Dock, Activity sharing introduced with watchOS 3

watchOS is getting a bump up to version 3. It will keep favorite apps in memory, speed up launches, and updates information in the background. More importantly, instead of the multiple seconds it takes to load an app and update its front-end data, it’s all instant.The Dock is new to watchOS 3. By pressing the side button, you can fly through recent apps, all of them showing a live screenshot with new data for your quick glance.Control Center makes a migration from iOS. With a swipe from the bottom, you get a quick look at battery and toggles. Quick reply options for messages get ...

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 launches soon, Gear IconX gets shown off

It’s been a couple years of silent squats and burpees for Samsung’s fitness-dedicated wearables. That’s not to say that the company has ignored fitness. Not by a long shot. But if the chaebol wants to keep battling the likes of Apple and Fitbit, it needed to get its fitness right.Did it? Well, the Gear Fit 2 is giving it a shot.It keeps the wide AMOLED display from its predecessor, ...

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Jawbone stops the factories for one last-chance wearable

Jawbone hasn’t gone into bankruptcy. Supposedly, it’s just not selling anything of import right now. And it won’t be able to for a while.Tech Insider is reporting from its sources that it has stopped producing its UP fitness trackers and has sold its inventory to a reseller. The company is also trying to sell its Bluetooth speaker business, according to FORTUNE.  It’s not clear why, but as investors have devalued the company and

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Pebble Time 2 Kickstarter finds fans, but is Pebble back in the game?

The phrase “make or break” is tossed around often in the world of consumer electronics. With that editorial trope acknowledged, we could be looking at a make or break product release from Pebble. Unveiled today, the smartwatch pioneer showed off the new Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2, and Pebble Core on Kickstarter. This company has been facing challenges of late, recently dealing with some layoffs, but

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Pebble Time 2 Kickstarter finds fans, but is Pebble back in the game?

The phrase “make or break” is tossed around often in the world of consumer electronics. With that editorial trope acknowledged, we could be looking at a make or break product release from Pebble. Unveiled today, the smartwatch pioneer showed off the new Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2, and Pebble Core on Kickstarter. This company has been facing challenges of late, recently dealing with some layoffs, but

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Fitbit acquires Coin assets to compete with Jawbone, Apple Watch in mobile payments

Android Pay may be making news as part of Google I/O, but elsewhere in the mobile payments sector, it’s wearables that have been making the waves.Fitbit announced its acquisition of assets held by Coin, the mobile payment startup that crowdfunded its debut eponymous product. The maker of fitness ...

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Fitbit acquires Coin assets to compete with Jawbone, Apple Watch in mobile payments

Android Pay may be making news as part of Google I/O, but elsewhere in the mobile payments sector, it’s wearables that have been making the waves.Fitbit announced its acquisition of assets held by Coin, the mobile payment startup that crowdfunded its debut eponymous product. The maker of fitness ...

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Xiaomi Mi Band 2 delayed with mass-production issues to blame

Xiaomi’s second nifty and cheap fitness band will have to wait a bit longer before it gets officially released. That’s according to Huang Wang, CEO of Xiaomi-associated Huami.Responding to a netizen’s question on when and how the Mi Band 2 will be sold, Wang said that mass-production process has been pretty stressful and that there isn’t enough inventory to ...

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Tim Cook lauds Apple Watch, Fitbit throws shade

Of course the CEO of Apple would hype up a market-leading product that it makes. That’s part of his job. But Fitbit‘s CEO isn’t having any of it.Let’s rewind back to yesterday when Tim Cook appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim ...

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Upcoming Samsung wearables leak: Gear Fit 2 wristband, Gear IconX earbuds

It used to be that Samsung was king of the wearables market, cranking out new models faster than most of us could keep up. But lately we’ve really seen the company start slowing things down: last year’s Gear S2 is still coasting along steadily, and sometimes it feels like Samsung’s let VR’s rise distract it a little from other wearable pursuits. But we’ve still heard whispers about where Samsung’s efforts could be headed next, and today we score a major ...

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Microsoft Band 2 stretches its juice with low-power GPS mode

With Fitbit’s launch of its new Alta band, we’ve got wearables on the mind, but today it’s not just new models that are catching our attention. We’re also checking out the arrival of a new update for one of last year’s models, as Microsoft delivers some new features for its own wearables, updating its Microsoft Health companion app and helping the Band 2 stretch its battery life to new lengths.While ...

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Fitbit introduces Alta, new fitness tracker with premium band options

Is there still room for a dedicated fitness tracker in your life? Between widening adoption of full-fledged smartwatches, and all the sensor data our phones are capable of gathering themselves, you might think that traditional activity trackers were at risk of becoming a hard sell, but for a lot of users, their compact sizes, laser-focused feature set, and affordable price tags have continued to make them an attractive proposition. Today

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University makes fitness trackers mandatory for students

There’s no shortage of data wearables can gather about what we do and how we move around, counting steps, measuring heart rate, and even recording how much sleep we get. Tracking all that info and having access to the data can be hugely empowering for users looking to optimize their physical activity and make some smart changes to their daily routine, all in the interest of promoting fitness. But would you be so happy about ...

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Verizon takes on Moto 360 Sport, Fitbit Blaze

Cellular networks have kept up with some of the smartwatch releases out there, especially the cell-connected variants. It went for the Gear S, the Gear S2 and what was to be the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE … “

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Sona Connected Bracelet launches as “activity tracker for mind and body”

These days, fitness trackers are nearly a dime a dozen: they’ll count your steps, connect with activity-monitoring apps, and maybe even give you a heads-up when your phone gets a notification. And with so many similar products out there, it’s difficult to make your product stand out from an increasingly homogenous-looking crowd. Today Caeden introduces its Sona Connected Bracelet, and while it hits a lot of familiar notes, the Sona tries to differentiate itself by means of ...

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