LG to unveil LG W3 smartwatch at October 1st event?

LG Electronics

LG is holding a press event tomorrow. The company has not revealed exactly what it plans to announce but recent rumours have been pointing to a new smartphone known as the V10. Other rumours have hinted at a smartwatch announcement. It now appears that Google may have tipped LG’s hand and revealed that the South Korean company could indeed unveil a new […]

Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01 to be unveiled on November 9th

TAG Heuer Carrera - Heuer 01

Tag Heuer announced at Baselworld 2015 that it would partner with Google and Intel for its first smartwatch. Company CEO Jean-Claude Biver yesterday told CNBC that the Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01 (based on  the TAG Heuer Carrera – Heuer 01 pictured above) will be formally unveiled on November 9th in New York. The success of the Apple Watch is already having an effect […]

Google Maps lands on Apple Watch

Google Maps on Apple Watch

Apple Watch users until yesterday only had one option, Apple Maps, when it came to getting watch-based directions. That changed yesterday with the latest update to Google Maps for iPhone and iPad. Version 4.11.0 of Google Maps adds the ability to look up directions right from your wrist. While the app will likely be welcome by many, it still requires a bit of polish […]

Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P announced

Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P

As widely expected, Google today unveiled its latest generation of Nexus smartphones. The Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P are the first smartphones to be powered by the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow include a new fingerprint sensor that will support Google Pay. While we love all the Android devices out there, every year we build Nexus devices to show off the […]

uBirds Unique smart watch strap turns traditional watch into smartwatch

Unique smart watch strap

Traditional watches have a certain appeal that will ensure that they will not completely disappear even as smartwatches become more ubiquitous. We have already seen a number of solutions that aim to give traditional watches some if not all of the functionality of a smartwatch. Montblanc came up with the Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed e-Strap while IWC is teasing us […]

Fossil teases upcoming Fossil Q smartwatch and wearables

Fossil Q smartwatch teaser

Fossil first announced its intention to jump into the wearables market earlier this year. The company has since stayed in the news, regularly confirming that it was getting closer to launching its first devices developed with Google and Intel. It finally teased its new smartwatch and line of connected accessories back in August. The brief glimpse was enough to confirm that […]

Concept Sunday: Three wearable contactless payment devices for 2020

Visa Small Change concept

Visa Europe earlier this year asked five design students and graduates at Central Saint Martins, an art and design institution in the UK, to imagine how wearable contactless payment devices might look and work in 2020. Three concepts were presented this week at the Visa Europe Technology Partner Forum in London. With Visa having recently mandated that all all point […]