Wearables

Apple said on Thursday it would reopen its sole retail store in South Korea on April 18, marking it the first site to return to business after it closed all stores outside Greater China last month due to the coronavirus outbreak. Once struggling with the first large outbreak outside China, South Korea has largely managed

As India fights the coronavirus crisis, Samsung India on Tuesday pledged a contribution of Rs. 20 crores towards the relief efforts. The company will be donating Rs. 15 crores to the PM CARES Fund, and Rs. 5 crores to the states of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to combat the crises. The company also mentioned

Xiaomi – a widely regarded Chinese electronics company – has become a well-known name in the smartphone market globally. The company had gained some popularity as the Apple of China in its early days, but with its expanded presence in regions including India, it was able to become a household name for millions of people.

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday its first-quarter operating profit likely managed to rise slightly from a slump a year earlier, as solid chip sales helped cushion the blow from the coronavirus pandemic on smartphones and TVs. The global leader in semiconductors is benefiting from higher demand for chips from laptop makers and data centres amid the

Xiaomi Mi Bunny Watch 4 has been launched in China with up to eight days of battery life on a single charge and dual cameras. It has an impressive list of specifications which includes 4G support and artificial intelligence (AI) integration. The Xiaomi Mi Bunny Watch 4 is a little bulkier as compared to other

Redmi Band has been unveiled during Xiaomi’s Mi Fan Festival 2020 event. The new smart band comes with a colour display and supports a list of fitness-tracking features that can be useful for recording activities such as cycling, running, and walking. It also provides heart rate monitoring and sleep tracking. Similar to the recently launched

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and Mi Band 3 are reportedly getting the ability to unlock Windows laptops straight from the fitness trackers with their latest firmware update. This is the first time the two fitness trackers from Xiaomi are receiving a new functionality after November. Although the Mi Band 4 has been receiving updates every

Redmi is set to launch it first-ever smart wearable device on Friday, the Xiaomi sub-brand announced on Thursday on Chinese micro-blogging website, Weibo. Although the name of the product is unclear, it is speculated that the smart wearable will be called Redmi Band. In the meantime, Xiaomi is also rumoured to be working on the

Fitbit Charge 4 has been launched in India and it boasts of new and improved features over the last Fitbit Charge but retains the same design. Fitbit claims the Charge 4 can last up to 7 days on a single charge. It also adds GPS functionality to the fitness tracker itself, which comes in three

Xiaomi is celebrating its 10th anniversary and to commemorate the success, a Mi Fan Festival is scheduled for Friday, April 3. The company will announce as many as 22 new products at its forthcoming event. If we look at the Mi Fan Festival last year, the Beijing-based company is expected to launch a list of

OnePlus 8 and its Pro sibling will go official on April 14, but it appears that OnePlus also has a couple of surprises in its bag. Noted tipster Ishan Agarwal claims that the company will also launch a wireless charger that will offer a 30W charging output. Plus, a new wearable audio device will also

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn reported a 23.7 percent fall in profit in the last three months of 2019 on Monday as it braces for the impact from the coronavirus pandemic that has hit demand from key customers such as Apple. Foxconn, which assembles iPhones at factories in China, reported net profit of TWD 47.76 billion ($1.6

Apple Watch Series 6 is rumoured to come out in June this year but several leaks before the launch are indicating a host of features that might be included to the speculated Apple device. A new report has suggested that the Apple Watch Series 6 will come with features including blood oxygen detector and Touch

A recent announcement on Samsung Community forums reportedly indicates that the rollout of the awaited ECG (electrocardiogram) feature for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is delayed. During the launch event, the South Korean tech giant promised to enable ECG functionality on the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in Q1 2020 but going by the official announcement

Google seems to be all-set to start selling its second-generation Pixel Buds (aka Pixel Buds 2) in the coming days as the new truly wireless earbuds have apparently surfaced on the US FCC site. The new development comes just weeks after the Pixel Buds 2 were spotted on an online store in the US with

Huawei Watch GT 2e smartwatch on Thursday made its debut alongside the Huawei P40 series. The smartwatch comes with a battery life of up to 14 days, and supports 5ATM water resistance. Additionally, the Huawei wearable comes with a SpO2 sensor to monitor the oxygen levels in blood, and there are about 100 fitness modes.

