January 2018 Archive
31st January
- Sync or swim: The challenge of building smart swimming goggles
- The NFL wants players to track their sleep, so they’re all getting smart beds
- Michael Kors introduces new chatbot to guide users through smartwatch troubles
- Hyfit is a wearable gym that lets you train on the road or at home
30th January
- 17 must-watch TED Talks on wearable tech and the connected self
- Living with Wahoo Tickr Fit: Heart rate monitoring from the arm
- On the horizon: The state of real-time translation hearables
- Runners beware, ‘fit leaking’ is a wider privacy problem for fitness companies
29th January
- Swiss smartwatch watch: All you need to know about traditional tech timepieces
- Strava Global Heat Maps reveals the location of remote military bases
28th January
27th January
- Week in wearable: Fitbit’s Pebble support, Rebble steps up and Apple’s health kick
- Checkup time: What Apple, Samsung and the rest are doing with digital health
26th January
- Fighting fit: Punching my way to fitness with Hykso FightCamp
- Apple Watch Digital Crown could be set for some Force Touch love
25th January
- A smart contact lens for diabetics taps into tears to monitor sugar levels
- Daydream: Everything you need to know about Google’s VR platform
- Charged Up: It’s time for a virtual reality category at the Oscars
- Apple’s health ambitions grow as it hands users medical record information
- As Pebble is given its death sentence, its most loyal fans are racing to rebuild it
- Armed with headsets, Microsoft is ready to transform the classroom for good
24th January
- Fitbit challenged developers to build new Ionic smartwatch apps – here’s who won
- Fitbit will keep Pebble’s servers alive for six more months – then you’re on your own
- Lovey’s smart baby monitor will know a lot more about your child than you do
23rd January
- This wearable headset uses lights to stop motion sickness in self-driving cars
- What I’m Wearing: The wearable tech accessories on our wrists right now
22nd January
- Hearables are breathing new life into hearing aids
- Microsoft is going big on education for Windows Mixed Realty
- The Xbox Smartwatch was going to track your indoor and outdoor workouts
- Nokia’s Body Cardio smart scale is losing its most impressive feature
21st January
19th January
- I got my grandma to review her Fitbit – she had some notes
- Living with the Lifeclock One, Escape from New York’s head-exploding watch
- Earn while you burn: I went running for digital currency
- Frederique Constant’s first touchscreen smartwatch could be on the way
- Android Wear update will make your notifications easier to read
18th January
- This is what the big wearable tech companies should do next
- Shell is a bizarre, unconvincing smartwatch-phone mashup
- Suunto Spartan watches finally get HR zone training with new update
- Charged Up: It’s about time Apple let me sleep with the Apple Watch
- Fitbit and Microsoft team up to let you follow guided workouts in real time
17th January
- How FDA approval affects your wearables, and how it’s going to change
- Fitbit teams up with UnitedHealthcare as it gets more serious about diabetes
16th January
- Hybrid smartwatches set to make up half of smartwatch shipments by 2022
- How to lose weight with wearable tech
- Garmin Forerunner 645 Music guide: Everything you need to know
- No more maybes: Eye tracking is the next step for VR, and it’s almost ready to go
- Cycling with Hövding: Trying out the wearable airbag for urban bikers
- Ressence Type 2 is a minimalist hybrid concept with solar and kinetic powers
15th January
- Tag’s diamond smartwatch is worth more than the wrist you’ll never put it on
- At CES 2018, it was wearable tech for the people who need it most
- Apple, Snap and Facebook met with AR suppliers at CES 2018, says report
14th January
13th January
12th January
- L’Oreal’s tiny UV sensor is a smart way to get you to buy more sunscreen
- The Blocks modular smartwatch feels too late to the party
- Skyworth shows off this awesome flexible AMOLED wearable concept
11th January
- Charged Up: It’s no revolution, but wearables continue to evolve at CES 2018
- Cinego’s headset really makes you feel like you’re in a private cinema
- Samsung blinded me at CES, then the Relúmĭno glasses helped me see
- Casio G-Shock GBA-800 hybrid smartwatch adds fitness tracking smarts
- Catapult teams up with Cricket Australia as wearable data is broadcast live
- Jabra’s Elite Active 65t wireless earbuds come with Alexa and activity tracking
- Casio’s hybrid sports watch will come with solar powered GPS to track your exercise
10th January
- Scosche Rhythm24 armband measures heart rate on land and in the water
- Dontcha know Sano: Everything you need to know about Fitbit’s big investment
- Bragi took my “earprint” and changed the way I heard the world
- Sensoria teams up with Vivobarefoot for connected smart running shoe
- Philips’ SmartSleep headband will play soft tones to help improve your sleep
9th January
- Kate Spade’s Scallop smartwatch brings whimsy chic to Android Wear
- Fitbit is toying with the idea of a smartwatch for kids
- Blocks is ready to let everyone get in on the modular smartwatch action
- Suunto 3 Fitness knows when you’ve missed a training session
- Prevent’s smart mouthguard detects concussions, helping players avoid injury
- ARCore explained: What you need to know about Google’s Apple ARKit rival
- Skagen’s Falster Android Wear smartwatch is all about that hygge life
- ZTE and Wearsafe are teaming up to make personal safety wearables
- Lenovo Mirage Solo is the first standalone Daydream VR headset
- These running headphones can coach you to fix your technique
- Zepp forced to halt sales of its baseball and softball sensors in the US
- You’ll soon be using your Gear S3 or Gear Sport to control Samsung SmartThings
- You’ll soon be able to control Whirlpool appliances from your Apple Watch
8th January
- Tile wants to reunite you with wearables that have gone walkies
- Spire’s smart swimsuit will make tracking your pool time more discreet
- Healbe adds wellness platform and improved calorie counting to its GoBe 2
- The Mars translation earbuds promise to do what the Pixel Buds couldn’t
- Bragi’s next move is to tackle tinnitus and enhance user hearing
- Sgnl, the band that turns your finger into a phone, will ship in March
- Omron’s blood pressure smartwatch will launch later this year
7th January
- Nuheara’s new Live IQ and IQbuds Boost earbuds give audio the personal touch
- And finally: DC Comics smartwatches turn fitness into justice
- Merge’s new 6DoF Blaster lets you explore VR without a headset
6th January
- Week in wearable: Samsung’s smartwatch plans and Apple Watch sales
- Amazon is now pushing Alexa to wearables and hearables too
5th January
- Introducing The Ambient – our new sister smart home site
- A future Fitbit could track your glucose, company’s latest investment hints
- Smart vests are bringing rugby insights to supporters and coaches
- Samsung Gear S4 could feature batteries within its watch straps to give you a boost
4th January
- Charged Up: It’s time for Garmin’s Connect IQ store to take things up a notch
- Living with MilestonePod: Run tracking from the feet on a budget
- Sensoria and Optima are teaming up to create the first pair of smart diabetic shoes
- ICU equipment may be causing Apple Watch Series 3 to randomly restart
- Sleepman wants to help you catch some z’s and ramp up that sleep quality
- Samsung SmartSuit is helping short track skaters train for the Winter Olympics
- MyKronoz doubles up on the ZeTime fun with Petite hybrid smartwatch
3rd January
- Wahoo Tickr Fit is bringing heart rate monitoring to the arm
- Why sweat tracking wearables are going to be a big deal
- The SPT2 smart vest helps amateur athletes use training data like the pros
- DokiWatch S is a kids smartwatch that comes with Alexa
2nd January
- Samsung’s C-Lab has cooked up smartglasses for the visually impaired
- The Apple Watch was the fourth best selling gadget of 2017