Wearables

Google Reminds Us that Wear OS Still Exists

With its Fitbit acquisition held up by EU antitrust regulators, Google this week announced plans…

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Google Maps Improves on CarPlay, Returns to Apple Watch

Google today announced a major update to Google Maps for Apple CarPlay and the return…

Fitbit Announces Charge 2 and Flex 2 Fitness Wearables

Google Reiterates Fitbit Data Pledge as EU Launches Major Investigation

Google said today that it would work with EU antitrust regulators to overcome any obstacles…

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Apple Delivers Blockbuster Quarter Despite Slow iPhone Sales

Apple reported net income of $11.25 billion on revenues of $46.5 billion in the quarter…

Report: EU to Investigate Google Acquisition of Fitbit

In a major setback to Google and its desire to jumpstart its wearables business, the…

Garmin Confirms Cyber-Attack

After several days of uncertainty, Garmin this week conceded that it was the victim of…

Fitbit Launches More Affordable Smart Watch and Tracker

Google Pledges to Meet EU Data Demands for Fitbit

With its $21 billion acquisition of Fitbit hanging in the balance, Google agreed not to…

Apple Releases iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7 Developer Beta 2

Apple today released the second developer betas for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11, tvOS…

EU Questions Google Rivals About Fitbit Acquisition

The European Commission has sent out questionnaires asking Google’s rivals whether its Fitbit acquisition would…

Wearables Market Grew 30 Percent, IDC Says

The market researchers at IDC say that global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7 percent…

Facebook’s Latest Experiment Is an Apple Watch App for Messaging Your Closest Friend

Facebook's experiments lab releases a new Apple Watch app that lets users communicate with their…

Fitbit Announces Fitbit Charge 4

The latest Fitbit Charge fitness wearable provides a new personalized heart rate metric that tracks…

Apple’s watchOS 7 Could Include Sleep Tracking, Tachymeter, More

New code snippets from iOS 14 reveal watchOS 7 features: could come with sleep tracking,…

Oppo Just Made an Android-powered Apple Watch

Oppo is revealing its first-ever smartwatch today, and it's hard to overlook its resemblance with…

Fitbit Enables SpO2 Monitoring on Newer Wearables

Fitbit is enabling a blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring feature on its Versa and Ionic smartwatches…

Report: Wearables Shipments Surged, Thanks to Hearables

IDC reported this week that wearables shipments “surged” in Q3, thanks mostly to an expanding…

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