Google and Levi鈥檚 has announced the release date and price of their joint venture in wearable technology.
The smart jacket, codenamed Project Jacquard, was originally revealed in 2015, but further聽details were only unveiled at this year鈥檚 SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Named the Levi’s Commuter Trucker Jacket, it will be put on sale to the public this autumn for 拢288.
It had originally been scheduled for spring.
Available for both men and women in various sizes, the jacket works by weaving touch and gesture controls into its fabric 鈥� essentially turning the whole garment into a touch pad.
Controlled via the left cuff, this allows its wearer to answer calls, changed the music settings on their phone, or get directions without having to take their device out of their pocket or bag.
Skipping a song, for example, will be achieved by a double-tap of the wrist.
To celebrate the announcement, Levi鈥檚 and Google hosted a celebration at SXSW with DJ sets by Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem and the Juan MacLean, and Neon Indian.
Ivan Poupyrev, technical program lead at Google鈥檚 ATAP, said: 鈥淚n the future, everything is going to be connected.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 want the functionality to be a short fix and the technology then expires.
鈥淲e want people to keep the jacket for a long time as they do with other Levi鈥檚 products.鈥�
Google announce the battery will last approximately two days, but it is expected that this will increase.
The same left cuff which controls the dark blue denim jacket can be removed for charging. All swipe commands activate a small LED and generate a vibration on the wearer鈥檚 arm.
Jacquard technology can be woven into any material, which means it is likely alternative styles will become available in the future.
It will be the first commercial product made available by Google鈥檚 Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP).
The jacket is also expected to be waterproof and machine-washable.