Smartwatches
With many having previously ditched their watch to rely on their smartphone for time-keeping, the advent of the smartwatch has made the wristwatch relevant again. Keep up to date with the latest developments here.
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Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch review: The best Wear OS wearable you can get
October 15, 2019Fossil is almost single-handedly keeping the Wear OS flag flying in the smartwatch market, and the Gen 5 wearables are the best Fossil smartwatches yet. We strapped one to our wrist to see what it has to offer. -
Apple Watch Series 5 launches with always-on display
September 10, 2019A year after the fourth Apple Watch, Apple has launched the Apple Watch Series 5 alongside its new iPhones today, the most powerful edition yet. -
Garmin upgrades its fēnix outdoor smartwatches
August 29, 2019Garmin just launched the fēnix 6 range for serious explorers and athletes, with a few notable improvements over what's gone before. -
Fitbit Versa 2 adds Alexa support and a new OLED screen
August 28, 2019Amazon Alexa and an OLED screen are the big upgrades for the 2nd-generation Versa, a year and a half after the original appeared. -
Misfit Vapor X adds more battery life and style for an affordable Wear OS option
August 15, 2019Just a few days after updating its flagship line of Wear OS smartwatches, Fossil has unveiled a new wearable from its more affordable Misfit line as well: the Vapor X. Its key selling points, besides that less expensive price, are improved battery life and a lightweight, stylish design. -
Samsung launches the Galaxy Watch Active2 smartwatch with a touch bezel and LTE
August 06, 2019Samsung continues to forge its own path with its smartwatches, away from the Apple Watch and Google's Wear OS. The latest Tizen-based wearable to appear from Samsung is the Galaxy Active2, a substantial step forward from the Galaxy Active Watch launched in February. -
Fossil's new Gen 5 Wear OS smartwatches let you choose your battery mode
August 05, 2019Battery life has been a perennial problem for smartwatches – glowing color screens and small battery compartments usually mean a recharge every night – but Fossil's new Gen 5 models give you a choice of four battery modes to pick from and an upgraded Snapdragon processor, as well as other upgrades. -
DIY smartwatch has 3D-printed case, color display and custom charging cradle
May 02, 2019Electrical engineer and product designer Samson March decided to build his own smartwatch. The result is stylish wrist candy with a 3D-printed wood-like outer case, color LCD display, Bluetooth connectivity and its own matching charging cradle. -
Casio Pro Trek WSD-F30 review: A watch that excels in the great outdoors
March 03, 2019If you're after a Google-powered smartwatch, and you need a wearable that can cope with everything the great outdoors can throw at it, the new Casio Pro Trek WSD-F30 could be the perfect fit. We've been spending some time with the watch, and here's our verdict. -
TicWatch E2 review: An affordable blend of features and functionality
January 29, 2019Mobvoi has been positioning the TicWatch brand as the OnePlus of the smartwatch world: premium specs at a mid-range price. Its latest offerings, the TicWatch E2 and the TicWatch S2, continue this mission. We've had the E2 strapped to our wrist for the past week, and here's our verdict. -
Solar energy and your body heat is all the PowerWatch 2 smartwatch needs to run
January 07, 2019Back in 2016, Matrix brought us the PowerWatch, a smartwatch powered only by body heat. Since then the company has launched the PowerWatch X, and has now unveiled the PowerWatch 2 with a number of upgrades – including the additional of a solar panel. -
The best smartwatches of 2018
December 03, 2018While we've not seen any dramatic innovations in the world of smartwatches during 2018, we have seen some steady progress: more features, better battery life, slimmer designs. If you're in the market for a new smartwatch before 2018 ends, these are the models from the last year to put on your radar. -
Fossil Sport boasts Qualcomm's newest wearable chip and plenty of sensors
November 08, 2018The Fossil Sport is the latest smartwatch from Fossil, and as well as carrying an impressive number of onboard sensors, it also has the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 chip inside – the processor that is set to power the next generation of wearables running Google's Wear OS. -
Samsung Unpacked 2018: the Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Home speaker, and a smarter Bixby
August 09, 2018Samsung had much more to show off at its Unpacked hardware event today besides the Galaxy Note 9: upgrades for its Bixby digital assistant, a Galaxy Home smart speaker with Bixby inside, and a new Galaxy Watch wearable. Here are the details you need to know about Samsung's new products. -
Fitbit debuts the Versa, its smartwatch for everyone
March 13, 2018Following up on the Ionic smartwatch we saw last August, we now have the Fitbit Versa, a cheaper, sleeker wearable that Fitbit says is "a smartwatch for all"—and yes it does look a lot like a watch made by Pebble, the company Fitbit acquired in 2016.
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