Android Wear hardware partners include Motorola, HTC, LG, Samsung, and ASUS

Android Wear aims to bring a Google revolution to wearables, and among them a variety of hardware partners are already lined up: Samsung, HTC, LG, ASUS, Motorola, and more. Among … Continue reading

Android Wear aims at developers for Google Wearables

This morning Google introduced Android Wear, aiming to bring Android to our wearables future. The Internet giant provided a general look at what its system could do — bring a … Continue reading

Android’s New OS for Wearables Is Like Google Now for Your Body

Android’s New OS for Wearables Is Like Google Now for Your Body

Google clearly knows what time it is. Today it announced Android Wear, a project to bring Android to wearable computers.

    



Moto 360 smartwatch detailed as Android Wear first for Motorola

This week the folks at Motorola have revealed their first wearable device working with Google’s new Android Wear software. This device will be round – both round and square devices … Continue reading

LG's G Watch Will Be One of the First Android-Wear-Powered Wristables

LG's G Watch Will Be One of the First Android-Wear-Powered Wristables

It appears to be a banner day for smartwatch news. Engadget is reporting that LG is also cooking up a smartwatch of its own. It’s coming out next quarter and will run on Google’s just-announced wearables OS, dubbed Android Wear .

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Samsung S Band activity tracker gets German closeup

This week the folks at Samsung have decided – perhaps accidentally – to release an up-close opportunity to users in Germany for their upcoming S Band activity tracker release. This … Continue reading

A Touchscreen 'Smart'watch That Doesn't Need a Phone

A Touchscreen 'Smart'watch That Doesn't Need a Phone

In a time when every company seems to be announcing a smartwatch, Phosphor has taken a slightly different approach with its Touch Time. It runs a small suite of apps, accessible on the watch’s monochrome touchscreen LCD display, but what it comes with is all it will ever have. There’s no wireless connectivity to a smartphone, no USB port for firmware updates, and no way to upgrade it whatsoever—save for shipping it back to the factory.

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Pebble unveils three new games at GDC 2014

Today at GDC 2014, Pebble has announced an expansion in its wrist-centric mobile game offerings, rolling out the red carpet for three new games now available in the Pebble appstore: … Continue reading

Constantly Spinning Dials Replace Hands on This Sleek Minimal Watch

Constantly Spinning Dials Replace Hands on This Sleek Minimal Watch

Ressence is following up on its mesmerizing Type 3 watch—which replaced hands and other visible mechanisms with a series of perpetually spinning dials trapped under a curved water-filled sapphire dome—with the new Type 1 that somehow manages to be even more minimal than last year’s model.

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A Lightweight, Waterproof Fitness Watch That’s Worth the Price

A Lightweight, Waterproof Fitness Watch That’s Worth the Price

At $250, TomTom’s Multisport HRM GPS watch is more expensive than its competitors, but that’s because it does so much more.