The Gear S is Samsung’s first smartwatch to include a SIM slot, meaning it can operate autonomously. Samsung also unveiled a notification-friendly set of wireless headphones called the Gear Circle. Read more »
All of a sudden the Android Wear market is getting a bit crowded as Asus looks to be joining LG, Samsung and Motorola in this space. How can companies differentiate their… Read more »
LG is said to be preparing a new version of its G Watch, a short three months after the first version debuted at Google’s I/O developer conference. Read more »
A new report suggests the same October iWatch launch as before. But this time there’s more detail in how the device will look: A 2.5-inch “slightly rectangular” touchscreen display. That sounds… Read more »
U.K.-based research firm Strategy Analytics figures that Samsung took 71 percent of the smartwatch market in the first quarter of 2014, with an estimated 500,000 smartwatches sold. Android Beat noted the… Read more »
Qualcomm added voice input to the Toq smartwatch, showing off both its hardware and Nuance’s software. Toq Talk is limited to text messages for now but is another recent example of… Read more »
The wait for Google to enter the smartwatch race is over. This week, the company debuted Android Wear, a software platform built around Google Now’s card-based interface. LG and Motorola already… Read more »
All of a sudden the race to build an Android smartwatch is on thanks to Google’s Android Wear platform. LG appears to have a head-start as the G Watch will be… Read more »
Google should focus on design just as much as functionality for its upcoming smartwatch. It isn’t clear how well this prototype works, but it certainly isn’t attractive. Read more »