Facebook is working on a smartwatch that will bring you a bit closer to Facebook and Instagram with two cameras, a microphone and built in sharing capabilities. The smartwatch can take pictures and videos and share them via Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp. One of the cameras is at the front, and that is for taking…
An upcoming Apple study will assess the ability of Apple Watches to predict COVID-19 infections.
Fossil’s upcoming Gen 5 smartwatches will be able to take calls just like the Apple watches do. The Wear OS watch will achieve this via Bluetooth tethering. However, that feature won’t be available immediately available on the 5th. It will be provided via an app later on. That’s a big step up from notifications that would…
Breitling has developed their own smartwatch (the B55 Connected).
Apple may have made a mistake with the Apple Watch Edition. There may not be much of a market for it.
The Neptune Duo smartwatch technology has the power of a smartphone, and a pocket screen that acts as a secondary battery.
Smartwatch manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, and Apple have created technology to appeal to luxury and analog watch fans. Motorola released the Moto 360 with a round screen, LG did the same with the LG G Watch R, but without the small blank area under the screen that the Moto 360 had. Apple intends to release…
Adidas is now selling their $400 Micoach smartwatch which provides performance data while running, and it acts as a coach. Its specifications and features include 4 GB of storage available for the playback of music while training, a 1.45″ full-colour TFT LCD touch screen, a stainless steel bezel, heart rate sensor, speed and distance measurement,…
Gilt Groupe, along with HP and the fashion designer Michael Bastian have created a smartwatch called the MB Chronowing that looks exactly like a traditional analog watch. It is more realistic than the Moto 360 I recently wrote about, however, it isn’t as advanced. The tastefully designed stainless steel MB Chronowing doesn’t have a touch screen,…
Wearable technology doesn’t have to be the same shape or size of a watch. Yet many companies are trying so hard make them resemble traditional watches. Analog watches are built the way that they are because that is what suits them best. I think Will.i.am agrees. He is now selling a wearable phone shaped like…
LG has their Android-powered G Watch R on display at the IFA 2014 technology conference in Berlin, Germany, and it really looks just like a conventional analog watch in certain cases, with its 100% circular screen, and a traditional bezel. The Motorola Moto 360 looks very much like a traditional watch as well, but they…
There is a new Timex smartwatch that doesn’t require a phone! It is the Timex Ironman One GPS+. Currently, there are Android watches that require an Android or iOS device because they are primarily just designed to control those devices. This means that if you stop using those platforms, you can’t use your watch anymore.…