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Facebook’s hardware strategy often looks pretty opaque from the outside. The company has done fairly well with Oculus sales amid pandemic demand. Even its Echo Show competitor Portal has seen a bump as people have been forced to socially distance. The company’s smartphone partnership with HTC, meanwhile, fell flat eight or so years back. Earlier […]

Facebook showcases wrist-worn AR interface concept

This entry was posted in AR augmented reality hardware smartwatch Social and tagged facebook on March 19, 2021 by Brian Heater

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a wave of Chinese companies with manufacturing operations to produce virus-fighting equipment: Shenzhen-based electric vehicle giant BYD quickly moved to launch what it claims to be the world’s largest mask plant; Hangzhou-based voice intelligence startup Rokid is making thermal imaging glasses targeted at the US market; and many more. The […]

Fitbit’s Chinese rival Amazfit mulls a transparent, self-disinfecting mask

This entry was posted in Asia China Gadgets GoPro huawei smartwatch TC Xiaomi on May 17, 2020 by Rita Liao

Samsung Electronics announced today that its blood pressure monitoring app for Galaxy Watches has been approved by South Korean regulators. Called the Samsung Health Monitor, the app will be available for the Galaxy Watch Active2 during the third quarter, at least in South Korea, and added to upcoming Galaxy Watch devices. TechCrunch has contacted Samsung […]

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch blood pressure monitoring app approved by South ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets smartwatch TC Wearables and tagged samsung on April 21, 2020 by Catherine Shu

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch blood pressure monitoring app approved by South ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets smartwatch TC Wearables and tagged samsung on April 21, 2020 by Catherine Shu

Parents buy their children GPS-enabled smartwatches to keep track of them, but security flaws mean they’re not the only ones who can. This year alone, researchers have found several vulnerabilities in a number of child-tracking smartwatches. But new findings out today show that nearly all were harboring a far greater, more damaging flaw in a […]

Cloud flaws expose millions of child-tracking smartwatches

This entry was posted in computer security Gadgets hardware Security smartwatch Wearables on December 18, 2019 by Zack Whittaker

At a small event in Manhattan this week, Fitbit laid out its future for the press. Tellingly, the event was far more focus on the company’s software play, with the big hardware announcement feeling almost rushed at the end. Along with an increased focus on health care providers and enterprise, much of its revenue strategy […]

Fitbit’s CEO discusses the company’s subscription future

This entry was posted in Apple Watch fitbit Gadgets Garmin hardware Health smartphones smartwatch TC Wearables and tagged apple on August 28, 2019 by Brian Heater

Apple devices continue to lead the wearables market, according to a new report from IDC out today, which claimed the Cupertino-based company shipped a total of 46.2 million wearables for the year. The firm also reported the worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4 percent during the fourth quarter of 2018, to reach 59.3 million […]

IDC: Apple led wearables market in 2018, with 46.2M of ...

This entry was posted in apple inc Gadgets smartphones smartwatch and tagged samsung on March 5, 2019 by Sarah Perez

Samsung’s newest product launch happens next week, but already the Korean tech giant has revealed its entire upcoming range of wearable devices that will seemingly be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S10. That’s because the company’s Galaxy Wearable’s app was uploaded today with support for a range of unreleased products which include wireless earbuds, a sports-focused smartwatch, and […]

Samsung is preparing to launch a sports smartwatch and AirPods-like ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets smartwatch TC wearable technology and tagged samsung on February 15, 2019 by Jon Russell

Google has won US regulatory approval to go ahead with a radar-based motion sensor that could make touchscreens look obsolete in the coming years. Known as the Soli Project, the initiative began in 2015 inside Google’s the Advanced Technology and Projects unit, a group responsible for turning the giant’s cutting-edge ideas into products. We’ve seen […]