Huawei has announced that users with Huawei devices in India whose warranty expires between March 21 to June 21 will now get an extended warranty period till June 30. This includes devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, headsets, chargers, and more. A similar announcement was also made by Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor on Thursday for all the

Realme smartwatch’s upcoming launch is hardly a secret, however Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth offered the first look at the wearable in the latest #AskMadhav episode on YouTube. Sheth noted that the smartwatch will be launched in India very soon. The executive is seen flaunting the upcoming wearable on his wrist throughout the video, and

Apple has lifted purchase limits on its phones, tablets and laptops for customers outside China, the media reported. The company last week imposed purchase limits across several of its products, reports MacRumors. The new MacBook Air and Mac mini were limited to five orders per customer, the new iPad Pro was limited to two 11-inch

Fitbit Charge 4 alleged images have surfaced online, and the fitness band looks quite similar to the Fitbit Charge 3. The new Charge 4 popped up in an FCC listing and a retail listing that has now been removed. These listings have hinted at some of the details of the fitness wearable. The leaked images

Xiaomi is rumoured to launch the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S with as low latency as 120 milliseconds. The new truly wireless earbuds by the Chinese company is also said to include wireless charging support, similar to what we got on the AirPods last year. In December, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S surfaced on

Apple on Wednesday unveiled new versions of iPad Pro and MacBook Air. It additionally launched a variety of fresh accessories for its spring sales. This includes colourful phone cases for the iPhone 11 lineup and bands for its Watch-series. The Cupertino-based tech company has also launched cases for the newly launched iPad Pro. Users with

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic would hurt sales of smartphones and consumer electronics this year, while demand from data centres would fuel a recovery in memory chip markets. Chief Executive Kim Ki-nam said the coronavirus and US-China trade disputes were casting a shadow over the outlook for the South Korean tech giant,

An Apple employee in Los Angeles has been found to be coronavirus positive. The employee worked at Apple’s Culver City offices, reports Variety. “A team member in our Culver City office has informed us they tested positive for COVID-19. The individual had no symptoms when they were last in the office, and remains in self-isolation

Samsung Galaxy S9 has received a significant price cut, as the company’s 2018 flagship is up for sale at a price of Rs. 26,999 as part of Samsung’s ‘Blue Fest’ sale. The six-day sale, which goes on till March 18 on the company’s official website, also offers other discounts like a straight 10 percent cashback

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Samsung has launched a new service that will disinfect smartphones of its customers. The service is called the Galaxy Sanitizing Service, and the initiative from the South Korean giant is a welcome step since smartphones are in our hands for a major part of the day. The service has been launched

Social media giant Facebook has started sending out invites to beta testers for its new social VR app ‘Horizons’ where users will interact in the virtual world. Facebook Horizon is a cartoonish VR world where users will be able to establish a presence, and connect with others virtually. Horizon is the successor to Facebook’s first VR

Apple seems to be developing at least two new upgrades to the health-related features of Apple Watch, including a blood oxygen detector and removing the 120 beats per minute (BPM) limitation for the ECG feature, an online report has claimed. The report is based on an exclusive look into the iOS 14 code snippets. According

Realme Band’s second sale in India will take place today at 12pm (noon) IST through both online and offline stores, a week after the fitness band’s launch. At the time of Realme Band’s launch on March 5, the fitness band was available on Realme’s official website, however, it was only there for a limited time

Oppo has finally launched its first smartwatch – the highly anticipated yet uninspiringly named – Oppo Watch. The Oppo Watch looks a lot like the Apple Watch, but has some cool tricks of its own. It comes in two sizes – 41mm and 46mm – and is based on a custom version of ColorOS, tailored