May 2017 Archive
31st May
- Nadi X posture correcting yoga pants are now on sale
- Samsung Gear Fit2 beefs up its fitness tracking features
- The Roxford hybrid puts its fitness tracker in the strap
- Checkup time: How ResearchKit is being used to study rare diseases
- Garmin Approach S60 is a supercharged golf watch
- Huawei Watch 2 review
30th May
- Polar A370: Essential guide to the heart rate monitoring fitness tracker
- Aryzon wants to be the Google Cardboard of AR
- It’s only a matter of time before earphones become hearables
- This dystopian earpiece wants to warn you against AI voices
29th May
- Samsung Gear S3 v Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45
- Cobra Connect review: Getting into the swing of smart golf clubs
28th May
27th May
26th May
- Coaching from the feet: Running with Altra’s smart running shoes
- Best Bluetooth headphones for your smartwatch
- Second-gen Moto 360 is now getting Android Wear 2.0, but the Sport will wait
- This Benjamin Button clip-on camera uses AI to capture family photos
25th May
- Sustainable wearable tech is finally being taken seriously
- Xiaomi Mi Band 2 review
- HTC’s Link VR is a next-gen mobile headset – for Japan only
- TomTom Spark 3 review
- Casio Pro Trek Smart WSD-F20 review
- A day at Volcano Bay with Universal’s line-killing TapuTapu wearable
- Garmin Fenix 5X review
24th May
- Doppel conducted a study to prove its tactile heartbeat tech calms you down
- Garmin’s VIRB 360 is a powerful action cam for putting your stunts into VR
- Proof will track your alcohol levels, but that might just be the start
- How Oculus is putting one of VR’s biggest problems into focus
- UWear is an all-round outdoor smartwatch for those on a budget
- Honor’s super cheap A2 fitness tracker arrives with heart rate and OLED display
23rd May
- Xiaomi Mi Band 2 tips and tricks
- Samsung Gear S2 tips and tricks: Get more from your smartwatch
- Apple Pay goes limitless at over 50% of terminals in the UK
- Garmin Forerunner 935: 10 essential tips and tricks
- LifeBEAM Vi review
- Apple and Nokia will team up on health tech after settling patent dispute
- Haikara just wants to make simple, stylish smartwatches
22nd May
- Ontenna smart hair clip will help deaf people sense sound
- Samsung Gear S3 tips and tricks: Get more from the Classic and Frontier
- Ringly goes live with new GO smart bracelet collection
20th May
19th May
18th May
- Sabine Seymour’s startup Supa is here to make the quantified self cool
- Living with Hykso: The boxing wearable that wants to up your punching game
- Google Daydream’s new update is about making VR more social
- Daydream is cool – Google’s AR project is way more exciting
- From Actions to battery life, these updates will make Android Wear 2.0 even better
- #Trending: People realise heart rate from the wrist kind of sucks
- Shapeheart will give you heart rate monitoring from an armband
17th May
- The next stage of mixed reality is total sensory immersion
- Samsung Gear VR v Google Daydream View: Which headset is best for you?
