Tag Heuer’s Connected watch now has its own wellness app

Posted on 09/03/2021 by Engadget

With the promise of more style than other wearOS devices, Tag Heuer's Connected smartwatches are surprisingly popular considering the elevated price tags. Now, the Swiss manufacturer has unveiled its own wellness app app to make its devices more...

Google now owns Fitbit

Posted on 14/01/2021 by Engadget

Google has completed its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit, more than a year after the deal was first announced. The EU approved the acquisition in late December, clearing the way towards Google’s ownership over what is perhaps the best-known brand out...

Oppo’s new smartwatch runs Wear OS but with better health tracking

Posted on 31/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Oppo officially unveiled its second smartwatch, simply called the Oppo Watch. Just like the original version which launched in China in March, this thing is an almost exact replica of the Apple Watch. But this time around, Oppo is launching the watch...

Oppo will debut a Wear OS smartwatch on July 31st

Posted on 23/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You may not remember that Chinese phone-maker Oppo released its first Android-based smartwatch earlier this year, especially since it was only available in China. But the company is ready to launch another wearable, and though it’s not yet clear just...

WatchOS 7 is Apple’s best chance to get me to switch from Android

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

“Oh shit, all this is making me want to switch to Apple.” I actually Slacked my colleague that as I watched Apple’s WWDC keynote. I first felt the longing when I saw the changes coming to Messages in iOS 14, though as an Android user I was less impre...

Apple buys Dark Sky weather app

Posted on 31/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has bought weather app Dark Sky, which is highly regarded for its radar maps and accuracy of its hyperlocal, by-the-minute weather predictions. It'll still be available on the iOS App Store, as you might expect, but the Android and Wear OS...

Here’s how Fitbit can help fix Wear OS

Posted on 02/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Now that Google's acquisition of Fitbit is official, the question is what the search giant will do with it. When the news broke on Friday, Google's Rick Osterloh said the company sees the deal as an "opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS, as wel...

Google Wear OS at five: Older, wiser, but unpolished

Posted on 18/03/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Half a decade has passed since Android Wear debuted. During that time, we've seen in-screen fingerprint readers, rollable TVs, self-driving cars, super smart AI, phones with folding screens and more. In the midst of all that technological advancement...

Google said to plan first smartwatch, budget phones for 2019

Posted on 13/02/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

If Google introduced a lot of hardware in 2018, it might have a veritable avalanche in store for 2019. Nikkei sources claim to have details of Google's roadmap for the year, which includes a few firsts for the brand. To begin with, the insiders app...

What does Google get out of buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech?

Posted on 18/01/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Yesterday, Google announced that it would be paying $40 million for intellectual property related to smartwatches from one of its closest partners: Fossil Group. As part of the deal, a portion of Fossil's own R&D workers who were supporting that...

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