Adults may have to wait until the second half of the year to strap a Xiaomi Mi smartwatch to their wrist but children won’t have to wait so long. The Chinese company has unveiled the Xiaomi Mi Bunny MITU Children Smart GPS Watch. Much as we have seen with other smartwatches aimed at children, the primary aim of this wearable is […]
Wearables
Xiaomi Mi Smartwatch to launch in second half of 2016
Rumours that Xiaomi was working on a smartwatch have been around for more than a year now. They resurface regularly with the latest ones suggesting that it would launch in the next couple of months. A new report now reveals that none other than company co-founder and vice president Liu De has now confirmed that the Xiaomi Mi smartwatch is […]
Fitbit Charge 2 and Fitbit Flex 2 coming soon?
Newly discovered trademark filings may have revealed what Fitbit has in store for us for the coming months. The company kicked off 2016 with the introduction of the Fitbit Blaze smart fitness watch and the Fitbit Alta fitness band. At least two more devices could be on their way later this year. Fitbit has filed trademark applications for the Fitbit Charge […]
Apple Watch loses market share as smartwatch shipments soar in Q1 2016
While numbers are still relatively small, smartwatch shipments continue to pick up steam. Research firm Strategy Analytics today reported that global smartwatch shipments reached 4.2 million units in the first quarter of 2016. This is a sharp 223% increase from the from 1.3 million units shipped the same quarter a year ago but down sequentially (unsurprisingly) from the 8.1 million shipments in […]
Upcoming Samsung Gear Fit 2 and Gear IconX earbuds revealed?
Samsung launched the Gear Fit, a fitness-focused wearable, back at MWC 2014. It featured a 1.84-inch Curved Super AMOLED display and not only tracked health and fitness data but could also display a range of notifications when paired with a Samsung smartphone. Newly leaked images obtained by Evan Blass (none other than famed @evleaks) have revealed what appears to be the successor […]
MODE bands for Android Wear smartwatches a snap to change
Google’s Android Wear already makes it easy to change watch faces. The new MODE bands now aims to make it just as easy to customize the band of your Android Wear smartwatch. A simple slide button makes it easy to attach and detach each band in seconds. The watch you take to your workout can now quickly become the watch […]
Nokia acquires wearables company Withings for €170 million
There have been a number of recent hints recently that Nokia was looking to enter the wearables space. The company today confirmed these rumours with the announcement that it was acquiring wearable company Withings for €170 million (about US$191 or CA$242 million). Nokia expects that the move will allow it to “lead the next wave of innovation in digital health.” “We have said consistently that […]
Xiaomi CEO shows off Mi Band 2 ahead of announcement
Recent rumours suggested that Xiaomi would soon announce a new an more powerful Mi Band. Ahead of any announcement, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun was spotted this weekend, teasing what may well be the Mi Band 2 during a conference in China. In one picture, he is seen with the new wearable with the display turned off but a second shows the display […]