The Fitbit Blaze was unveiled at CES 2016. Fitbit does not call it a smartwatch but rather a smart fitness watch as it incorporates elements of both basic fitness trackers and smartwatches. It went on sale today in both Canada (earlier than expected) and the U.S. The Fitbit Blaze adds a number of smartwatch features to the array of fitness tracking capabilities that you […]
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Android Wear 1.4 update begins rolling out to Huawei Watch
The latest version of Android Wear continues to slowly roll out to the range of smartwatches it powers. The latest to benefit from the Android Wear 1.4 update is the Huawei Watch with the rollout kicking off yesterday. According to Huawei, the update will carry version 6.0 and build number MEC23L. Interestingly, Huawei announced the roll out on its community forums yesterday when it […]
Google I/O 2016 registration opens March 8th
Google today a new website for its upcoming Google I/O 2016 developer conference. As already announced, it will take place from May 18th to May 20th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, the same place as the very first Google I/O event. Registration will begin on March 8th. As it has done in the past, Google will allow people to […]
Pebble drops prices on Pebble Time and Pebble Time Round
If you’ve been eyeing a Pebble Time smartwatch but needed just a little bit more convincing, Pebble today may have given you that last reason to pick one up. Both the Pebble Time and Pebble Time Round are now a little more wallet friendly thanks to a US$50 price drop. You want more in your wearable. You want notifications and health features, […]
Google Store now offering virtual reality smartphone accessories (Updated)
Google has added a new Virtual Reality product category on the Google Store. Better yet, it is already selling a number of virtual reality smartphone accessories through it. Go exploring. Tour world-famous landmarks, step into outer space, and relive your favorite vacation photos in VR, all from the comfort of your smartphone. Three different devices are currently being offered. Along with Google’s own Cardboard, […]
New ceramic bracelet now available for Samsung Gear S2
Samsung unveiled new rose gold and Platinum versions of the Samsung Gear S2 classic at CES 2016 to go along with the black model introduced in late 2015. Also available is a range of straps including grey and brown leather straps for the Gear S2 classic as well as more colourful ones for the Gear S2. Samsung is now expanding the choices for its round […]
HTC Vive VR headset pre-orders begin today
HTC Vive VR headset pre-orders open today at 1000 ET (0700PT). To get you ready, we’ve pulled together all the information you will need. Pre-orders will take place on the HTC Vive website. Both credit card and PayPal transactions will be accepted. Best of all, HTC will ship its VR headset to more than 20 countries including Canada. International pricing was announced yesterday […]
Concept Sunday: Smartwatch by Hublot
A number of luxury Swiss watch makers have jumped into the wearable technology space. Some like Tag Heuer and Frédérique Constant now offer smartwatches (the Tag Heuer Connected and Frédérique Constant Horological Smartwatch respectively) while others like IWC and Victorinox have turned to accessories (the still not available IWC Connect and the Victorinox Swiss Army I.N.O.X. Cybertool respectively) to give their traditional watches more capabilities. Many […]