Bands for watches and smartwatches typically come in a limited number of materials: Leather, metal or plastic, rubber and silicone. Ottm is looking to change that by offering wooden watchbands for a range of smartwatches. Thanks to the grain patterns of wood, each Ottm watchband promises to be unique to your Apple Watch, Android Wear smartwatch or Pebble Watch. Featuring a link bracelet design inspired […]
Accessories
Apple announces new Apple Watch straps and a price drop
As expected, Apple today did not announce a new version of the Apple Watch at its “Let us loop you in” press event. The company instead unveiled an update to WatchOS and new accessories for the current Apple Watch. It also announced a new lower starting Apple Watch price that should help maintain its dominance of the smartwatch market. Until […]
Baselworld 2016: New brown leather strap for Tag Heuer Connected
The Tag Heuer Connected smartwatch was first unveiled back in November 2015. Since then only available with a Vulcanized rubber strap, Tag Heuer today announced that it will now be possible to pair its first smartwatch with a more sophisticated brown leather strap. The TAG Heuer Connected gets a new brown leather strap! https://t.co/akXwWid2pJ #Baselworld #TAGHeuerlive pic.twitter.com/jOyhvNv8TD — TAG Heuer (@TAGHeuer) March 16, […]
Acer and Victorinox announce smart wearable accessories partnership
Victorinox, the company behind the famed Swiss army knife, and Acer today announced a new partnership that will see them incorporate wearable technology into the Swiss company’s product portfolio. The objective of the partnership is to develop accessories that will give lifestyle products such as a Swiss-made watch the functionality offered by wearable technology. The first product to emerge from this new partnership will be […]
Microsoft patents smart ring capable of controlling smartphones
Microsoft entered the wearables space with the Band and its recent successor the Band 2. It’s unlikely that its ambitions stop there and a recently discovered patent submitted to the USPTO (United States Patent Office) back in 2014. It suggests that the company has been working on a smart ring that would control other mobile devices through gestures and other actions […]
Apple launches Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock
Apple today unveiled a new accessory for the Apple Watch. As the name implies, the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock is an elegant accessory to recharge your Apple smartwatch. Needless to say, it works with both 38mm and 42mm models and uses the same inductive charging connector that comes with the Apple Watch. Unlike many other charging accessories, the Apple Watch Magnetic […]
Chronos smart disk for watches now available for pre-order
We first told you about the Chronos earlier this summer. The disk-like device attaches to the back of a traditional watch via “micro-suction” and gives it a number of smartwatch functions. For example, notifications and alerts are delivered via vibrations and coloured lights that shine out from under your watch from tiny LEDs. It can also detect taps on the watch face […]
Belkin Charge Dock for Apple Watch + iPhone unveiled
Belkin earlier this month unveiled the Belkin Charge Dock for Apple Watch + iPhone. As you can deduce from the name, the new accessory lets you conveniently recharge both your iPhone and Apple Watch simultaneously with a single wire. “Belkin is proud to introduce a charging solution in which we collaborated with Apple to ensure that the functionality and design aesthetically […]