Watches

Google subsidiary YouTube pays $170 million as part of a settlement for violating children's privacy. The Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General will receive the settlement money.As part of the settlement, Google has…

Apple is launching a screen repair program for the aluminum versions of the Watch Series 2 and Series 3. "In rare cases," according to Apple, there can be a crack at the curved edges of the screen, which in the worst case forms a large…

Garmin introduces its fēnix 6 generation of sports smartwatches. Several models appear in three sizes: the 6S, 6 and 6X. The top model, the 6X Pro Solar, is equipped with Power Glass to extend the battery life with solar energy.According…

Samsung comes with a new version of its wearable Galaxy Watch Active. The new model brings back the rotary ring for control, although it is now touch control instead of a physical ring.Samsung makes 40mm and 44mm versions of the Galaxy…

Fossil releases the fifth generation of its WearOS watch. The new model has a Snapdragon 3100-soc, 1GB ram and 8GB flash storage. The memory and storage space have been doubled compared to the predecessors. The soc is also new.There are…

Qualcomm is said to be working on the Snapdragon Wear 2700, a soc based on Cortex A53 cores that Qualcomm would have made at 12nm. Qualcomm's socs for wearables have so far run with heavily outdated Cortex A7 cores at 28nm.Qualcomm seems…

Polar released the Ignite on Wednesday, a fitness watch with a round touchscreen, heart rate monitor, and integrated GPS. According to the manufacturer, the clock can keep detailed training data for more than a hundred different indoor…

Google adds Tiles to Wear OS, the former Android Wear. These are widgets to the right of the home screen containing data about steps taken, a weather forecast, a timer and a heart rate monitor. Now that place only contains data from…

In beta version 6 of iOS 12.2, traces have been found that may indicate an imminent introduction of the AirPower. Apple's wireless charging plate has been delayed for a year and a half and has even been declared dead on more than one…

Fitbit has presented a Lite version of its Versa smartwatch. The watch has the same dimensions as the existing model, but lacks several functions and in return has a lower price.The Versa Lite has, among other things, no NFC for mobile…