Tag Heuer, official Formula One timekeeper, used last weekend’s prestigious Monaco race as the backdrop to unveil the TAG Heuer Connected Rose Gold. It retains the specifications of the original model but swaps out the titanium case in favour of an 18K rose gold one to transform it into a more luxurious sibling. True to its image as a luxury Swiss watchmaker, it was a natural […]
Wearables
Jawbone out of the fitness tracker band business?
A rumour has emerged to suggest that Jawbone may be getting out of the fitness tracker business to focus on a new clinical-grade health tracking wearable. Tech Insider reported on Friday that it has stopped production of its line of UP fitness bands which include the UP2, UP3 and UP4. It also sold off its remaining inventory at a discount to a third-party […]
Powerstrap Pal Strap brings GPS and extended battery to Pebble Time
Smartstraps for the Pebble Time allow third-party developers to add new functionality to the smartwatch with new straps. For example, the Pagaré smartstrap which successfully funded on Kickstarter give the Pebble Time NFC payment capabilities. A new Kickstarter project for the the Powerstrap Pal Strap is now looking to give it GPS functionality and extended battery support. The world’s first GPS and battery […]
Android Wear 2.0 upgrade confirmed for Tag Heuer Connected Watch
Google announced the first major upgrade to its Android Wear wearables operating system at Google I/O 2016. Android Wear 2.0 will launch sometime this fall. Missing from the announcement was a list of what smartwatches would be upgraded. The Developer Preview effectively confirmed that both the Huawei Watch and LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition would be upgraded given that they are […]
HTC smartwatch launch slips again, this time to the fall
Anyone looking forward to the upcoming HTC smartwatch will have to wait a while longer than expected. Evan Blass, formerly known as @evleaks, early this year suggested that the long-rumoured wearable would finally see the light of day in mid-April. The month of April came and went without a sign of the smartwatch. A new rumour quickly followed to indicate that the […]
Samsung done with Android Wear in favour of Tizen?
Samsung, one of the largest wearables manufacturers in the world, was named as one of Google’s partners when the latter unveiled Android Wear back in March 2014. Since then, Samsung has only offered one Android Wear device, the Samsung Gear Live smartwatch. It now appears that it will remain the sole such device in Samsung’s wearable portfolio as unnamed company executives have told […]
Pebble Core is Pebble’s first non-smartwatch wearable
Along with the Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2, Pebble today unveiled the Pebble Core, a small 3G and GPS-enabled square-shaped device that is ideal for runners. It is also the company’s first foray into the world of wearables other than smartwatches. We all love our phones. But when you’re out for a run, strapping a big phone to your arm isn’t much fun. We […]
Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2 smartwatches announced
After teasing us yesterday that it would make an announcement today, Pebble just unveiled two new smartwatches. The Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2 will succeed the original Pebble and original Time smartwatches respectively. And Pebble is once more returning to Kickstarter to launch its latest generation smartwatches. In 2012, you put smartwatches on the map during the original Pebble project, raising […]