- Fitbit’s ‘Fittest Country’ for 2017 is… Ireland (but Spain does the most steps)
- EverSleep is putting expensive sleep lab technology inside a wearable
- The smartphone’s days are numbered, so Bragi is building a smart human instead
- Garmin Vivosmart HR tips and tricks
- Cheaper TomTom Golfer 2 SE could be a wearable hole-in-one
- DrnkPay is calling on wearables to curb drunken overspending
- HeartIn wants to bring medical grade heart monitoring to the masses
16th May
- Over two million school kids have gone on Google Expeditions
- Go Touch VR has made a haptic glove – without the glove
- 5 ways the Apple Watch can become a better Fitbit rival
- Alex+ is back to tackle text neck
- Bragi Dash is getting real-time translation skills and more
- 19 essential Jawbone tips: Get more from your Jawbone fitness band
- Verizon’s LTE-equipped LG Watch Sport has mysteriously been canceled
- Smartwatches could one day be charged by twisting your wrist
- Apple Watch Series 3’s special feature could be its smart bands
- Latest breakthrough could solve a big problem in the Oculus Rift 2
- Bragi Dash Pro is the first custom-made hearable, and it can translate languages
- As tech giants step back from smartwatches, the fashion world steps up
- Jawbone UP3 v Fitbit Charge HR
15th May
- This wearable alarm has a shocking way to get you out of bed
- Fitbit Alta HR review
- Garmin Approach GPS golf watch: Essential tips and tricks
- Asus might be dropping its ZenWatch line
13th May
- The week in wearable tech: Samsung soars in smartwatch sales
- Pottery, piñatas and football: The brilliant ways people are using HTC’s Vive Tracker
12th May
- Why wearables have become such a big deal in Asia
- Garmin Forerunner 935 review
- Montblanc Summit guide: Luxury Android Wear smartwatch now available
- This wearable twists hips to prevent elderly people from falling
- Fitbit Charge 2 v Fitbit Charge HR: Battle of the fitness trackers
- Apple Watch can help doctors accurately spot an abnormal heart rhythm
11th May
- AI is redesigning health tech faster than you think
- Snap has sold around 90,000 pairs of Spectacles so far
- Samsung’s Tizen winning OS war with Android Wear says report
- Microsoft shows off its own Mixed Reality motion controllers
- Everyone is trying to decide the rules of VR and AR, because it’s a big mess
- Kyocera’s headphones want to help track your health from within the ear
10th May
- Research shows this pulse tracking wearable can help you to get pregnant
- Microsoft’s concept smartglasses will warn you to step away from that burger
- Living with the Nex Band Evolution
- Microsoft Research’s ‘Emma Watch’ helped a Parkinson’s patient write again
- Augmented World Expo is back, and this year’s show is for the superheroes
- Skagen Connected 2017 review
- Google is working to make 360 degree cameras ready for Street View
- Loop is a smart ring that wants to be your silent guardian
9th May
- This Supa Powered smart sports bra is a mash up of neon, heart rate and AI
- Heart rate from around the body: Wrist wearables suck at it, but they’ll get better
- Garmin Vivosmart 3 v Fitbit Charge 2: The all-rounder face-off
- How we can use VR to relive memories, and how it changes the past
- Garmin’s new Quatix 5 smartwatch is built for life on the sea
- Wearsafe puts its panic button on the Apple Watch
- Apple just snapped up Beddit – and dropped a Watch hint in the process
- Spending some quality time with Fitbit’s new sleep features
8th May
- Facer’s CEO Ariel Vardi on where smartwatch apps go next
- Android Wear 2.0 is hitting the Huawei Watch – here’s how to get it
- Dartmouth researchers develop a smartwatch that can move on your wrist
7th May
6th May
5th May
- Big test: The best snow and ski trackers
- Living with Speedo On: Hitting the pool with the wearable-friendly swimming app
- The Apple Watch is outselling Fitbits (and everything else)
- Under Armour Sport Wireless Heart Rate review
4th May
- How to style your smartwatch with the Mens Spring/Summer 17 trends
- #Trending: Wearable Tech Money Talk
- Huawei’s Watch 2 lands in the UK packing Android Wear 2.0
- Garmin Forerunner 235 v Garmin Fenix 5: The siblings face off
3rd May
- Where’s the innovation to solve the big problems with smartwatches?
- One love: Meet the wearable makers opening the doors on their secrets
- When eye tracking meets skin sensors, tech knows when you’re aroused
- VRgluv wants you to feel VR as if it were real life
- Inside-out v Outside-in: How VR tracking works, and how it’s going to change
- Fitbit CEO talks down rumors of smartwatch production problems
2nd May
- What I wear: Our favourite wearable tech
- Fitbit’s headphones are happening and here’s our first picture
- You can ditch the HTC Vive’s headstrap for a better one with audio on 6 June
- Apple Watch sales nearly double in a year, as Tim Cook talks competition