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Apple Watch Series 6 brings Blood Oxygen sensor and more

Apple today unveiled Apple Watch Series 6, bringing a Blood Oxygen feature that offers users even more insight into their overall wellness. Watch Series 6 has a similar square design and always-on screen to its predecessor and comes in two sizes and a range of materials and colours. It has a 20% faster S6 processor and a screen that’s 2.5 times brighter when outside and not actively being used.

Apple SmartWatch

·6 years ago

Vodafone and Disney team up on kids’ smart watch

Vodafone and Disney have collaborated to create a premium kids smart watch planned to launch in time for Christmas. It will feature hardware designed by the Vodafone smart tech team and a software experience from world class designers at Vodafone and Disney.

SmartWatch UK Vodafone UK

·6 years ago

Huawei unveils 6 new products

Huawei today hosted the Huawei Seamless AI Life New Products Global Launch event, where the company announced six new products during today’s keynote: HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro, HUAWEI FreeLace Pro, HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro, HUAWEI WATCH FIT, HUAWEI MateBook X and HUAWEI MateBook 14.

Devices and OS Huawei SmartWatch

·6 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch3 4G and Galaxy Watch Active2 4G now available in O2 stores

The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy Watch3 4G and Galaxy Watch Active2 4G are now available to purchase from O2 in-store. The new devices are available on O2 custom plans meaning that customers can spread the cost of the devices up to 36 months and purchase alongside an Airtime Plan.

O2 SmartWatch UK

·6 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 officially unveiled

Samsung announced an update to its popular smartwatches today. The Galaxy Watch 3 follows on from the original Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Watch Active 2.

Samsung SmartWatch Devices and OS

·6 years ago

Apple watchOS 7 adding personalization, health, and fitness features

Apple today previewed watchOS 7 at WWDC 2020, delivering enhanced customization tools and powerful new health and fitness features.

Devices and OS Apple SmartWatch

·6 years ago

Samsung Health Monitor App Blood Pressure

Samsung Launches Health Monitor App with Blood Pressure Measurement

Samsung has launched the Samsung Health Monitor application has in South Korea, following its clearance by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) earlier this year. From today, Galaxy Watch Active2 users in Korea can access the Samsung Health Monitor app.

Samsung SmartWatch

·6 years ago

Samsung launches dedicated hand washing app for Galaxy Watch

Samsung has launched a dedicated hand washing app for the Galaxy Watch, designed to remind people to wash their hands regularly and also to remind you to wash them for 20 seconds.

SmartWatch Apps Samsung

·6 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 gets ECG Monitoring Clearance

The Electrocardiogram (ECG) function of the Samsung Health Monitor app has been cleared by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).

Samsung SmartWatch

·6 years ago

Huawei Watch GT 2e unveiled by Huawei

Along with the launch of the Huawei P40 Series of smartphones, the company also revealed the Huawei Watch GT 2e, a new variant of the Watch GT 2 featuring a sportier design and a more affordable price than its predecessor.

Huawei SmartWatch

·7 years ago

Huawei Watch GT 2 update enables NFC

Huawei unveiled the Huawei Watch GT 2 back in September, coming in 46mm series and 42mm series offerings. However, one of the most disappointing aspects of the smartwatch was the lack of NFC outside of China models.

Huawei SmartWatch

·7 years ago

Huawei Watch GT update brings optimisations

Huawei has pushed a new update for the Huawei Watch GT that mainly brings a lot of optimisations. The latest update is v1.0.10.18 and comes in around 6.85 MB in size.

Devices and OS SmartWatch

·7 years ago

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