Wearables

They boast an 1080p OLED display, offering a 140-degree field of view and powered by a small onboard processor. There is no battery built into the glasses. Instead, they pull power from another device connected via USB-C. This does reportedly mean that, if you want to actually watch something on the glasses, rather than just using them as glasses, you’ll need to plug them in to a phone, tablet, or computer. … [Read more...] about TCL Wearable Display squeezes a giant HD TV into a pair of sunglasses

With everything connected up, you’ll be able to make and receive phone calls, receive and reply to SMS, and use your smartwatch in mostly the same way as you would your phone, just without the need to have your phone with you. On the tech side, the Gen 5 LTE has a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 1.3-inch touchscreen, a heart rate sensor, and Google’s Wear OS software. It will be released in the spring, and is set to cost $349. … [Read more...] about Best wearables of CES 2021: Fossil, Amazfit, Vuzix, and more

It connects to your phone using Bluetooth and syncs with a new OnePlus Health app, where data is collated and goals can be set. Initially, the app will only be available for Android, but an eventual iOS version is promised. The OnePlus Band’s battery is estimated to last for 14 days between charges, and that’s with sleep tracking, notifications, and continuous heart rate monitoring active. … [Read more...] about OnePlus launches its first wearable, but it’s not a smartwatch

Other devices have claimed some progress toward monitoring blood pressure, which is something of a holy grail for devices. Outside of the United States, health-care tech giant Withings measures something called blood pulse-wave velocity, for example. It’s essentially a measure of the speed of the blood going through your cardiovascular system and an approximation of the pressure it’s under, based upon your height, age, weight, and some really smart algorithms. It’s a good measure of your heart’s health, and you can find it in the Withings Body Cardio if you live in the EU, Australia, and Japan, where it has been approved (FDA approval is still pending). … [Read more...] about A blood-pressure sensor is the holy grail for wearables. Valencell has one

If you want a smartwatch for your Android phone, the choice can be bewildering. To help narrow down the options, we’ve selected the best smartwatches that work with your Android phone, and put them all together here. The list does not include only smartwatches that use Google’s Wear OS software, but Samsung’s Tizen software, and other operating systems too. Almost all smartwatches will work with your Android phone, except the Apple Watch. If you own an iPhone, take a look at our list of best smartwatches to see why it’s our overall recommendation. … [Read more...] about The best Android smartwatches for 2021