Fitbit, Pebble dominate wearables in Q1 2014

In a crowded wearable market, Fitbit reigns supreme. In Q1 2014, research firm Canalys says Fitbit occupied 50% of overall shipments, leaving the rest of the market searching for a … Continue reading

Withings’ New Pulse Adds an O2 Monitor So You Can Breathe Easy

Withings' New Pulse Adds an O2 Monitor So You Can Breathe Easy

Last year, Withings’ Pulse fitness monitor impressed us with the plethora of data it collects—including, as the name suggests, your pulse. This year’s update adds yet one more handy feature: a blood oxygen monitor. Mountain climbers, now you can breathe easy.

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LG G Watch arrives in Champagne Gold gallery

LG has shown off a few images of its LG G Watch smartwatch in champagne gold, a stark contrast to the darker “Stealth Black” version it showed off alongside the … Continue reading

Samsung Gear 2 Teardown: Surprisingly Repairable For a Smartwatch

Samsung Gear 2 Teardown: Surprisingly Repairable For a Smartwatch

If you’ve been wondering how Samsung manages to cram everything into its Gear 2 smartwatch , then wonder no longer: iFixit has torn the thing apart to see what they’ve crammed into its tiny frame.

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Will.i.am Says His Amazing Smartwatch Is Totally Real, Coming in July

Will.i.am Says His Amazing Smartwatch Is Totally Real, Coming in July

Musician/Intel employee /iPhone accessorizer will.i.am appeared on a British TV show yesterday showing off his self-produced smartwatch, which he says has completely replaced his phone. If we’re to believe everything we see on TV, it’s pretty impressive.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Is a Baby Monitor That Reports to Your Smartwatch

Samsung Galaxy S5 Is a Baby Monitor That Reports to Your Smartwatch

Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5 , has a surprising hidden feature that tech bloggers have just discovered: the phone can double as a baby monitor—provided you’ve got it paired to a Galaxy Gear smartwatch. And y’know, you don’t mind leaving your baby and your phone behind while you’re in another room.

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Android Wear details stack up: Pocket app gets round

Pocket, the handy app that allows users to store something interesting for viewing later on, is preparing for the upcoming Android Wear-powered wearables future. Today on its website, the company … Continue reading

MOTO 360 smartwatch’s sapphire: wearables’ first must-have feature

Motorola took the wraps off its Moto 360 smartwatch earlier this week alongside Google’s introduction of the Android Wear platform. The Moto 360 was teased in a variety of fashions, … Continue reading

The Android Wear Smartwatch Apps We Want the Most

The Android Wear Smartwatch Apps We Want the Most

The main concept of Android Wear is simple; it’s a Google Now watch , which is awesome. But the right suite of compatible apps could make it even better, so long as they don’t get in the way of the simple Google Now-ness we all want and deserve.

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Samsung's Gear Fit Is Coming in April for $200

Samsung's Gear Fit Is Coming in April for $200

Samsung’s Gear Fit —a pretty lookin’ smartwatch-fitness tracker hybrid—has finally gotten its price. It’ll be available for a cool $200 and will be showing up sometime in April.

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