Category: Wearables

Fi’s GPS pet tracker lasts three months between charges

[ad_1] A long battery life is a boon for any product, obviously, but for a device like this it’s extremely helpful. No-one wants to be messing around with Fido’s collar every few days, and sheer bad luck dictates they’ll manage to escape when it’s on charge. Fi’s collar uses AT&T’s LTE-M low power network to […]

Google Fit update delivers a much-needed power-saving mode

[ad_1] Details about the update are still vague — there’s no word on exactly how the feature works, for example — but Google has confirmed to 9to5Google that if a Wear OS watch supports the mode’s requirements (whatever they may be), any Wear OS partner can take advantage of it, and users will see “an […]

NCAA March Madness Live streams on Oculus Go

[ad_1] You can also expect a Google Cloud-powered matchup suggestion tool that can personalize your bracket based on stats, o the point where it can auto-pick the bracket if you’d like. You’ll also see a dash of augmented reality with an opportunity to look at the bracket in AR on iOS devices. The multi-game Fast […]

Apple’s rumored AR headset might require an iPhone

[ad_1] The AR glasses, Apple’s first, will act as a display, and the computing, rendering, internet connection and location services will come from the user’s iPhone, Kuo said, as reported by 9to5Mac. In a lot of ways, this would be similar to the approach Apple took with the first few Apple Watch models, which needed […]

Nintendo next Labo kit is all about virtual reality

[ad_1] The line of cardboard DIY kits Nintendo offers for its Switch console keep expanding, and the latest one is Labo VR. It will go on sale April 12th in a few different packages: a $40 Starter Set + Blaster that can be grow with two $20 Expansion sets adding either a Camera & Elephant […]

Second-generation Glass Enterprise Edition will use USB-C

[ad_1] As 9to5Google reported in November, the new Glass contains Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 710 and runs Android Oreo. The new generation will be be 5G-capable, in addition to using LTE and Bluetooth 5.0 for connectivity — this should make it the first version with a cellular chip on board The camera on the new generation of […]

The wearable market is (still) booming

[ad_1] Numbers released by the International Data Corporation show 31.4 percent growth in the wearable market (or 59.3 million units) in the fourth quarter of 2018. While Q4 numbers are inflated by holiday sales, there’s no denying wearables’ increased popularity. For the entire year, 172.2 million devices shipped; that’s up 27.5 percent over 2017. It’s […]