Apple's CEO says apps will propel the wearable

Feb 11, 2015 14:11 GMT  ·  By

If there’s one person who is convinced that the Apple Watch will be a hit, it’s Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, Cook asked the audience to recall a catchy tagline: “There's an app for that.”

It’s normal for Apple’s leadership to root for their all-new baby, but Cook is so convincing that we have no reason to believe the product will fail. And if history is any indication, it has every chance to revolutionize not just the wearables industry, but the tech industry as a whole.

A computer for your wrist

Cook said that, much like the iPod became the first-ever MP3 player that people understood and wanted to use, the Apple Watch will be the first ever smart-watch that will actually make sense. It’s a computer for the wrist, he suggested. It’s what a “smart watch” should be, by definition.

In Cook’s opinion, the Apple Watch will be the first product of its kind that changes the way people live. Which is precisely why Apple decided to become a player in this market:

He said, “I think everyone's going to have their favorite thing, just like when the App Store came out. Remember the saying 'there's an app for that? There's an enormous number of things it will do.”

It might save you from cancer

The Apple Watch is known to be packed with a handful of sensors that can track your metabolism and physiology, but there will also be a mechanism that tells you that you to get up and walk after sitting for too much time. Cook said “a lot of doctors believe sitting is the new cancer.”

Apple Watch is expected to debut in April. Apple may or may not hold another launch event, but we have every reason to find the former scenario more likely, knowing that there are other rumored products in the pipeline.