Wearable Tech Hardware Qualcomm announces faster Snapdragon Wear 4100 chips for smartwatches Wear OS needed better hardware, but it may be too late By Adrian Potoroaca, June 30, 2020, 5:53 PM
Wearable Tech Industry Wearable device shipments increased nearly 30 percent YoY in Q1 The pandemic cut both ways By Shawn Knight, May 29, 2020, 11:08 AM
Wearable Tech Apple Five years later, the Apple Watch is an unyielding icon of design But perhaps it needs to yield to evolve By Isaiah Mayersen, April 26, 2020, 9:53 AM 28 comments
Wearable Tech One in five Americans now wear a smartwatch or fitness tracker Wearables aren't going away By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2020, 5:21 AM
Apple Wearable Tech Apple Watch Series 6 expected to have improved water resistance, better performance It's onward and upward for Apple Watch By Shawn Knight, November 11, 2019, 2:02 PM
Apple Wearable Tech Smartwatch shipments jump almost 50% as Apple still leads the pack By Rob Thubron, November 8, 2019, 8:59 AM 10 comments
Wearable Tech Fossil's new hybrid smartwatches highlight the best elements of digital and analog watches Pricing starts at $195, available from today By Shawn Knight, November 6, 2019, 10:29 AM
Wearable Tech Xiaomi's first Wear OS smartwatch is coming next month Can you guess what it looks like? By Humza Aamir, October 29, 2019, 10:40 AM
Wearable Tech Electronics Google might be willing to buy Fitbit to save Wear OS Parent company Alphabet is currently in talks with the fitness gadget maker By Adrian Potoroaca, October 28, 2019, 5:12 PM
Wearable Tech Apple Apple unveils Series 5 watch with an always-on display and built-in compass Innovative software and the ability to adjust display refresh rates promise the same battery life By Cal Jeffrey, September 10, 2019, 2:20 PM
Wearable Tech Puma announces fitness-focused $275 smartwatch Featuring Wear OS and the Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset By Rob Thubron, September 5, 2019, 9:51 AM
Wearable Tech Garmin announces the Fenix 6 Series GPS smartwatch with solar charging A smartwatch for true fitness buffs By Shawn Knight, August 30, 2019, 1:21 PM 7 comments
Wearable Tech Fitbit launches $200 Versa 2 smartwatch along with a premium subscription service Fitbit is slowly shifting focus to software and subscriptions By Adrian Potoroaca, August 29, 2019, 10:43 AM
Wearable Tech Misfit's lightweight Vapor X smartwatch starts at $200 Misfit's third attempt might finally pay off By Adrian Potoroaca, August 14, 2019, 4:38 PM
Apple Wearable Tech Apple's wearables business to outpace iPad and Mac by the end of 2020 Apple is selling roughly 70 million wearables a year By Shawn Knight, August 12, 2019, 9:36 AM 8 comments
Apple Wearable Tech Apple Watch leads the smartwatch segment in Q2 2019 Strategy Analytics reveals an estimated 5.7 million units shipped worldwide By Humza Aamir, August 7, 2019, 6:57 AM
Wearable Tech Mobile Fossil's latest smartwatch is almost as good as an Apple Watch The fifth generation device will let iPhone users take calls By Adrian Potoroaca, August 6, 2019, 7:27 AM
Wearable Tech Samsung formally introduces Galaxy Watch Active 2 with touch-sensitive bezel Launching next month from $279 By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2019, 10:21 AM
Wearable Tech Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 is getting a touch-sensitive bezel and Bluetooth 5.0 Improved UI navigation and wireless connectivity By Shawn Knight, July 24, 2019, 5:14 AM
Industry Nest app will no longer work on the Apple Watch and Wear OS Google says lack of users behind the app's removal By Humza Aamir, July 11, 2019, 6:16 AM
Wearable Tech Royole, maker of the first folding smartphone, turns its eye to flexible wearables Will future smartwatches be foldable? By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2019, 9:18 AM
Wearable Tech Industry Global smartwatch shipments increased 48 percent year-over-year in Q1 Apple leads the way by a large margin By Shawn Knight, May 2, 2019, 12:48 PM
Wearable Tech Apple Watches are surprisingly good at detecting heart conditions says recent Stanford study 57% of users who received an irregular pulse warning on their watch sought medical attention By William Gayde, March 17, 2019, 10:22 AM
Wearable Tech Industry The wearables market grew by nearly 30 percent during 2018 The wearable market continues to grow rapidly By Cohen Coberly, March 6, 2019, 6:42 AM
Wearable Tech Industry Swatch files suit against Samsung for mimicking its watch faces Complaint asks for $100 million in injunctive damages By Cal Jeffrey, February 26, 2019, 5:17 PM