Qualcomm launched its brand new Snapdragon W5+ processor for wearables – and announced new Mobvoi and Oppo smartwatches – with 25 new devices in the pipeline. The all-new Snapdragon W5 and W5+ arrive instead of the expected Wear 5100, and is designed to power a wider range of new wearables and smartwatches. Last June, Qualcomm…
The breadth of Garmin’s running watch range can feel bewildering, but the Garmin Forerunner 255 is the company’s biggest crowdpleaser. Priced in the mid-range, the Forerunner 255 is packed with running features, metrics and analysis – and replaces the enduringly popular Forerunner 245 that was launched in 2019. But is it the best running watch…
The Apple Watch benefits from a bumper selection of third party apps, which extend its array of features beyond the standard experience. From niche sports tracking to wrist-based extensions of your favourite travel, mapping and productivity apps, the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch when it comes to third party apps. Apple made the experience…
The Garmin Forerunner 955 is the successor to the Forerunner 945, Garmin’s most expensive (and most advanced) dedicated running watch. The new Forerunner 955 offers the best of Garmin’s running-based Fenix features – in a smaller design. The Forerunner 955 brings on-board many of Garmin’s Fenix 7 series and Epix features, including Multi-band support, recovery…
The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 has launched in China, bringing to an end months of speculation. And we now have an idea of the changes Xiaomi is bringing for its 7th generation activity tracker – courtesy of the official Xiaomi site. This version of the device is still only confirmed for release in China, and…
The Huawei Watch Fit 2 is the follow-up to the Huawei Watch Fit, a fitness tracker/smartwatch hybrid with an extremely affordable price tag. It debuts big running smarts brought over from the Watch GT Runner, smartwatch features like a built-in music player and Bluetooth calling and over a week of battery life. We’ve been living…
Garmin has revamped its running watch line up, with the launch of the Forerunner 255 and 955. The outgoing Forerunner 245 and Forerunner 945 were launched way back in 2019, so an update has been long overdue. For the uninitiated, the Forerunner 255 is the company’s core running watch offering, aimed at those that have…
Apple has launched its annual Pride Edition band for 2022 – along with an all-new Pride watch face. The company has launched special Apple Watch bands and watch faces every year since 2016. This year the Pride 2022 band takes the form of the Apple Sport Loop, and the fabric band uses the colors of…
The Polar Pacer Pro is yet another new line of watches from Polar that joins its Vantage, Ignite and Unite series collection of watches made for sports tracking. Joined alongside the cheaper Polar Pacer, the Pro is built for runners, but also has the smarts to offer tracking beyond those long Sunday runs or sessions…
Garmin has a slew of new sports watches inbound – with the new Forerunner 255 and 955 expected to land in June 2022, according to a new report. The Forerunner 255 has been subject to a host of leaks, with the latest being a Reddit post from a user that claims to have seen marketing…
