mo4ch:>Nike’s $350 ‘smart’ shoes are refusing to lace themselves following software update | Mo4ch News
It’s bad enough when your phone or laptop is having technical difficulties, but that headache has now extended to footwear, after owners of Nike’s new smart sneakers have reported shoe malfunctions following an Android update.Owners of the newly released $350 Adapt BB shoes were unimpressed to find one of the pair of their new shoes wasn’t syncing with Nike’s app, meaning they were unable to enjoy the shoes’ self-lacing feature and had to go old school and manually tighten their sneakers themselves.Adapt BB’s boast a power-lacing system called FitAdapt that is controlled by the app or with buttons on the shoes. Some users reported that the motor in their shoes had stopped working altogether.“App won’t pair with left shoe. Paired with sneakers right after unboxing then completely crashed after last update,” one irate customer commented on the Nike app’s Play Store page.“Whenever I try connecting my shoes, it says error try again or it says it’s already connected with another pair of sh…