Appl (AAPL) deepens it to sport, add it Apple Watch To the list of its products that can be found in and around the main league teams.
The technology giant and NHL announced on Friday that the referees are using Apple Watch throughout the current season as a way to monitor the game without having to get away from the event.
The new system includes the Apple Watch Series or Apple Watch Ultra and a specialized application that provides Refs with data like the game watch, the countdown to the end of the period, and a notification that allows them to know when the player comes out of the penalty box.
“To be able to save the official game watch on the wrist [the referees aren’t] Search for higher, try to find the results board when [they’re] “The skiing … it was really important to make sure that there was a focus on ice, players and playing,” said Andres de Coral, Vice President of Digital Services in Prishaid, The company behind the application.
To ensure not to rely on rulers to look at their hours, the PRSIDIO application provides reactions that vibrate for the square alerts at the end of the period and education.
Coral said: “So, notifying the official, ’10 … 3, 2, 1, there is a person of 200 pounds about to get out of a penalty box that flies to you … careful,” Coral said.
Each ruling has Apple Watch issued by NHL. They cannot use their personal watches during referees. Moreover, the watches are not downloaded with unnecessary applications and only get notices from the Presidio program. (You cannot have a judgment to get eating in Uber during everything He can You?)
David Leesnsky, CEO of Business Development and Innovation at NHL, said the league is working with Apple in the Apple Watch initiative for years. The couple cooperated in the past, and they put the iPad devices on the seats of the teams so that the players and coaches can watch the game re -real time to know how to change strategies during flying.
Other sports league championships also depend on Apple products, including MLB, which allows the teams to use iPad devices in their hideout so that players can get information about the latest bats and other game statistics. World Surf League (WSL) also uses Apple Watch, which gives browsers information about waves and dozens.
Of course, working with the sports league championships is not only related to the help of players and referees; It is also a marketing exercise for all parties. Apple gets its products in front of sports enthusiasts, which proves that it is not only useful, but in the NHL and WSL case, durable enough to survive, for example, taking a cross strike from an outlet fighting another player or running in huge waves. The championships get showing technology intelligence.