More Snapdragon Wear chips coming, Wearables Ecosystem launched

Qualcomm may be struggling with providing supplies of chips but it doesn’t stop with research and development. We have been featuring a lot of good things from the company. Just recently, we learned that it is working on a Qualcomm gaming phone for Snapdragon Insiders. The Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G mobile processor was also announced. … Read more

Garmin brings new Approach line of golf wearables

Garmin is targeting the serious golfers out there who are interested in perfecting their game and finding their range. They have released three new wearables under their Approach line: the Approach S42 smartwatch, the Approach S12 smartwatch, and the Approach G12 rangefinder. This series for golfers has proven pretty popular and so they are now … Read more

Huawei opens up wearables OS to third-party app developers

Despite the problems that they faced with the previous U.S administration, Huawei is still doing pretty well in other spaces aside from its smartphone and wireless business. Its wearables for instance are doing pretty well and might even do better as they have now announced that their smartwatch OS, LiteOS, will now be opening up … Read more

Samsung shares “hidden feature” life hacks on Galaxy wearables

Samsung has made it obvious that they are not just focusing on smartphones and tablets but wearables are also an important part of their portfolio development. Over the years we’ve seen various smartwatches and earbuds added to their product lines and they have added a lot of features to make life more productive and easier … Read more

Energy harvester from human motion developed,ready for wearables

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has a group of researchers that discovered a way to harnest energy from human movements. This energy can then be used on small wearable devices like smartwatches and wristbands. The idea is for a wearable’s battery life to be longer than usual. Power on such small devices is … Read more

Older Fitbit wearables receive new health, fitness features

Fitbit is now closely tied with Google but it’s not a done deal yet. While the business is pending, the company continues to improve its products by releasing new models and software updates. Just the other day, Fitbit introduced an SpO2 watch face for tracking blood oxygenation. Before that, the brand launched the Fitbit Versa … Read more

Canalys: Wearables grew last Q2 2020 as prices went down

Canalys research group often reports on its observations about smartphones and other technologies. We recently shared how Samsung was overtaken by Huawei last second quarter (Q2) in the global phone market. There was also Vivo beating Samsung as the second major phone brand in India. This time, Canalys is sharing about the wearables market growing … Read more

Wearables continue growth in Q2 2020, propelled by earbuds, headphones

As expected, the wearable device market continues to do better as compared to the smartphone and other mobile markets in the midst of this pandemic. As people continue to be concerned about their health and wellness, it’s not much of a surprise that smartwatches and fitness bands will continue to sell. But it’s actually the … Read more

Fitbit Sense, Versa, and Inspire wearables to launch soon

Fitbit isn’t officially overtaken by Google. We can probably say not yet as several talks and an investigation are underway. The fitness tracker company has been working on new products. In fact, we can expect three new wearables namely the Fitbit Sense Smartwatch, Fitbit Inspire 2, and Fitbit Versa 3. These wearables may look familiar … Read more

Coronavirus: US Navy wearables test if social distancing works

US Navy set to fit soldiers with wearables to track how effective social distancing is following numerous coronavirus outbreaks on naval ships The US Navy has been hit hard by the coronavirus with thousands of cases Now, the group is rolling out a proximity tracking program using a wearable It is looking for technologies that … Read more