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NHL officials are wearing Apple Watches on ice (www.theverge.com)

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The Apple Watch is now the smartwatch of choice for National Hockey League officials. Apple and the NHL just announced a collaboration where on-ice officials will wear Apple Watches that are running special software to receive important in-game information.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Sounds like it shows numbers, maybe as notification?

Incredible way to show off and use an expensive smartwatch. As if it would matter which os runs to show some numbers. Hence, this is just an ad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It’s totally a business deal to have a sponsor just like the iPads for the reviews by teams. But it’s still pretty cool and could have some use cases. A little vibration to know it’s back to even strength isn’t much, but could help the ref continue to look at the play and not have to check that little thing. Can’t be too hopeful, but maybe some automation could help better officiating.