Samsung and HTC both show off smart-gloves on April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is here, and there's no doubt that this day brings out the best from companies with a sense of humour.
Samsung hit the hammer first, announcing its first 'all-over-hand' wearable device dubbed Samsung Fingers that features a flexible Super Emo-LED for the technology-sensitive consumer. HTC on the other hand teased its HTC Gluuv, which is also a smart-glove.

The South Korean giant's fictitious smart-glove features a 3-inch flexible UHD Super Emo-LED display; 16-megapixel camera; as well as gyro, barometer, compass, heart rate, proximity, thermometer, voice and gesture recognition sensors. The company notes that the Samsung Fingers supports 5G network and Wi-Fi 902.11wz connectivity options. Some preloaded apps in the wearable device include Finger Painter and S-tut, though the company did not humorously elaborate on what these apps can do.


Further, the Samsung Fingers smart-glove comes with 4GB of RAM, and in 32GB/64GB inbuilt storage variants. Other features include Talk to the Hand, which can record and save a friend's words while the Samsung Fingers user is busy with something else.



HTC has added the thumbs-up feature to its Gluuv, which automatically likes things on Facebook; however, HTC did not elaborate on how the feature on the fictitious smart-glove would work.

The Taiwanese mobile giant introduced the HTC Gluuv with the tagline: "Hello day after today. Imagine the power of complete smartphone creative freedom. Now imagine that freedom in the shape of a glove."