Believe your eyes.
For a company with absolutely no presence, Apple sure loomed large over CES this year. There was the Dell Touch Bar, M1 Max shaming, and several HomeKit announcements, but a small demo from Intel might have been the most intriguing.
During its keynote presentation, Intel showed off an upcoming laptop running the recently acquired Screenovate software that allows “advanced integration between multiple devices based on different operating environments.” The feature is exclusive to the next generation of Intel’s own Evo line of laptops arriving later this year, and if it works as Intel says, it could be a game-changer.
In a short demo, Intel showed off an Evo laptop communicating with an iPhone to receive and reply to iMessages using an app built by Intel. Additionally, it shows an Apple Watch sharing health data with the PC, including heart-rate, ECG, and blood-oxygen readings received directly from the watch. As far as we know, it’s the first time Messages and Health have ever been shown running on a PC. The relevant bit is at the 19 minute mark in the video below.
Read more at MacWorld.com