Apple’s smartwatches are among the most feature-rich in their class, offering advanced health and fitness tracking capabilities. However, one area where Apple Watches fall short is providing exceptional battery life that lasts for days between charges. Thankfully, with the right settings, this issue can be addressed. NextPit shares the top tips for improving and extending battery life on an Apple Watch.
The 1980s called, and they want their watches back! Casio just announced a new G-Shock watch, but with a twist: The G-Shock Move DWH5600 is a new hybrid smartwatch with health tracking features. The new model not only connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, it also features solar charging, all in a relatively compact case.
Enthusiasts of virtual reality can anticipate a system update for both Meta Quest 2 (previously Oculus Quest 2) and Meta Quest Pro in the coming days. The Facebook-owned company is rolling out a version 53 system software update over the air (OTA) in phases, which introduces enhanced parental controls, updated browser settings, deferred shutdown, and Wi-Fi 6e compatibility for the Pro model, among other features.
The Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro are the first Samsung smartwatches equipped with a temperature sensor. However, it wasn’t until February this year that the feature was utilized by keeping track of one’s menstrual cycle. Word from a Samsung official revealed that the South Koreans plan to introduce additional temperature sensor-based functions in the Galaxy Watch 5 series.
The Pico 4 from ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is a standalone VR/XR headset that has one mission in life: to dethrone the Meta Quest 2. If you’ve been out of the VR scene for years and want to jump right back into it, or if you are totally at a loss and want to give it a try, the Pico 4 is one of the best entry points into the world of virtual and mixed reality.
Currently, Apple’s watches can be connected to an iPad or MacBook while being paired to an iPhone. However, these functions are limited to just a few controls such as unlocking or viewing fitness data. Apple may release a watchOS update that would enable multi-pairing between a Watch and other Apple devices rather than on just a single iPhone.
Unlike on smartphones that get new chipsets every year, processors on wearables are rarely refreshed. This is also the case for Samsung, which has powered its Galaxy smartwatches with the same Exynos W920 SoC for two straight years. Today, it is reported that the Korean company is ready to equip the Galaxy Watch 6 with a new and faster processor.
For several years the watchOS existed, Apple has only been focusing on improving the watch health and fitness features of the platform, leaving the interface modestly changed. But Apple could finally bring the needed overhaul to the UI through the forthcoming watchOS 10 based on a new report.
Your Garmin smartwatch has hidden features that you probably don’t know about! Get the most out of your Forerunner, Fenix, Epix, Venu, and Instinct models with our list of Garmin hacks.
“Excuse me, is there somewhere I can charge my glasses?”—this sentence could be quite normal in just a few years. That’s because smart glasses could be the next step in everyday digital life. Manufacturers like Xiaomi, Oppo, TCL, and Google have already presented their own AR and MR glasses—Apple is also said to be working on a model. You can only read about which models could be the best smart glasses here!