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The best Moto 360 watch faces
We have compiled a terrific selection of Android Wear watch faces you can download right now, many of them compatible with the circular display on both the first Moto 360 and the recently launched Moto 360 2. Here's a few extra special ones we think work especially well. Essential reading: The best Android Wear watch…
Budget tracker showdown: Misfit Flash v Jawbone UP Move v Fitbit Flex
Fitness trackers are one of the most-wanted gadgets at the moment, but choosing between the latest trio of the Misfit Flash, Jawbone UP Move and Fitbit Flex is far from easy. Misfit, Jawbone and Fitbit have all renewed their fitness-tracking line-up with an even more impressive array of gadgets, and are set for a royal…
Sony SmartWatch 3 v Samsung Gear S
The Sony SmartWatch 3 and Samsung Gear S are set to go head-to-head this Christmas, as both brand new smartwatches hit the stores nearly simultaneously. Sony has been in the smartwatch game for a while now, and the Japanese brand's latest wrist worn wearable, the Sony SmartWatch 3, is about to hit shelves and it…
Epic’s wearable pair are slightly bizarre
Some smartwatches simply act as a hub for incoming notifications from your smartphone, but this duo of devices from Epic look to dispense with the phone completely. Currently looking for investment on Kickstarter rival IndieGoGo, these two wearables both boast the ability to directly send texts, make calls, explore the web and run apps, without…
Why ARM will be powering your wearables
UK based chip giant ARM is about to launch an assault on the ‘internet of things’ with a brand new product designed to be the heart of all your connected appliances and wearable tech. Essential reading: Best smartwatch round-up Named Cortex M7, a completely different M7 to the motion co-processor Apple used in the iPhone…
Brand new Oculus Rift lands – still not for general release
Virtual reality pioneer Oculus has unveiled the third iteration of its Rift headset. It's called Crescent Bay and no, it's still not available to the the public. Hands on with Crescent Bay: Oculus Rift review Coming hot on the heels of the second development model, Crystal Cove, which the company is still fulfilling pre-orders for,…
New Soleus GPS Pulse running watch tracks your heart rate from your wrist
Soleus has just unveiled its brand new running watch, which the company boasts is the first to combine GPS run tracking and a heart rate monitor into one wrist-mounted device. Ditching the pesky chest strap – the normal method of getting an accurate heart reading – the Soleus GPS Pulse instead packs an optical sensor…
Adidas MiCoach and MyFitnessPal join forces
Adidas has teamed up with nutrition app MyFitnessPal in a an effort to improve its miCoach training and fitness service. The partnership will allow users of the miCoach services, which already includes an app, GPS running watches and even smart footballs, to sync their data with MyFitness Pal, enabling you to track your calorie intake,…
Insane new 3D printed smart dress uses Intel tech to track your mood
Intel is yet again dipping its toes in the wearable tech water, this time letting designer Anouk Wipprecht combine its new Edison chip and high end fashion. Hot on the heels of the announcement that Intel’s newest bedfellow, Basis, would be unleashing its Peak smartwatch sometime next year, the silicon giant has teamed with the…
Barclaycard bPay band brings contactless payments to your wrist
A new wearable band from Barclaycard that could revolutionise the way we travel and shop is going on trial in London. The bPay band is a the rubberised and waterproof black cuff that packs a chip and radio antenna to enable you scan your wrist to pay for everyday items. Like current contactless cards, the…
US military exosuit is the ultimate Die Hard wearable
While most wearables out there are trying to get you to move more, a team of Harvard Uni students are developing an exosuit that could in fact help you move less. A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (say that fives time quickly) has just announced a new prototype for…
Intel: Basis Peak smartwatch will trump Apple's heart rate tech
While we revealed last week that Intel was set to release its first smartwatch, the details surrounding it were pretty scarce. The Peak is the first fruit from the company’s acquisition of Basis last March. It was first outed at the Intel Developer’s Forum in San Francisco, with corporate vice president Mike Bell showing off…
The next Samsung Gear smartwatch: What to expect from the Gear 3 and more
Since its initial unveiling in September 2013, Samsung's Gear family of wearables has amassed six members, including the Android Wear toting version, the Gear Live and the brand-new Gear S, which has its own 3G capabilities. Gear guide: What Samsung smartwatch is right for you? With such a quick turnaround, it's no surprise that tech…
Five of the best Apple iWatch concepts
Update: The Apple Watch is now official, it's out next year Apple's iWatch should be on our wrists by the end of 2014 (we hope), but until it's official we still have no idea what it'll actually look like or how it might function. Thankfully, there are enough clever designers out there that are happy…
Pebble Steel review
The original Pebble kicked off the smartwatch craze with its impressive showing on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. A year later and the tiny Palo Alto based start-up is back with the Pebble Steel, a much classier looking clever timepiece that ditches the plastic build and ramps up the professional factor with swathes of steel, glass…
Oakley Airwave 1.5 review
Oakley’s Airwave 1.5 goggles are not just a pair of eye protectors for swooping down the slopes, they are in fact a connected piece of wearable tech that features a tiny display in the corner of the eye, letting you stay updated with a bevy of facts and figures while you’re mid run. But are…