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 […]
Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch to be unveiled in September?
Samsung last year changed the way it released smartwatches. Rather than unveiling a flurry of smartwatches as it had done in previous years, it unveiled only one collection, the Samsung Gear S2, at IFA 2015. Two lines were offered, the Gear S2 and the Gear S2 classic (pictured above). Since then, it has introduced a number of variants but has remained focused on this one collection […]
CoWatch is an Amazon Alexa integrated smartwatch
Google and Apple are not the only companies offering a digital personal assistant that can provide a range of functions and services by responding to a user’s voice. Amazon offers a similar assistant on devices like the Amazon Echo and Amazon Tap. Alexa could soon be coming to your wrist thanks to an Indiegogo campaign for the CoWatch. With a design philosophy […]
Concept Sunday: Aika smartwatch for Alzeimer’s sufferers
Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that slowly but inexorably robs a person of their short-term memory and other mental functions. Alzheimer’s patients have also been known to wander away and later find themselves unable to return home. The longer and further they are away, the higher the chance that they will suffer a serious injury or even death. The Aika smartwatch concept […]
New Apple Watch apps required to run natively starting June 1st
Apple yesterday informed developers that new Apple Watch apps will need to be built using the watchOS 2 SDK or later. Starting on June 1st, only apps meeting this requirement will be accepted on the App Store. The terse note to developers reads: Starting June 1, 2016, all new watchOS apps submitted to theApp Store must be native apps built with […]
Garmin announces golf-specific Approach X40 activity tracker band
Garmin today announced a new wearable dedicated to golf. The Garmini Approach X40 is an activity tracker that combines activity and fitness tracking (including heart rate monitoring) with GPS golf data to (hopefully) improve your game at any of over 40,000 golf courses across the globe. During your game, the Approach X40 will track and record shot distances and provide distance […]