Wearables

WWDC 2021 keynote saw several announcements from Apple that highlight what’s coming this year on the software side for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch users. The announcements included the preview of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8. However, apart from the major developments, the company announced some supplementary details that are

watchOS 8 preview has been released by Apple at its WWDC 2021 keynote. The new watchOS version, that will be available to Apple Watch users later this year, is aimed to help users “stay healthy, active, and connected” and carries updates including redesigned Breathe app that is now called Mindfulness, upgraded Home app, and Messages

GOQii Smart Vital Junior smartwatch has been unveiled. The smartwatch, aimed at kids, is designed to track all essential parameters such as SpO2, body temperature, pulse rate, and blood pressure of children. It will also help parents monitor these vitals, activities, and other health data of their children. The smartwatch has been launched in multiple

Fire-Boltt Talk smartwatch and fitness tracker with Bluetooth calling feature has been launched in India. The wearable is one of the affordable choices in the smartphone market that lets users make and take calls from the watch. Being a fitness tracker, Fire-Boltt Talk comes with IPX7 certification for water resistance and features multiple sports modes.

Huawei Watch 3 Pro and Huawei Watch 3 have been announced and they run the company’s latest HarmonyOS 2.0. Both wearables feature 1.43-inch AMOLED displays. The Huawei Watch 3 series comes with 30 pre-installed watch faces with some animated faces along with an option to select from more than 1,000 faces from the Huawei Watch

Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE and Garmin Forerunner 55 smartwatches have been launched in the US. The smartwatches are aimed at fitness enthusiasts and runners. Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE adds to the company’s premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch portfolio. One of the USPs of the smartwatch is that if it senses that an incident has

OnePlus Watch users are getting a new update that introduces many new workout modes and takes the tally to 110. These workout modes were promised during the launch event of the OnePlus Watch in March, and an update was awaited since then. OnePlus Watch users are finally getting it with the firmware version B.52. OnePlus

Fitbit Versa 3 and Fitbit Sense and are getting a new OS update that will let its users hear audible responses from Google Assistant. Alongside, the update will help the Fitbit smartwatches access SpO2 information more easily, get low and high heart rate notifications, easier watch face switching, and new celebrations for meeting goals. An

Fitbit may soon roll out a new feature that detects snoring and noise by its devices titled ”Snore & Noise Detect”. The move is will likely to help the spouses and partners of the snoring population. The Verge quoted a report in 9to5Google, which decompiled the latest version of the Fitbit app in Google’s Play

Bugatti Ceramique Edition One Pur Sport, Bugatti Ceramique Edition One Le Noire, and Bugatti Ceramique Edition One Divo smartwatch models have been announced. Bugatti has teamed up with VIITA to develop these three models that are named after its hypercars Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, Bugatti La Voiture Noire, and Bugatti Divo. The smartwatch models offer

Apple captured 33.5 percent of smartwatch market share globally in the first quarter of 2021. Latest data by Counterpoint shows the smartwatch market grew 35 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 2021 with Apple taking the lead once again, followed by Huawei and Samsung. In terms of operating system, Apple’s watchOS is followed by Samsung’s Tizen

OnePlus Watch is the company’s first smartwatch, and a lot of Android users have been looking forward to it. The OnePlus Watch has a circular dial with an AMOLED display, and SpO2 tracking which is a must-have feature in these times. However, the shocker for many people when this watch launched was that it does

Android 12 debuted at Google I/O 2021 keynote earlier this week. The new Android version has a list of customisations and vivid colour effects. Google also introduced new privacy options on Android 12. In addition to the next-generation Android operating system, Google showcased a new version of Wear OS at the I/O keynote. Like Android

OnePlus Watch Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition has been launched in China and it comes with some tweaks compared to the standard OnePlus Watch. As the name suggests, this version of the OnePlus Watch is inspired from the Cyberpunk 2077 video game and continues OnePlus’s collaboration with the action-RPG title following the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077

Redmi Watch is all set to go on sale in India today. The wearable was launched last week alongside Redmi Note 10S, and it comes with a 1.4-inch LCD colour display and can offer up to 10 days of battery life. Redmi Watch is 5 ATM water resistant and offers over 200 watch faces. The

