ProMat 2025: Smallest, All-in-One WS501 Android Wearable Computer

    March 28, 2025
    The WS501 wearable Android Computer from Zebra Technologies fits into the palm of your hand while providing enough power to run multiple applications at the same time, exceptional readability, and extremely fast scanning.
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    ProMat 2025: Smallest, All-in-One WS501 Android Wearable Computer

    The world's smallest all-in-one Android enterprise-class wearable mobile computer, the WS501 is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and supports multiple applications with unlimited mobile computing, scanning, communication, and collaboration capabilities. Compared to its predecessor, the WS50, the WS501 offers more memory and faster wireless connections.

    Bringing hands-free computing to most scan-intensive jobs—including picking orders, putting away inventory, and loading/unloading shipments—the WS501 offers a new powerful processor, triple the RAM, quadruple the Flash, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.3, providing everything required to run multiple applications at the same time. Plus, there's a constant connection to your Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) system.

    The WS501 Android Wearable Computer was unveiled at ProMat 2025 in booth #S637.

    Also unveiled at the show:

    Using Zebra's SE4770 imager, the wearable scans any barcode in any condition, as fast as you can press the trigger—even if it's damaged or poorly printed. It can also capture barcodes even if the scanner and barcode are in motion with superior motion tolerance. Easily capture large or multiple barcodes with a wide field of view. With a single trigger press, capture, properly format, and transmit data on all barcodes on a single label with Zebra's Multi-Code Data Formatting. And with NG SimulScan, users can capture, format, and transmit data from multiple barcodes on multiple labels on boxes and items. The 2-in AMOLED color display offers extraordinarily bright viewing, low power consumption, and better contrast & viewing angles.

    With an embedded microphone and speaker, the WS501 allows staff to instantly reach co-workers and supervisors with the push of a button for fast issue resolution—without the need to purchase and manage separate voice devices.

    With this true converged wearable solution, workers only need to wear one device to capture and access data, instead of a host mobile computer and ring scanner. It also offers two different wearing styles—on two fingers or on the back of the hand—and can be used for virtually any task in practically any industry.

    Weighing in at just a handful of ounces, it's built to handle all-day, everyday use—even through extreme heat & cold, bumps, and drops. The dust-tight WS501 survives jetting water, so it can be hosed off, and the protective front shell is replaceable on site.

    Devices can remain in service every minute of every shift due to fast charging in less than three hours and hot swappable batteries.

    The Zebra DNA software suite delivers uninterrupted connectivity for workflows, helping you set up, secure, manage, and optimize your Zebra mobile computers.

    Zebra DNA Cloud lets you access, deploy, and manage all of those applications in one place with Zebra DNA Cloud.

    Device Guardian helps you find lost and misplaced WS501 devices quickly and easily with a proximity indicator that can trigger an alarm to assist in recovery.

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