All Things Techie Podcast · Xtreme Media / Xtreme Technology Solutions

All Things TechIE Podcast - Episode 133

·54 min·3 clips

Seven cues can be learned in two minutes, while recognition to the wrist happens in less than a quarter-second.

Justin Dawson opens episode 133 with a Christmas greeting and a glance toward the end of 2025 and the start of 2026. He sets the conversation in the run-up to CES 2026. Jack Walters, co-founder and CEO of Hapware, joins the show. The discussion stays centered on wearables and practical product design. Dawson and Walters walk through how the system connects. The smart glasses handle the visual input. The wristband and the phone take care of the rest of the workflow. Walters says the connection uses Bluetooth LE throughout. He explains that the architecture is built around moving only what needs to move between devices. The show spends time on how the hardware processes what it sees. It also comes back to how the device stack balances speed with usefulness. Walters notes that Hapware has shifted processing away from a larger wristband processor. That earlier setup was bigger and more cumbersome. The newer approach leans on the phone for much more of the processing power. He says that change helps keep latency down. Walters also describes small amounts of pre- and post-processing on the glasses and wristband. The conversation keeps circling back to milliseconds and how quickly signals can move. Walters says BLE signals can be very fast. He contrasts that with the cost of sending images over Bluetooth. The episode also touches on prototype hardware and earlier versions of the product. Dawson closes by pointing listeners toward Hapware’s CES presence and by repeating his own plans for Las Vegas and live coverage. The tone stays conversational, a little rambling, and grounded in what the technology means in practice.

As heard by us

A CES-season wearables chat that makes Bluetooth and latency easy to follow.

Justin Dawson frames episode 133 of All Things Techie as a CES 2026 conversation with Jack Walters, the co-founder and CEO of Hapware. The best part is the product talk.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

You want a straight talker's look at a CES-bound wearable build from Hapware.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from All Things Techie Podcast