Wearables

At CES 2020, Amazfit has launched Amazfit Bip S and the Amazfit T-Rex smartwaches. The Amazfit T-Rex is a rugged wearable with military-grade durability and a 1.3-inch AMOLED screen. The Amazfit Bip S, on the other hand, is touted to offer up to 40 days of battery life and also comes with built-in GPS for

Samsung at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Monday showcased its advancements in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Demonstrating the company’s growth in the world of personal care, the South Korean company unveiled Ballie, a rolling robot that is designed as a personal fitness assistant. The tiny robot is touted to understand

Realme smartwatch looks set launch in India soon. While the Chinese company hasn’t revealed any concrete details around its new development, a smartwatch with Realme branding has purportedly received certification from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that hints at its imminent debut in the country. Earlier on Thursday, Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth while launching

Honor announced earlier this month that the Honor 9X phone will be launched in India on January 14. Well, it appears that the Honor 9X is not the only device that will make its debut in India next week. The Huawei subsidiary has revealed that the new Honor Magic Watch 2 smartwatch and the Honor

Diesel, a sub-brand of the Fossil Group, has launched a new Wear OS smartwatch at CES 2020, dubbed the Diesel On Fadelite. The new Diesel-branded smartwatch doesn’t bring any fancy new features or powerful internal hardware. But one area where it stands out is the build quality and design. The Diesel On Fadelite has a

Xiaomi’s Mi Band series has been a runaway success for the company, thanks to its combination of competitive features at an ultra-low price. Now, Xiaomi is reportedly looking to take things up a notch with its next fitness band, tentatively called the Mi Band 5. As the name suggests, the Mi Band 5 will succeed

From tiredness-detecting driving glasses to shin guards that judge the performance of footballers — we’ve come a long way since the early days of the pulse-measuring smart watch. Some of the very latest innovations in the burgeoning wearable tech sector were on display this week at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show — offering improved ways

US trade regulators said on Friday they will investigate wearable monitoring devices, including those made by Fitbit and Garmin, following allegations of patent violations by rival Koninklijke Philips and its North America unit. The US International Trade Commission, in a statement, said the probe would also look at devices by made by California-based Ingram Micro as well

Withings at CES 2020 launched its latest hybrid smartwatch – the ScanWatch. The Withings ScanWatch is claimed to be the world’s first clinically validated hybrid smartwatch to detect risks of arrhythmia (AFib) and sleep apnoea (aka sleep apnea). But despite packing the necessary hardware and delivering on its promise, the Withings ScanWatch is currently awaiting

Xiaomi’s latest smartwatch – the Mi Watch Colour – is all set to go on sale starting January 3 in China. Ahead of its market availability, Xiaomi has officially listed the Mi Watch Color on its online sale platforms, revealing its key specifications, colour options, and the pricing. The Mi Watch Color packs a 1.39-inch

Xiaomi-backed Huami recently confirmed that it will launch the Amazfit Bip S smartwatch at CES 2020. But it appears that it won’t be the only Huami smartwatch to make its debut at the mega tech event in Las Vegas. Huami Technology has announced that the company will also launch a rugged smartwatch called the Amazfit

The Indian e-commerce market has had a great 2019. Affordable Internet access has opened up new opportunities for online marketplaces in India. In 2019, every second mobile phone sold in the country was being purchased online, according to market research. The same report claimed Flipkart led the overall online market in India with a strong

Apple Watch (PRODUCT) RED edition is speculated to debut in spring 2020. The new version is said to be a part of the Apple Watch Series 5 family that was unveiled earlier this year. So far, the Cupertino company has brought a range of iPhone models with (PRODUCT) RED branding in a collaboration with (RED),

Xiaomi announced the Mi Watch Color earlier this week, but so far, the company has not revealed the internal hardware of its latest smartwatch. However, a few live images of the Mi Watch Color’s retail package have surfaced online, and they reveal some of its key specifications such as display size and resolution, battery capacity,

Xiaomi has launched a new smartwatch in China – the Mi Watch Color. The new smartwatch from Xiaomi has a round dial, unlike the company’s recently launched Mi Watch that comes with a rectangular dial. The Xiaomi Mi Watch Color will come in three dial colour options, and straps in a multitude of shades and

