Tag: smartwatches
Smartwatches may detect the signs of COVID-19 before you know you’re sick
Smartwatches and fitness wearables may be able to play a valuable role in the early detection of COVID-19, according to recent studies. Researchers from Mount Sinai have found that the Apple Watch can detect small changes to a user’s heartbeat that m… Source
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Apple Fitness+ launches on December 14
Apple is launching its subscription fitness service, which is built mainly to complement Apple Watch, on December 14. Apple Fitness+ was first announced at Apple’s iPhone event in September, and will offer guided workouts on iPhone iPad and Apple TV, with live personal metrics delivered by the Apple Watch’s health…
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Apple Watch SE review: An excellent starter smartwatch
Smartwatches have evolved since the first Apple Watch. Sort of. They still look largely the same, battery life is still an issue and, often, software is fairly limited. Yet, they’ve secured their place on many wrists by offering more fitness and heal… Source
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Galaxy Watch 3 review: The best non-Apple smartwatch
Samsung has made many, many smartwatches. And through all that experience the company has refined its Tizen software so much that it has completely ditched Google’s Wear OS. The Galaxy Watch 3 is the latest effort to keep up with reigning smartwatch… Source
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Qualcomm’s latest smartwatch chips support 16-megapixel cameras
It’s been almost two years since Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor, and in that time there haven’t been many exciting developments in smartwatches, Google bought Fitbit, though that union is yet to be complete. Companies continued… Source
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Smartwatch shipments grew during the first quarter of 2020, with Apple Watch still in first place
Despite the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartwatch shipments continued to grow during the first three months of the year, driven by online sales, says a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics. Shipments grew 20% annually to reach 13.7 million units in the first quarter of 2020,…
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