Motorola’s Patent Isn’t a Phone You Wear, It’s a Watch You Unfold
The idea of merging a smartwatch and a smartphone into a single device has been floating around the industry for years, mostly because the obvious…
Wearables
Smart Rings Finally Got a Reason to Exist Beyond Sleep Tracking
The smart ring market has had a good run on heart rate and sleep tracking. Oura, Samsung Galaxy Ring, and their growing circle of competitors…
A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor
Facial recognition has become one of the fastest-growing forms of infrastructure in public life. Cameras in airports, transit systems, retail spaces, and city streets capture…
Rogbid SpinR is a rugged, budget-friendly smartwatch with optical scroll wheel for navigation
Rogbid believes traditional crowns are so dead. The watches now need mouse-style scroll wheels because, why not? If you think that’s a good idea, and…
Get Ready for the $349 Smart Ring That Vibrates on Your Finger
Smart rings have quietly become one of the more compelling wearable categories, but they’ve also settled into a familiar pattern. Almost every new model competes…
Sennheiser’s $200 Clip-On Buds Defeat Bose Ultra Open on Battery — And Skip the US
Clip-on earbuds were always going to go mainstream; the category just got there in the east first. Huawei’s FreeClip became roughly as ubiquitous as AirPods…
This $60 Apple Watch Case Is the iPod Apple Never Replaced
There’s a specific kind of nostalgia attached to the original iPod’s click wheel that has very little to do with the music. It had to…
After MouthPad, Augmental unveils Vox, a privacy-focused wearable mic that lets you whisper-to-type
The most interesting interface ideas often begin where conventional gadgets start to fail. Voice assistants want you to speak up, microphones capture the whole room,…
Samsung and Google Are Trying Smart Glasses Again, at the Worst Possible Time
“Glasshole” entered Urban Dictionary as word of the day in March 2013, which tells you roughly how long it took society to make up its…
Garmin Just Built the Whoop Alternative That Needs No Subscription
There’s a growing frustration with fitness wearables that has nothing to do with their accuracy or features. It’s the screen. Even devices that track recovery…
This $19 Module Solves the Hard Part of Building a Custom Smartwatch
The consumer smartwatch market has become a fairly predictable place. Most wristwear from major brands covers health monitoring, notifications, and a tightly controlled app ecosystem,…
Honor Watch 6 Review: Great Endurance, Not Quite Perfect
With the Watch 6, Honor has given the series a complete visual reset. After the square-faced Watch 5, this new model arrives with a round…