A device, such as a head-mounted wearable device (HMWD), provides audible notifications to a user with a voice user interface (VUI). A filtered subset of notifications addressed to the user, such as notifications from contacts associated with specified applications, are processed by a text to speech system that generates audio output for presentation to the user. The audio output may be presented using the HMWD. For example, the audio output generated from a text message received from a contact may be played on the device. The user may provide an input to play the notification again, initiate a reply, or take another action. The input may comprise a gesture on a touch sensor, activation of a button, verbal input acquired by a microphone, and so forth.

Systems and methods are provided for video calling at a wrist-wearable device. The method includes receiving, at a wrist-wearable device that is coupled with one or more sensors, video data and audio data associated with a video call between a user of the wrist-wearable device and at least one other user distinct from the user. The method further includes while causing presentation of the video data via a display of the wrist-wearable device and the audio data via a speaker that is in communication with the wrist-wearable device, determining whether sensed data from the one or more sensors indicates that a video-viewing precondition is present at the wrist-wearable device. If the video-viewing precondition is not present at the wrist-wearable device, the method includes continuing to cause presentation of the audio data and ceasing to cause presentation of the video data at the wrist-wearable device.

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a memory, a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external electronic device, and a processor operatively connected to the memory and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: confirm that the external electronic device is in a worn state through the communication module, and transmit a control command through the communication module to change an audio output mode of the external electronic device based on an operating state of the electronic device being changed according to an instruction stored in the memory so that a designated condition is satisfied, to thereby control the operation of the external electronic device according to the designated condition.

A wearable device for communicating with at least one counterpart device according to a trigger event and a control method are provided. The wearable device includes a display module and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display module such that at least one graphical object is displayed in a display area, identify whether a user’s body part is positioned in a first area, identify a group corresponding to the first area, based on a fact that the user’s body part is positioned in the first area, identify whether a trigger event by the user is detected while the user’s body part is positioned in the first area, and perform, based on the detection of the trigger event, a function corresponding to the trigger event with respect to at least one counterpart device included in the identified group.

A method includes detecting, using one or more processors, whether a coordinated electronic device is within a preset area around a coordinating electronic device, pairing the coordinating electronic device with the coordinated electronic device in response to detecting that the coordinated electronic device is within the preset area, negotiating with the coordinated electronic device to determine a display parameter of the coordinating electronic device in response to successfully pairing the coordinating electronic device and the coordinated electronic device, and displaying a target content according to the display parameter.

Web content layout engine instance sharing is provided by configuring a shared instance of a web browser layout engine shared between a first mobile device and a second mobile device; dynamically partitioning requested web content for display across the first mobile device and the second mobile device using the shared instance of the web browser layout engine, where the dynamically partitioning selects first interface element(s) of the web content for display by the first mobile device and selects second interface element(s) of the web content for display by the second mobile device, and where at least one second interface element of the second interface element(s) includes an action interface element, interaction with which is configured to advance a workflow of which the web content is a part; determining, based at least in part on user input, whether to advance the workflow; and performing processing based on the determining.

A method of controlling a content playing device and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method of controlling a content playing device includes playing content on a second electronic device connected to an electronic device, identifying, by the electronic device, a third electronic device and connecting the electronic device to the third electronic device, determining whether a specialized function related to playing the content is present among functions of the second electronic device, and playing the content, played on the second electronic device, on the third electronic device.

Technology for a wearable heart rate monitoring device is disclosed. The wearable heart rate monitoring device can include a heart rate sensor operable to collect sensor data, a modulator operable to generate a modulated signal that includes the sensor data, a housing configured to engage a body feature or surface in a manner that allows for heart rate detection, and a communication module configured to transmit the sensor data in the modulated signal to a mobile computing device via a wired connection that is power limited. The mobile computing device is typically configured to demodulate the modulated signal in order to extract the sensor data.

A method for controlling a display system including a head-mounted display device and a controller coupled to the display device is provided. A first display unit provided in the display device constituting the display system enables an outside scene to be visually recognized. The first display unit is caused to perform display in any mode of a plurality of modes in accordance with a state of the head of a user wearing the display device. At this time, one input mode of a plurality of input modes is set in accordance with a display mode of the first display unit, and input corresponding to each of the plurality of input modes is enabled in coordination with display on a second display unit provided in the controller, and input is received in the input mode.

A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.