wearables

Huawei launches impressive lineup: Here’s what you get

Consumer business group Huawei has launched a new range of wearable and unique smartwatches designed to impress. The latest catalog of wearables includes a…

Samsung announces all-new Galaxy Watch 4: price for South Africa

Samsung has announced its “totally reimagined Galaxy Watch series” with the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4 series. The series, announced alongside the new…

Renders of Huawei’s Watch GT 2 smartwatch leak online

The launch of the second-generation of the Huawei Watch GT seems imminent, after leaked renders were leaked this week. Published by Roland Quandt of…

Fossil’s Gen 5 smartwatch adds a speaker, updated chipset and 1GB of RAM

Watchmaker Fossil on Monday revealed its new “redesigned and revolutionised” Fossil Gen 5 Smartwatch with “tech that’s audible, lasts longer and optimizes performance”. The…

Apple is designing a sensor-packed mixed reality headset

Looks like Apple is designing a mixed reality headset in the same vein as Microsoft’s HoloLens, a report by Variety revealed on Monday. In…

Samsung’s now dealing with wearable leaks as Galaxy Watch Active 2 surfaces

There’s a new Samsung smartwatch incoming, in leaked renders are to be believed. Dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2, the timepiece is seemingly…

Fitbit’s bringing four new wearables to South Africa in 2019

Fitbit South Africa on Thursday announced pricing for its four new wearables heading to the country in 2019: the Versa Lite, Inspire, Inspire HR,…

Fitbit debuts a health tracker only your company, insurer can buy for you

Fitbit quietly launched a new health tracking wearable that comes with a bit of a disclaimer: unlike its other device lines, the Inspire and…

Fitbit Charge 3 to hit South Africa in October

Fitbit this week added another wearable device to its lineup in form of the Charge 3. A new edition to the Charge series, the…

Apple Watch Series 4 may feature a 15% larger screen, more bells and whistles

Hot on the heels of its refreshed 9.7-inch iPad announcement, rumours abound today suggest that the Apple Watch Series 4 will feature a number…

Android Wear is now called Wear OS because reasons

The Android Wear family of smartwatches plays second fiddle to the Apple Watch in terms of popularity, but that doesn’t mean Google is giving up…

Fitbit Alta HR review: Is the HR a good Alta-rnative?

Some of us aren’t good at motivating ourselves to exercise. Sometimes you get home after a long day at work, and there seems nothing…

LG smartwatches, Android Wear 2.0 date leaked

LG is teaming up with Google to reveal two new smartwatches next month, it has been reported. According to VentureBeat‘s Evan Blass, LG and…

Apple Watch Series 2 debuts with swimmers in mind

Catch all of our iPhone 7 launch coverage as well as additional Apple news here and here. Amid the James Corden tomfoolery and Nintendo…

Intel issues immediate fitness watch recall due to ‘burns’

Intel has issued an immediate safety recall of its Basis Peak fitness tracker due to heating issues. The chipmaker said the fitness watch gets so…

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear chips to power wearables for kids, elderly

Catch all of the latest news, analysis and reactions from Computex 2016 right here. Chipmaker Qualcomm has already launched its first dedicated wearable chip earlier…

Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2 and all-new wearable hit Kickstarter

Pebble’s all-conquering smartwatches hold jaw-dropping records on Kickstarter. The original Pebble sits at number three on the website’s all-time “most funded” list, at US$10.2-million. The…

Sony SmartBand SWR10 review: easy to lose, easy to forget

The fitness craze — it’s a thing that’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Just like the selfie movement and the LOLcats phenomenon before it,…

FES is the 24-in-one smartwatch the fashion world’s been waiting for

E-ink isn’t exactly a new technology. Amazon has been using it for ages in its Kindle e-reader range and Pebble has been crafting smartwatches…

Microsoft Band is a cross-platform fitness coach with sensors galore

After what seems like months of speculation and rumours, Microsoft has finally outed its smart wearable to the world and well, its lazily named….

Microsoft’s wearable is coming ‘within weeks’, according to report

Great, another wearable. After esteemed technology companies, jewelry designers and even sup-par musicians all jumped on board the promising wearable bandwagon, we’ve been wondering…

Will.i.am launches smartwatch this week: makes calls, plays music, don’t need no smartphone

We’re really not sure what to make of Will.i.am (or William Adams Jr., of Black-Eyed Peas fame) and his technology fetish any more. After…

Google Glass finally available on Play Store but remains overpriced

Google Glass, the wearable everyone loves to hate, is now available to purchase via the Google Play Store. But it should be noted that…

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