Huami has confirmed its presence at Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2020) next year, and is now teasing the arrival of the Amazfit Bip S smartwatch via its social channels. The company has also separately announced that it is looking to expand its portfolio beyond the smartwatch category, and teased the arrival of Amazfit’s first wireless

Like most teen years, the past decade in technology started out someplace relatively innocent before growing moody, dark and disillusioned. In 2010, we were excited about new iPhones and finding old friends on Facebook, not fretting about our digital privacy or social media’s threat to democracy. Now we are wondering how to rein in the

Amazon is undoubtedly one of the top two e-commerce players in India. The online retail giant sells a large number of tech products in the country. As the year comes closer to an end, Gadgets 360 asked Amazon about the most popular tech products on its online marketplace in India during 2019. Below, we’ll tell

From bulletproof clothing enabling transmission and reception of electronic signals to production of liquid hydrocarbons from plastic waste, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on Thursday said it filed 150 patents in 2019, the highest ever in a year. “Both national and international patents have been filed by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT),

The Timex Helix Gusto HRM is a new entrant in the competitive wearables space. This fitness band, with its features and price, competes directly with the Mi Band 4 and the Honor Band 5. It has all the features expected of fitness bands today – step counting, distance tracking, sleep tracking, heart rate monitoring, and

Realme’s AskMadhav monthly episode is out, and this time some interesting detail about an upcoming Realme product is revealed. CEO Madhav Sheth confirms that the company is working on a Realme fitness band, and it will arrive in the first half of 2020. In his October episode, Sheth had teased that it would introduce a

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 4G variant has been launched in India. Priced at Rs. 35,990, the new variant sits alongside the existing Galaxy Watch Active 2 model that was launched in the country in October. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 4G is designed to let users make and receive voice calls — without keeping

Apple has opened its previously-closed bug bounty programme for all security researchers wherein it will pay lucrative amount to those who find and report them to Apple Product Security, depending on the flaw discovered. The iPhone maker’s bug bounty programme sees maximum payouts range between $100,000 to $1 million. Apple has also defined the bounty

When Bri Cawsey began running in 2008, she quickly got hooked on the sport and wanted to get faster. So she did what many runners do and bought a GPS watch that would give her real-time feedback on her pace, mileage and other metrics. First, she enjoyed the data readout. Before long, she connected her

Xiaomi’s latest budget fitness band, the Mi Band 3i, was launched in India last month. But so far, the Mi Band 3i, has been available exclusively via the official Mi online store in India. That is about to change now, as the Mi Band 3i aka Mi Smart Band 3i will be up for grabs from

The US Justice Department will review plans by Alphabet-owned Google to buy fitness tracker maker Fitbit for possible antitrust issues, a source told Reuters on Tuesday. The $2.1 billion (GBP 1.64 billion or roughly Rs. 15,000 crores) deal will give search and advertising giant Google the capability to take on Apple and Samsung in the

Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in cheap smartwatches for children that make it possible for strangers to override parental controls and track kids. Rapid7, a cyber-security firm based in Boston, purchased three smartwatches on Amazon.com, costing from $20 to $35 (roughly Rs. 1,400 to Rs. 2,500), according to Deral Heiland, research lead for IoT technology. He

Oppo on Tuesday has announced its first augmented reality (AR) glasses at its ongoing Oppo Inno Day 2019 conference. These augmented reality glasses, called Oppo AR Glass, can be used to view AR content, play AR games, and access AR services. The company demoed the AR glass experience on the stage, and the headset incorporates

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo on Tuesday said it would invest $7 billion (roughly Rs. 50,000 crores) in research and development in the next three years to develop core technologies in hardware, software and system in addition to 5G/6G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), Big Data, and other emerging technologies. Oppo said it would launch smartwatches, smart

The Samsung Galaxy Watch has been one of our favourite wearables since we reviewed it last year. It has a beautiful design, a useful rotating bezel, and impressive battery life for the kind of functionality it offers. We felt a moment of deja vu when we unboxed the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G, which the company