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What’s happening:
👟 Ex-Meta rebels drop Sandbar
🧭 Google Maps gets a Gemini AI glow-up
📱 Wabi snags $20M for “YouTube for apps”
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👟 Ex-Meta rebels drop Sandbar
What: Former Meta employees launched Sandbar, an AI wearables startup. Their key product, Stream Ring, is a smart ring that takes notes as you speak, gives real-time commentary, and even controls your music through connected headphones. Pre-orders start at $249, shipping Summer 2026.
Why: Sandbar is turning wearables into active productivity tools,capturing ideas, simplifying multitasking, and connecting seamlessly to digital ecosystems. Think of it as AI-assisted workflow you literally wear on your hand.
Impact: Marketers can leverage voice-driven note-taking for faster brainstorming, real-time insights during meetings, and hands-free workflow optimization. Early adopters could integrate the ring into content planning, campaign ideation, and live event coverage,speeding up creative cycles and reducing missed ideas.
🧭 Google Maps gets a Gemini AI glow-up
What: Google Maps is rolling out a Gemini-powered AI upgrade with four major features: multi-step route questions, landmark-based directions, proactive traffic alerts, and AR-based location queries. AI search now handles complex tasks, like finding and booking concert tickets in one shot.
Why: Google is consolidating navigation, planning, and local discovery into a single AI-driven interface. By merging AR, predictive insights, and advanced search, users can interact with Maps in ways that go far beyond traditional GPS.
Impact: Marketers in retail, events, and local business can now optimize campaigns with richer, real-time location intelligence. Think smarter geotargeting, context-aware offers, and instant insights into foot traffic trends, allowing campaigns to react faster than ever.
📱 Wabi snags $20M for “YouTube for apps”
What: Wabi, a social platform for creating mini apps from prompts, raised $20M. The platform automates database setup, UI design, and deployment, letting creators build apps without coding. Beta launched last month.
Why: Wabi is democratizing app creation, making micro-apps a social and viral medium. By handling the tech backend, it lets anyone ideate, launch, and share instantly, turning ideas into interactive experiences.
Impact: Marketers can experiment with branded mini-apps, gamified content, or interactive experiences without dev teams. This opens up new engagement channels, faster A/B testing, and novel ways to go viral, all from a single creative prompt.
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