Sphero's new Star Wars Force Band lets you control BB8 with the Force.
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Sphero launches Star Wars Force Band wearable to control BB-8 droid

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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If the Force is strong with you, then maybe you’ll be able to control BB-8, the cute Star Wars droid from Sphero.

Today, Sphero is launching a fancy follow-on product to last year’s big hit, the app-enabled BB-8 droid from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens film. The new Star Wars Force Band wearable lets you use wrist and arm motions to control BB-8’s movements and direction.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.