Tag: Wearables
Trendspotting: Apple extends wearables lead, adds 5% market share
Apple has been leading wearables ever since the launch of the Apple Watch almost five years ago in 2015.
Now in its 5th iteration, the smartwatch has helped bring an easy-to-use and useful experience to the masses -- something which earlier makers of fitness and smartwatch devices struggled to do.
IDC...
Fitbit OS Update for Versa 2, Ionic: Clock face switcher, always-on enhancements, advanced sleep tools, more
Fitbit keeps rolling out software updates for its fitness trackers and smartwatches. As a generally happy Versa owner color me impressed. And the latest comes in the form of Fitbit OS 4.1, due December 3, 2019 per the Fitbit blog.
Fitbit is heavily promoting its sleep tools in the latest...
Google Pixel Watch is coming after all, and it’s called Fitbit
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion. What does that mean for WearOS and Google wearables?
Made by Google 2019: Everything but a Pixel Watch
Will Google ever capitulate and reboot its wearable strategy?
Trendspotting: At 50% share Apple Watch still dominates smartwatch market, Fitbit and Samsung gain
A new report today on the smartwatch market tells us something we already know all too well:
Apple continues to dominate.
According to Strategy Analytics the Apple Watch -- launched less than four years ago in 2015 -- once against sold more than any other brand, capturing 50% of the market...
Apple Watch 4 is everything you want in a modern smartwatch
"California. How I love. California. California..."
How appropriate that the new Apple Watch would be unveiled this morning in Cupertino at the Steve Jobs Theater.
With a Mission Impossible style opening sequence featuring employees running across the stunning Apple campus and a little bit of help from Siri ("Hey Siri, what...
Apple Watch Series 4 looks to further extend market lead – less bezel, more screen and (helpful) complications
Apple's design ethos is leading the way. Google's Pixel Watch has a lot of catching up to do.
Google Fit update introduces familiar rings for fitness tracking – sign a Pixel Watch is coming?
Could new Fit app pave way for an upcoming Pixel Watch?
Samsung Galaxy Watch is here, pre-orders start at $330 – sadly still runs Tizen OS
It's official. The new Samsung smartwatch runs Tizen. Not Android Wear OS, as many were hoping. Too bad about that.
Aside from that unfortunate bit of news, Samsung is offering two sizes of the new Galaxy Watch -- the successor to the decidedly poorly received Gear S3. Galaxy Watch 42mm...
Wearable News: Apple Watch sales up 30% y/y, but Fitbit and Garmin make inroads
While many are struggling Apple clearly is not. Sales for the Apple Watch are estimated to be up 30% y/y in Q2 2018.
That means Apple shipped something in the order of 3.5 million versions of its Series 1, 2 and 3 smartwatch (it no longer sells the original Series...