Snap, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, is introducing a new feature to help notable Snapchat personalities earn money and is also developing new augmented reality glasses. The Santa Monica, California-based company said on Thursday it will introduce a new version of its Spectacles glasses, the first to feature augmented reality, as part of a

NoiseFit Active smartwatch has been launched in India and it comes equipped with SpO2 and 24×7 heart rate monitoring. NoiseFit Active has a round dial, comes in different coloured silicone strap options, and is equipped with 14 sports modes. The NoiseFit Active smartwatch sports two physical buttons for navigation and a buckle closure for better

Realme Watch 2 Pro, Realme Buds Wireless 2, and Realme Pocket Bluetooth speaker have been launched in Malaysia as part of the company’s new AIoT lineup. Realme Watch 2 Pro, as the name suggests, is an upgraded version of the Realme Watch 2 that was launched in Malaysia last month. Realme Buds Wireless 2 are

Apple Watch Series 7 is rumoured to come with a redesign and feature flat edges similar to the iPhone 12 series. The new model could also be in testing in multiple colour options, including a special green shade. Some renders suggesting the changes in the Apple Watch Series 7 design over the existing models have

Google I/O 2021 keynote took place on Tuesday where CEO Sundar Pichai and his team of executives announced a list of new developments, including the release of Android 12 and new Wear OS. In addition to the two major product-focussed announcements, Google announced its progress in bringing natural language understanding with a new language model

The Apple Watch Series 6 is arguably the best smartwatch you can buy right now, but as anyone with a good idea of how it works will tell you, it only makes sense if you have an iPhone. It’s also among the most expensive options available today, so buyers with an Android smartphone and those

Google and Samsung said they were teaming up on a joint software platform for smartwatches and other wearables in a move ramping up competition with market leader Apple. The move, announced at the Google developer conference in California, means Samsung will use Google’s Wear OS for its upcoming Galaxy smartwatches instead of its own Tizen

Google has teased to unveil a “brand new Wear version” at its I/O 2021 conference later on Tuesday. This could be a reference to a new version of Wear OS — the company’s operating system for wearables including smartwatches. Wear OS recently received new offerings including an updated Gboard app with support for multiple languages.

PTron Tangent Plus V2 wireless neckband-style headphones were launched in India on Monday, May 17. The headphones come with USB Type-C fast charging support and feature a 220mAh battery that is claimed to completely charge in an hour. The PTron Tangent Plus V2 are said to offer 18 hours of playback on a single charge

Google I/O 2021 livestream is set to kick off on Tuesday, May 18. The search giant has decided to host the annual event virtually this year — after cancelling its last year’s version due to the coronavirus outbreak. Historical records show that while Google I/O is aimed at developers building new apps and stuff based

Casio G-Shock GBA900, the latest fitness-focused watch in the company’s G-Shock Move lineup, was launched late last week. The new G-Shock watch from Casio is also one of its cheapest fitness-tracking band. The Casio GBA900 has a mix of analogue and digital display and is a successor to the Casio’s GBD100 fitness tracking watch from G-Shock. The

A posterior lumbar interbody fusion involving the addition of bone graft to an area of the spine was a fairly long and invasive procedure until now. However, Dr Kornelis Poelstra and his team, in partnership with The Nevada Spine Clinic, have accomplished a feat that may reduce the time it took for the surgery to

OnePlus Watch Cobalt Limited Edition was launched on Friday. The new smartwatch is a special edition variant of the OnePlus Watch that debuted in March. However, unlike the original OnePlus Watch that has a stainless steel build, the OnePlus Watch Cobalt Limited Edition features cobalt alloy in its middle frame to offer a studier design.

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro (not official names) leaked renders show a significant shift in the design language for the upcoming series compared to the older generations. The smartphones are seen with a horizontal camera module at the back that runs across the entire width of the phones. These images have been shared

Redmi Note 10S and Redmi Watch will launch in India today, May 13, at 12pm (noon) via a virtual event. Redmi Note 10S will be the latest phone to join the Redmi Note 10 series that debuted in India in March this year. The upcoming Redmi Note phone has been confirmed to come be powered