Wearables

Google I/O: Android 12 Boasts Major Redesign

Google I/O: With few hardware (Pixel etc) announcements, Google confirms massive redesign for Android 12, including new look and feel

3 years ago

Google Renames Android Wear ‘Wear OS’ As Industry Mutates

Smartwatch sales have surged in recent months, but so far the main company to benefit hasn't been Google

7 years ago

Microsoft Mixed Reality Push Boosted By Samsung Odyssey

Microsoft targets consumer market with its mixed reality vision, but is the demand really there?

7 years ago

Samsung Pay Gets Co-op Bank Support

Samsung Pay adds another UK bank to its mobile payment platform

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Wearable Technology

What do you know about wearables?

7 years ago

Apple Watch Series 3 Has Built-In Cellular Connectivity

The new Apple wearable is more evolution than revolution

7 years ago

Fitbit’s First Smartwatch Combines Fitness Features And Pebble Legacy

Fitbit Ionic targets fitness wearable market with health features, smart functions powered by Pebble technology and contactless payments

7 years ago

Apple Watch 3 ‘Will Connect’ To 4G Without A Smartphone

Apple reportedly plans to include an LTE modem in the Apple Watch 3, making the wearable more independent of the…

7 years ago

Apple Revenues Boosted By Solid iPhone Sales And Revived iPad Demand

Apple revenues rise 7 percent despite prospect of the new iPhone on the horizon

7 years ago

Google Glass Returns To Target Business And Industrial Use

The Google Glass Enterprise Edition will look to aid workers in the logistics, manufacturing and medical sectors amongst others

7 years ago

Researchers Open Future Of Wearables With ‘World’s Thinnest Hologram’

The breakthrough could pave the way for the future of wearable devices

7 years ago

Wearables In The Workplace: The Hurdles, Benefits And Opportunities

The adoption of wearables has grown rapidly in the consumer world, but why has adoption been slower in the enterprise…

8 years ago

Philips Executive Wants Enterprises to Move Down Digital Path

ANALYSIS: Liat Ben Zur is showing enterprises how to move from just making and marketing products into becoming fully-realized digital…

8 years ago

Vodafone Mobile & Smartwatch App Assists Sub-Two Hour Marathon Attempt

Can Vodafone's real time data tracking application help an athlete run a marathon in under 2 hours?

8 years ago

Swatch Smartwatch OS Takes Aim At Apple Watch & Android Wear

The Swiss watchmaker will create a smartwatch and operating system in-house

8 years ago

Bristol NHS Trust Turns To Microsoft Wearables And Predictive Tech To Boost Patient Care

HealthVault uses machine learning and analytics to collate patient data from a range of sources

8 years ago

Barclaycard bPay Stuffs Contactless Payment Tech Into Jewellery & Watches

Barclaycard bPay payment tech will be used integrated into high-street jewelry and watches

8 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 Brings Google Assistant AI To Smartwatch Sporting Wrists

Google ushers in the biggest update to Android Wear yet

8 years ago

Samsung Tempts Apple Users Onto Gear Platform With Extended iOS Compatibility

Will it be enough to tempt Apple users onto the Gear platform in an unpredictable smartwatch market?

8 years ago

Anti-Surveillance Camouflage Created To Scramble Facial Recognition Software

HyperFace uses multiple patterns printed on clothing and fabrics that resemble features of human faces to confuse facial recognition systems

8 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 Will Launch On ‘Two New’ Smartwatches In 2017

Some existing Android Wear devices will also get an upgrade to the new OS

8 years ago

Phones Could Now Be Charged In Seconds And Last All Week

Scientists have created a supercapacitor that can be recharged 30,000 times without degrading

8 years ago

Web Summit 2016: Drones, Robots And ‘Fashionable’ Wearables

Robots and AI's future in the workplace, how drones can help Africa and Fossil CTO talks about the potential of…

8 years ago

Smartwatch Interest On The Wane As Shipments Halve

IDC figures suggest smartwatch shipments fell by 51.6 percent over the past three months but Apple Watch Series 2 and…

8 years ago

Apple Watch Banned From Cabinet Meetings Over Spy Fears

Prime minister fears Russians may hack Apple's smart watch and listen in on sensitive meetings

8 years ago

Apple Watch Series 2 Launched With More Power And Water Resistance

A dual core processor and GPS gives the new Apple Watch more grunt and capabites than its predecessor

8 years ago

Wearable Tech On The Rise Despite Falling Apple Watch Sales

Fitness bands continue to outsell smartwatches

8 years ago

WWDC 2016: WatchOS 3 Makes Apple Watch Apps Seven Times Faster

Apple Watch users will also be able to pick applications and order them in the dock for one tap access

8 years ago

Crowdfunding For Pebble 2 Smartwatch And Pebble Core ‘Smartphone Free’ Wearable Smashes £1m

Smartwatch firm smashes crowdfunding target with new smartwatches and IoT wearable Pebble Core

8 years ago

Oculus VR DRM Is Cracked In Just 24 Hours

Virtual reality headsets at risk of piracy after DRM software is hacked to allow Oculus software to be ported to…

8 years ago