Watch maker Swatch is taking aim at one of the biggest problems with smartwatches: horrible battery life. You need to charge an Apple Watch every day. Most smartwatches using Google’s Android Wear or Samsung’s Tizen software only get 2-3 days of run time. And you need to charge Pebble watches every week or so. But Swatch […]
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Jawbone launches UP2, UP4 fitness trackers (with mobile payments for the UP4)
Jawbone is updating its UP line of fitness trackers with two new models. The UP2 is A $100 model that offers all the basic features you’d expect from an activity-tracking fitness band including step counting, sleep tracking, week-long battery life, and the ability to sync with iOS or Android apps. Or for $200 you can […]
Asus VivoWatch: Fitness-tracking smartwatch with a 10-day battery
The Asus ZenWatch is a relatively stylish smartwatch with a relatively affordable $200 price tag. But like most watches that uses Google’s Android Wear software, it gets only around 2 days of battery life. Now Asus has a new smartwatch in the works, and the company says it can run for up to 10 days […]
HTC Grip is a fitness band with GPS
HTC has partnered with Under Armour to build a wearable fitness tracker called the HTC Grip. It’s a wrist-hugging band with a series of sensors and GPS support for tracking your location. Update: HTC has canceled the Grip, but plans to launch a different line of health & fitness products later this year. The HTC […]
Swiss watches tap MotionX for activity tracking
Like the idea of a smartwatch or fitness tracker, but don’t want to give up on classic watch design for something with a digital screen? A group of Swiss watchmakers are starting to build smart features into their wristwear. 10 different models from Mondaine, Frederique Constant, and Alpina are expected to ship this summer. The […]
Microsoft Band wearable to support 3rd-party apps thanks to new SDK
The Microsoft Band is a wearable fitness tracker that you can wear like a bracelet. It tracks steps, monitors your heart rate and sleep patterns, and communicates with mobile apps that can run on Android, iOS, or Windows Phone devices. Launched late last year, the Microsoft Band was designed to work with a Microsoft health […]
VivoWatch could be the next Asus smartwatch
With its stylish good looks and a retail price just under $200, the Asus ZenWatch pleasantly surprised a lot of critics when it launched. Now it looks like Asus is preparing to launch another model, the VivoWatch. Today, a new entry from Asus appeared in the Bluetooth SIG database. As is usually the case, […]
Razer Nabu X activity tracker now available for $50
The Razer Nabu X is a $50 activity tracker that was unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Now it’s available for purchase from the Razer store. Razer is a company that’s probably best known for making gaming devices and accessories. But last year the company introduced its first fitness tracker, the $100 […]
Sony updates wearables with stainless steel SmartWatch 3, Smart B-Trainer fitness device
Sony is refreshing its line of wearables with a new version of the SmartWatch 3 that’s decked out in stainless steel and a new fitness device called the Smart B-Trainer. SmartWatch 3 The Sony SmartWatch 3 is an Android Wear watch with a 1.6 inch, 320 x 320 pixel display, a waterproof design, and GPS. […]
Misfit Swarovsi Shine: Solar-powered (and shiny) fitness tracker
Misfit has partnered with Swarovski on its latest wearable fitness tracker. Not surprisingly, that means the Swarovski Shine activity tracker is covered in crystal… but there’s also a violet version with an unusual feature: it’s solar powered. Like other members of the Misfit Shine family, the Swarovski Shine can track steps, distance, and sleep quality, and […]