Tag: Smartwatches
How Can Smartwatches Take the Next Step Towards Becoming Mainstream?
Smartwatches are growing in popularity every year, but they are still nowhere near to being essential. While there are more than six billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide, there are just over 1 billion people using wearables – with smartwatches making up a small percentage of this figure. It seems that developers of these devices need to…
Apple Fitness+ launch event: what the critics say
Last night Apple unveiled a new personalised workout subscription service, Apple Fitness+, alongside new sixth-generation smartwatches and new iPads.... Fitness+ will initially launch in six countries including the US and UK before the end of 2020. It will cost £10 per month or £80 per year as a standalone service, which can be shared among…
OPPO unveils smartwatches, wireless headphones
Global smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled several new additions, including a series of smartwatches and a range of noise cancelling wireless headphones. Powered with Wear OS by Google, the OPPO Watch 46mm LTE features what it claims is the world-first dual-curve display, while the OPPO Watch 41mm BT boasts an AMOLED display. Taking personalisation to…
Over half of users believe wearable tech improves their mental health
More than half of UK consumers who wear smartwatches or fitness bands believe the devices have improved their mental health, research suggests. Some 55% of consumers who use the devices believe they have gone beyond improving their fitness and also benefited their mental health, with the figure rising to 61% of 16 to 34-year-olds, the…
7 alternative smart watches to the Apple Watch that you can buy RIGHT NOW!
[nextpage title="Next"] The Apple Watch isn't due to hit stores until April so what are you supposed to do if you want something smart on your wrist in the meantime? As luck would have it, Apple isn't first on this - there are already plenty of smartwatches out there. Here's our pick of some of…
WATCH: Sony’s e-ink, umm, WATCH.
Check out this video from Sony's Fashion and Entertainment division - it has come up with a watch that uses not just an e-ink display, but an e-ink strap too - meaning that at the touch of a button you can change everything. It appears to be simply a prototype, and at this stage isn't…
LG’s G Watch goes on sale in UK and rest of world
Korean electronics company LG has announced that its first Android wearable device, the G Watch, is now available to buy throughout the world, from Google Play and "key" retailers. G Watch is one of three Android Wear smartwatches announced in June at Google's annual I/O conference, with the other two coming from fellow makers Motorola…
E Ink working on Kindle-like smartwatch
The wearable tech revolution, which already is dominating the scene this year, could set to become more exciting, following E Ink's announcement that its technology could be used for both the screen and body of an upcoming smartwatch. The main…
BURG launch a new smartwatch – could it be a game-changer?
Smartwatches are an emerging technology, and today Burg have launched a salvo at the likes of Apple and Google, by beating them to market – with a watch that has it's own SIM card, meaning there's no need to tether…
10 Smartwatches that can tell you more than just the time
With any new technology it always takes a little while to figure out exactly how it should work. Remember the crappy touchscreen phones that required a stylus before the iPhone came along? Or how motion controls were only ever used…
