Tag: Health & Fitness
Elevated levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in smartwatch bands – here’s what you need to know
Scientists have tested the level of PFAS in some consumer smartwatch bands They found elevated levels of “forever chemicals” in some models These chemicals are potentially toxic and have been linked to diseases such as cancer Scientists from the University of Notre Dame have called for more comprehensive studies and…
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The next Apple Watch Ultra might get a lifesaving iPhone feature for the first time, and I couldn’t be more excited
A new report claims that the next Apple Watch Ultra will get satellite connectivity While not a health feature, the extra connectivity could prove life-saving It also means that we should get a next-generation Apple Watch Ultra in 2025 While Apple didn’t have a next-generation Apple Watch Ultra to show…
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Got a Galaxy Watch 5 or FE? Samsung has a free upgrade for you
Samsung is continuing its Wear OS 5 rollout One Watch UI 6 is starting to appear for Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch FE users Scattered reports indicate the rollout is proceeding slowly in various territories and models gradually After rolling out Wear OS 5 to the Galaxy Watch 6 last…
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Apple Watch dominates Strava running devices for 2024, even beating out Garmin
Strava has just dropped its annual Year in Sport: Trend Report for 2024, revealing that the Apple Watch is top of running, even beating out the best Garmin watches when it comes to popularity. Every year Strava pulls data from its platform and surveys its users to give us some…
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Ryan Gosling’s $20 Casio watch is now even cheaper at Amazon (yes, really)
What do Ryan Gosling, Kristen Stewart, John Mayer, Barack Obama, and Tyler, the Creator have in common? They’re all worth in excess of $30 million, they’ve all adorned the cover of GQ – and they’ve all been spotted wearing a $20 Casio watch strapped to their wrist. In a world…
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If your Garmin watch faces keep crashing, you’re not alone – and Garmin is working on it
Garmin users have been seeing crashes for months A faulty firmware update is thought to be to blame Garmin says a fix is coming, but we don’t know when Pick up one of the best Garmin watches on the market, and you could reasonably expect to have many years of…
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