Sgnl, a start-up company initially supported by Samsung, this week introduced its primary product, a watch band that uses bone conduction to make phone calls audible through your fingertips. The watch band can be used with any analog, digital, or smart watch, or as a stand-alone product. The company calls the Sgnl the world’s first […]
Garmin has announced the Vivofit 4, a new activity-tracking wearable device that sports an always-on color display and battery life up to one year. The wrist-mounted, waterproof device performs all of the functions of a digital watch, including timer, stopwatch, and alarms, while counting steps and encouraging the wearer to stay mobile and active. The […]
A new study from the University of California at San Francisco and a health startup, Cardiogram, show that Apple Watch, many Android Wear devices and Fitbit can accurately diagnose hypertension and sleep apnea. Do note these devices do not have traditional sensors used to track those health issues, just a heart rate sensor. Cardiogram and […]
Samsung today introduced the Gear Sport smartwatch. The watch includes a 1.2-inch OLED display and measures 42.9mm, which Samsung says should fit most people well. It is powered by a dual-core 1 GHz processor and includes 768 MB of RAM and 4 GB of storage for music and other files. The device packs a 300mAh […]
Samsung today updated its dedicated fitness band, the Fit2 Pro. This wearable features a 1.5-inch curved OLED display and runs Samsung’s Tizen operating system. The device features a plastic build with a buckle-style strap to keep it firmly in place. The wearable is water resistant to 50 meters and can tackle salt water for ocean-based swimming. […]
FitBit today announced the Iconic, its long-awaited smartwatch. The wearable primarily targets fitness buffs, but it includes a number of features similar to smart devices from Apple, Samsung, and others. To start, the come in three colors and features a touch screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3. It includes GPS and Bluetooth 4.0 radios, as […]
AT&T said customers can place orders for the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch beginning November 4. The wearable, announced by Samsung earlier this year, supports AT&T’s NumberSync service, which allows owners to use their main number to make/receive calls and send/receive messages from the watch. AT&T also says the S3 Frontier is the first wearable to […]
Apple today released watchOS 2.1 for the Apple Watch. The refreshed platform chiefly delivers a new set of languages, including Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Malay, Portugese, and Vietnamese. Accordingly, the platform gains right-to-left language support, and Siri is able to recognize and receive dictation in several of these languages. In addition to the new […]
Motorola has announced availability of the Moto 360 Sport, its fitness-focused smartwatch. The device will reach the U.K. and France first on Dec. 18. The device will become available in the U.S. online starting Jan. 7, and in Best Buy stores nationwide on Jan. 10. The wearable, which has a 1.37-inch screen adapted for outdoor […]
AT&T has started issuing refunds to customers that pre-ordered LG’s latest smartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition. LG siad it has postponed launch plans for the device indefinitely. The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition was to be the first watch to support the new built-in cellular connectivity features in the newest version of Android Wear. […]
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