Wearables

Meta Cuts Staff In Oculus Studios Division

Facebook parent Meta cuts staff in Oculus Studios division, including Supernatural game it acquired for $400m two years ago

2 days ago

Huawei Updates Smart Glasses With Live Translation

Huawei launches Titanium edition of Eyewear 2 smart glasses with gesture controls and AI-powered simultaneous translation

1 week ago

Garmin Smartwatch Users Report ‘Blue Triangle’ Crash

Range of Garmin smartwatches, including high-end Fenix, reportedly crashing into 'blue triangle of death' over corrupt GPS cache file

3 months ago

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

4 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?

8 years ago

Samsung Pay Gets Co-op Bank Support

Samsung Pay adds another UK bank to its mobile payment platform

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: Wearable Technology

What do you know about wearables?

8 years ago

Apple Watch Series 3 Has Built-In Cellular Connectivity

The new Apple wearable is more evolution than revolution

8 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

8 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…

8 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

8 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

8 years ago

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

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

8 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…

9 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

9 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

9 years ago

Wearable Tech On The Rise Despite Falling Apple Watch Sales

Fitness bands continue to outsell smartwatches

9 years ago