Category: Android Wear
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Google Fit App Now Available on Play Store
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Fitness apps and accessories are everywhere recently, and most tech companies seem to be jumping on the bandwagon – Google included. The company has released its aptly named Google Fit app upon the general public via their Play Store. Google Fit is designed to keep track of activities and record progress through your Android device…
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Lenovo Quietly Smartband Revealed on the Quiet
Lenovo is a company best none for Yoga laptops and weird tablets with kickstands and built-in projectors. They have always been a company for doing stuff the odd way, and now Lenovo has quietly posted its first wearable on its website, they aren’t doing anything weird and wonderful this time though. Check it out here.…
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Android Silver Shelved, Manufacturers Not Keen
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Android Silver, Google’s out of the box, straight up and very much restricted version of Android, designed to go straight onto phones with minimal fuss and little adaptation needed, has apparently been declared dead and gone by technology sites everywhere. We’re yet to hear confirmation from Google themselves, but according to Re/code, a tech site…
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Asus ZenWatch to hit stores in November with limited stock
The market for wearable tech is certainly gaining pace, with more and more manufacturers releasing either their smart watches or fitness bands. Asus is one of those manufacturers, who back in September announced their brand new ZenWatch, the company’s first watch to be powered by the popular Android Wear OS. The watch was produced in…
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Sony SmartEyeglass Set For Beta Release
Most of today’s virtual reality or augmented reality headset are receiving pre release beta previews for developers, such as Google Glass and of course the Oculus Rift. In fact, both the Rift and Google Glass are already available in limited numbers for developers to try their hand at putting together software for the device. Today…
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Moto X and Moto 360 Ready for Preorder
If you’re looking for a next generation gadget from Motorola, either the Moto 360 smartwatch or the Moto X smartphone, now’s the time to get your preorder on, as products are flying off shelves at the moment, especially that Moto 360. Come Tuesday you should be able to pick up the Moto X smartphone, as…
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Moto 360 Sells Out In Hours
Probably one of the coolest smartwatches out recently, the Motorola Moto 360 managed to go from in stock to out of stock in roughly three hours, according to sources selling the amazing new smartwatch in the US today. The revolutionary round smartwatch was announced at IFA 2014 on the 5th of September, and went on…
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HTC Smartwatch Cancelled
The smartwatch market and the whole wearable scene in general is blowing up this month, with announcements of a shedload of Android Wear devices at IFA 2014, a rumored iWatch from Apple (maybe…) and of course the public sale of Google Glass just the other day, as well as other manufacturers getting their wearables out…
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Google Glass Goes Public
Google glass has finally become available to the general public, and, while still expensive, the device is coming along nicely from what we’ve see. A new redesign is in the works which looks a lot like a normal pair of glasses, so before long the accessory could finally break out into the mainstream. Previously the…
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Phoneless Android Wear Apps Coming
Smartwatches and other wearables usually require a paired handset in order for most of their functionality to be relevant to a user, i.e. push notifications, contacts and messages streamed from the phone to the watch face. These features are common throughout Android Wear devices, but what if someone just want to get hold of a…
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Moto 360 Smartwatch Official Release
After many months of leaks and speculations, the Moto 360 Smartwatch has been unveiled at last. Motorola are said to be launching the Moto 360 in early October for around £199 in the UK. Although LG may have beaten Motorola in the round face race by releasing their G Watch R first, Motorola have certainly…
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ASUS ZenWatch @ IFA 2014
ASUS’s brand new smartwatch was unveiled at the IFA in Berlin a couple of days ago, and the watch, known as the ZenWatch itself is quite possibly one of the coolest Android powered smartwatches out yet. The watch is incredibly stylish, boasting a curved casing and a very comfortable looking band. Not only is the…