, those are still still lying in my warehouse. Because there were so much o…”
Boneh: Smartwatches are ideal 2FA mechanisms because they stay on the body
“The direction we'd like to go at, to move to, is where the second factor is something that's always on the human body. So, one of the beautiful applications for smart watches is exactly a second factor, right? My smart watch, my watch actually, is always on me…”
Cheney: Mobile devices could become proactive 'first brains' for users
“The phone the watch and these devices, right, it's now an extension of us as a human being. So to some extent we think about this as like it could become the first brain. It could be something that it decides what's going on before you sort of tell it to.”