Tag: wearables
Who is wearing wearables? New survey shows 12 per cent of adults. Female ownership up
A new study of trends in wearables reveals that ownership has doubled in the last 12 months to 12% of the population with activity trackers and smart watches both doing well. However the growth of GPS sports watches has fallen. Based on 3,000 interviews with a nationally representative survey, the poll from Clicked Research Agency's Wearable…
CES 2016: Sphero announces Star Wars Force Band
At CES 2016 in Las Vegas, connected play brand Sphero announced its first wearable gadget dubbed the Force band. Expanding outside of Sphero's usual heritage app-enabled robotic experiences, the Force band attaches to the wrist and utilises gesture-based controls to operate the BB-8 app-enabled Droid product. “Branching out of app-enabled robotics and into new categories that…
Stocking fillers. Wear your sound with Wraps headphones
OK it's not what most of us think of when we think about wearables. They're not exactly hi-tech or particularly 'smart' - quite dumb really. But these Wraps headphones might just make a great stocking filler for a teenage girl or boy for that matter. Apparently, at the recent MTV EMA awards, celebs including Ed…
Bling and Bing? Microsoft smart ring patent unveiled
According to a patent unearthed by website Patently Apple, Microsoft could be about to launch its first piece of smart jewellery. Earlier this month the US Patent Office published a new Microsoft patent application covering an invention that relates to using wearables - such as a ring or a wristband - to control other devices, including…
Is the Neyya smart ring the future of wearable tech?
If 2015 was all about fitness trackers you wear on your wrist, then 2016 is set to see new types of wearables emerging for different types of users and different functions (we don't all like to work out, you know). One of these is the new category of smart rings. One of the first we've…
New colours and features added to Jawbone UP2 and UP3 fitness trackers
Wearables company Jawbone has unveiled a new design with a new strap for its UP2 fitness trackers and 10 new colours for the UP2 and UP3, further expanding its portfolio of fashion-focussed activity trackers. Crafted by leading industrial designer Yves Behar, Jawbone’s new UP activity trackers are designed for 24/7 wear and can be accessorised with jewellery…
13 of the best apps for the Apple Watch: Yelp, Do Button, Instagram
As soon as you’ve got your hands on your new Apple Watch, you’ll want to set up all the basics, like syncing it with your iPhone. But after that, you can get on with the fun stuff: customising it and adding the apps you want/need. But what should you download first? Here are our 13 of our favourite apps for the Apple Watch to get you started…
13 of the best apps for the Apple Watch part two: Skin, Ocado, Match.com
So you've got your hands on a new Apple Watch, but where do you even begin when there are so many apps, games and other iWonders to change your life from your wrist? Well, we're here to help... Skin This app uses a proprietary video analysis algorithm to evaluate your skin’s health and track…
Customised Fitbit food database allows you to scan products for nutritional information
We're not sure it's necessarily a great idea to log the nutritional information of ALL your favourite snacks and meals, but if you really want to it's now possible thanks to Fitbit. Now available to users both in the UK and globally, Britain’s most popular food and drink items are now available as part of the…
Fitbit’s Fitness Surge fitness watch can now track outdoor cycling
Want to monitor your cycling performance? Fitbit Surge users can now track their outdoor bike rides including distance travelled, duration, average speed, heart rate and calories burned. And if you want more detail, stats automatically sync wirelessly to the Fitbit app dashboard to review routes, speed and elevation with more information. A fitness watch, Fitness…
