As it stands timeline feels like a PR gesture to be something different when compared to the notifications and predictive cards on Android Wear, and the notifications and companion apps on the Apple Watch.
Pushing this will send a push notification to the companion SnowFox app on their parents' smartphone.
The device can also be configured to automatically send geofenced notifications to the companion app — for instance to tell a parent their child has arrived at or left school.
Automatic Pro retails for $129.95, and includes a new companion app, which has customizable notifications that drivers can tweak based on their preference, alerting them to things like excess speed and too-sudden stops.
A tool that lets developers of web apps help their users remind themselves with a push notification to download the companion mobile app.
Send to Mobile A tool that lets developers of web apps help their users remind themselves with a push notification to download the companion mobile app.
Like most smartwatches, the list of apps that can send notifications to the Apple Watch can be tailored via the companion app, which will be important because most will not want every notification to disturb them.
"We've seen firsthand that there is a huge demand for mobile companions that make email notifications, messages, alerts and more easily accessible," says chief executive Eric Migicovsky.
As iOS developers create more Mac companion apps, you should start to see the same notifications pop up whether you are on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
Custom notifications are a secondary use, with the companion Android or iOS app used to set up to three priority callers for whose comms the ring will buzz.
In a sense, smart watch trailblazer Pebble was built on this premise — serving as a companion to your smartphone and offering at-a-glance access to important notifications.
