Smartwatch

​LG is Building a Smartwatch With An Enormous Battery 

I have a hard time caring about smartwatches. They sound neat, but most of them have tiny batteries that can barely last a couple days. Why can’t someone make a watch that both looks swanky and has a decent sized battery? Well, LG just did: it’s called the Watch Urbane LTE. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-smartwatch-for-every-wrist-1671271995 Yes, I know…

Soon, You’ll Be Able to Build Your Own Moto 360 Smartwatch

People want their smartwatches to be fashion statements. And some have gone to extreme measures—including one enterprising, sandpaper-equipped individual—to make them uniquely their own. Now, Motorola is making it way easier to build your own Moto 360 smartwatch—no sandpaper required. Moto Maker, the online customization tool previously reserved only for the Moto X smartphone, will…

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

The Suunto Ambit2 (HR) won’t read you your email and doesn’t know Will.i.am’s phone number. But, it will tell you your precise location anywhere on earth and powerfully monitors your physical exertion. How many beers did that climb burn? https://gizmodo.com/suunto-ambit2-hr-review-the-smartwatch-for-badasses-1685440542

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

The Suunto Ambit2 (HR) won’t read you your email and doesn’t know Will.i.am’s phone number. But, it will tell you your precise location anywhere on earth and powerfully monitors your physical exertion. How many beers did that climb burn? https://gizmodo.com/achieving-himalayan-ecstasy-at-20-000-1664180012 What’s It Supposed To Do? The Ambit2 is designed to be the only device you…

Are Smartwatches Already Dead?

Do people actually want smartwatches? I’m starting to wonder. The Pebble smartwatch—a phenomenal Kickstarter success story and the darling of tech critics everywhere—has only sold 1 million copies. Don’t get me wrong, that’s fantastic news for Pebble and for anyone with a Pebble on their wrist. One million units means Pebble can keep building watches…

Leaked Companion App Spills Details on the Apple Watch

The Apple Watch was already one of the most anticipated gadgets of 2015 before the year even started. And though current rumors indicate we still have two months worth of waiting, a new leak of the watch’s companion app, posted by the ever-reliable Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac, give us even more details on what this…

LG’s New Smart Watch Is Powered by WebOS

Android Central has confirmed that LG’s new smartwatch is powered by webOS. The watch has been shown off at CES by Audi, where it was used to beckon a car on to the stage. A closer look, by both Android Central and Verge reveals a fairly rich experience beyond the presence of webOS. Verge points…

Sony SmartWatch 3 Now Has a New Metal Variant 

Smartwatches currently comes in two kinds—metal and…not metal. However, when it comes to the more chromed-out, Terminator-style wrist wearables, Pebble Steel and the new Moto 360 hold a duopoly. At CES, Sony announced a metal variant to the Android Wear-powered SmartWatch 3. The watch still holds an IP68 rating and is definitely a step in…

Alcatel Watch Hands-On: A Wristable for Beginners

A smartphone company launching a smartwatch is in no way original. In fact, we saw five of them last year—and that’s only counting the Android Wear crowd. So Alcatel OneTouch, a company best known for budget-friendly smartphones, is just another marching band in the continuous wearable parade. But with the Watch, the newly announced under-cutting…

ASUS ZenWatch Review: The First Smartwatch I’d Wear As a Watch

For years, I’ve wanted a smartwatch: a device that would blend style with digital convenience. Unfortunately, the first crop of smartwatches have predominantly been bulky pieces of plastic and glass for which adjectives like “elegant” seem disingenuous. But the Asus ZenWatch is evidence that things are getting better. With a slim watchface body, a snap-and-go…

The Next Big Piracy Battle Could Be Over Your Smartwatch

Smartwatches enter a wearable realm that have long been dominated by luxury brands like Omega, Mondaine, Swatch, and Armani. It’s these same brands that are also none to pleased about their own designs slowly spreading throughout the internet and onto our smartwatches. According to TorrentFreak, several watchmakers are beginning to send cease and desist notices…

Waiting to buy the excellent Basis Peak activity tracker until it gets smartwatch notifications? They’re coming in mid-December. Also, the Peak will now stream your heart rate data via Bluetooth to Strava, MapMyRun and Endomoto apps. [Basis Blog]

Microsoft Band Review: Tracks Your Every Move, Then Breaks Your Heart

When I first strapped on the Microsoft Band a week ago, I felt like I’d been given new power over myself. The company’s first wrist-borne activity tracker packs 10 sensors into a discreet package, and to my hopeful eyes the wristable’s powerful specs added up to potential. I thought, this gadget might really get to…

Data for Your Watch Could Cost As Much As Data for Your Tablet

The Galaxy Gear S, another Samsung wearable among many, will be available in the U.S. on Nov. 7 and unlike its other Gear siblings, the S can have its own data connection. Unfortunately, it looks like carriers will make you pay for this thing (and potentially any other data-enabled smartwatch) as if it were a…

Fitbit’s Upcoming Smartwatch Basically Confirmed In Pre-Order Page

Fitbit’s Surge smartwatch has already been leaked what feels like a million times, but we now know pretty much all the remaining details, thanks to a pre-order page on Brookstone that hangs every last detail out to dry. As previously suggested, the Surge will carefully tread the line between smartwatch and fitness watch. The touchscreen…

A “Smartwatch” For Kindergarteners Is the Only Smartwatch You Need

Smartwatches: So much futuristicness promised, so little delivered. They’re clunky. They’re frustrating. They’re just not quite there yet. But what if there was a smartwatch out there that was just plain fun to use? There is—it just happens to be built for four-to-nine-year-olds. https://gizmodo.com/the-joy-and-misery-of-life-with-a-grotesquely-large-sm-1637632048 Yes, in the interest of science, reader service, and the dogged…

Report: Microsoft May Be Launching a Wearable in the Coming Weeks

According to Forbes, Microsoft is planning to counter Apple and Google’s wearable ambitions with its own device in the coming weeks. Forbes says that the device will be a smartwatch “that will passively track the wearer’s heart rate and work across several mobile platforms.” Reported sources familiar with the project say that the device will…

Will.i.am Talks Puls, a Gigantic Wearable Cuff For Everyone

We first heard about will.i.am’s foray into the world of smartwatch-esque wearables back in April, but we had… questions. What was that mysterious cuff on his wrist? And could it really do all the things he promised? Today he unveiled the Puls. Welcome to fashionology, people. Don’t call it a watch: will.i.am says it’s a…

Apple Really, Really Wants The Apple Watch To Be Fashionable

Apple’s already been clear that it wants its upcoming timepiece to be something that you’re not ashamed to wear. But in case displaying it at the Paris Fashion Week wasn’t clear enough, Apple’s PR people have gone ahead and put the Apple Watch front and center — quite literally — on the November issue of…

The Pebble Smartwatch Now Doubles as a $100 Fitness Tracker

The days of dedicated fitness trackers may be numbered. The evidence is piling up: the Apple Watch will be your personal trainer, the new Basis Peak is adding smartwatch-like notifications… and now the Pebble smartwatch is becoming a fitness tracker too. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-watch-wants-to-be-your-full-fledged-personal-1632563970 With a new firmware update to version 2.6, the Pebble will become capable…