Wearables

Fitbit Inspire and Fitbit Inspire HR are two of the company’s newest fitness bands in India. These activity trackers are slim and swim-proof, and are supported by Fitbit’s slick companion app that helps you track your fitness. The main difference between them is that the Inspire HR features continuous heart ...

Fitbit said on Wednesday it won a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services to up to one million of the country’s citizens as part of a health initiative that begins in October. The deal, which involves the company supplying its trackers free of charge but on ...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had spoken with Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Trump said Cook “made a good case” that tariffs could hurt Apple, given that Samsung’s products ...

Westworld is coming to virtual reality. At Gamescom 2019, HBO and VR game studio Survios announced Westworld Awakening, a single-player narrative-driven VR experience that lets you play through the events of Westworld season 2 as a host named Kate, who has just attained self-awareness — hence the title — and ...

Apple is expected to launch a host of new products next month including the upgraded Apple Watch Series 5 that is expected to come in titanium and ceramic variants. Brazilian site iHelp BR spotted graphics hidden in the beta code of watchOS 6 that points to ceramic and titanium casings ...

Riding on the popularity of wrist-worn and ear-worn devices, global shipments of wearable devices reached 49.6 million units during the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, up 55.2 percent from the previous year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Friday. The top five wearable companies by shipment volume, market share, ...

US President Donald Trump said he was having dinner on Friday with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of Apple, a company the president has criticised for not manufacturing more of its products in the United States. “Having dinner tonight with Tim Cook of Apple. They will be spending vast sums ...

Google’s Wear OS, previously known as Android Wear, has had a rocky past. Initially launched as Google’s united platform for smartwatches and other wearable devices, the platform has seen its popularity drop over the years as Samsung’s Tizen-based Galaxy Gear series and Apple Watch series have gained more users. Nonetheless, ...

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 is set to launch in China on June 11. Xiaomi’s Mijia brand has confirmed the release date of the new Mi Band model through a post on Weibo. The Mi Band 4 will debut as the successor to the Mi Band 3 that was launched in ...

Xiaomi has expanded its Express Delivery service and is now offering “guaranteed next-day delivery” in over 150 cities across India, India chief Manu Kumar Jain revealed on Thursday. The company through its Mi.com e-commerce portal is providing the fast delivery option at a charge of Rs. 49. To recall, Xiaomi ...