With potential launches from Apple, Samsung, Garmin, Oura, and Whoop, 2024 is shaping up to be a colossal year for smartwatch and wearable arrivals. Official confirmations are still scarce at this early stage, but high-profile leaks and well-sourced rumors have already given us a clear idea of what to expect – and which dates to…
Samsung has announced that its sleep apnea detection feature has been approved for use by the US Food & Drug Administration – a vital step in the company’s quest to solidify the Galaxy Watch a serious health tracker. The feature was first revealed back in October, with Samsung receiving approval from the Korean Ministry of…
Connecting your Garmin watch to a Wi-Fi network is fundamental to the experience. To get the latest updates or connect to Spotify, you’ll first have to know how to get set up with Garmin Wi-Fi. Luckily, this is generally pretty straightforward stuff – and Garmin now allows you to do so through the Connect app…
The Oura Ring Gen 3 and Circular Ring Slim are both smart rings designed to help you track health and fitness more discreetly. Oura has been around a bit longer than Circular and has established itself as the ring to beat. We’ve spent time with both rings to get a better sense of what they…
Circular Smart Ring Slim By Circular The Circular Smart Ring Slim’s few good points are marred by design that’s too easy to scratch and a companion app that needs to work on how it presents your data. When you compare it to apps from similar rings like Oura, RingConn and Ultrahuman, it misses the mark….
The Honor Band 9 has emerged in a Bluetooth SIG filing, hinting that the budget fitness tracker could be close to an official release. Two versions of the Honor Band 9 – marked as RH-B19 and RH-B39, as shown below – are referenced in the filing first uncovered on Reddit, which could potentially hint at different…
With the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 almost certainly set to arrive in 2024, we’re already beginning to see rumors and leaks relating to the upcoming smartwatch series emerge. The Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic are still in their relative infancy, which means insider information regarding the next generation is still a little…
A built-in heart rate sensor is something we take for granted these days when we talk about wearables. Every smartwatch, fitness tracker, and sports device has a built-in heart rate monitor, used for 24/7 monitoring and tracking workouts. But increasingly, heart rate variability (HRV) is a key metric. HRV is a heart rate measurement that…
Ensuring you have the latest software installed on your Garmin watch is essential to getting the best experience. Staying up to date not only means you have the latest features but also ensures that your device – whether it’s a Forerunner, Fenix, Vivoactive, Venu, Epix, or something else – avoids niggling bugs that may be…
Whether announced as the Apple Watch X, Apple Watch Series 10, or something else entirely, it appears the Cupertino giant is cooking up something big for this year’s smartwatch. With the rest of the industry playing catch-up, Apple has spent the last couple of years (at least) delivering only minor, iterative improvements to its latest…
