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Airtel, RJio bringing Apple Watch Series 3 cellular to India in May

INDIA: iPhone users in India can now use the new cellular Apple watch to stay connected seamlessly without worrying about taking their mobiles with them all the time. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced partnerships with Apple for the India

Fitbit launches Ace, a smartwatch for kids at $100

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Kids’ safety in today’s times is a major concern for parents. To tackle that issue up to some extent, Fitbit, the smartwatch maker, has launched a new smartwatch for kids called Fitbit Ace, which will go on sale for $99.95

Fitbit pegs “female health tracking” to sell its latest smartwatches

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In the face of the ever-growing competition from both big players like Apple and other budget offerings from Chinese companies, Fitbit is now pegging “female health tracking” as its USP to sell latest smartwatches like Versa and Ionic. As period is

Skagen launches its first ever touchscreen smartwatch

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Wearable brand Skagen has launched its first ever touchscreen smartwatch named Falster. The smartwatch powered by Android Wear 2.0 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100. The smartwatch will be available in two variants- SKT5000 and SKT5001. The Falster features

Tata Communications and Omate partner to launch a kids smartwatch

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Tata Communications have teamed up with Omate to launch Omate x Nanoblock, a smartwatch for kids with enhanced security features Laurent Le Pen, Founder, and CEO, Omate, said, “Given the growing threat of cyber-crime, any device or application aimed at

Fitbit to end support for Pebble Watches by the end of June’ 18

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Fitbit has announced an extension for the Pebble Smartwatches which it acquired in late 2016. The company announced in a blog a six-month extension (until June 30, 2018)is given to the users of Pebble smartwatches. After June 30, 2018, Pebble

Fitbit launches Ionic Smartwatch and Aria 2 smart scales for the Indian market

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Fitbit announced the launch of the latest Ionic Smartwatch, Flyer Bluetooth headphones and Fitbit Aria 2 smart scales in India. Fitbit says the Ionic, Flyer and Aria 2 will be sold across major retailers including Reliance Digital, Croma, Helios and through

TAG Heuer brings a smaller, cheaper version of the Connected Module 45

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TAG Heuer has launched an upgraded, smaller version of it’s Connected Modular 45, a customizable wearable that lets users swap the smart module for a traditional, mechanical head. Many people complain about the big diameters of smartwatches and that’s exactly where TAG

Fossil’s Misfit Vapor with Android Wear 2.0 launched in India at Rs 13,874

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Fossil has launched its first touchscreen smartwatch for the Indian audience. The smartwatch named Misfit Vapor is a premium looking smartwatch priced at Rs 13,874 and is available for pre-order on the Misfit website. The smartwatch will be available in

German regulators put a ban on kids’ smartwatches

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Germany has banned the sale of smartwatches for kids, saying the devices go against the country’s surveillance laws. According to Bleeping Computer, (via Gizmodo) the regulators have deemed smartwatches targeted at kids “prohibitive listening devices” and are asking parents to destroy any

Cellular-enabled Apple watch is fabulous but wait, it is not launching in India

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Apple Watch is the ‘no. 1 watch in the world’ with an industry leading customer satisfaction of 97 percent, said Tim Cook, as he unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 3 on Tuesday at the Steve Job Theater. The biggest

Samsung’s fitness-focused Gear Sport smartwatch is here to take on Fitbit and Apple

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Barely a few days after Fitbit launched it new long-awaited ‘Ionic’ and a few weeks before Apple’s new smartwatch with built-in LTE, Samsung has launched two new health-focused wearables- the Gear Sport smartwatch and the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band. Gear Sport smartwatch

Apple’s new smartwatch may not require an iPhone for cell connectivity

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Apple Watch may not have become a sensation like Apple’s other products like iPhone or Mac but the smartwatch is still quite popular and has many takers. Now, to up that smart quotient in its watch, Apple, reportedly is planning

Xiaomi launches Apple Watch-lookalike ‘WeLoop Hey 3S’ at $78

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Adding one more fitness tracker to the wearable market, Xiaomi’s WeLoop has launched a new smartwatch — Hey 3S, which shares striking similarities with the Nike Edition of the Apple Watch. Introduced on Xiaomi’s crowdfunded platform, MIJIA, the device has

Joining Google’s Android Wear 2.0 party, Huawei launches Watch 2 & Watch 2 Classic

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2016 may not have been a great year for the smartwatch segment, but with the arrival of Android Wear 2.0 from Google, other tech companies are joining the party and rolling out their contribution to the market. HTC, who unveiled a smartwatch

Google partners LG to launch the first devices powered with Android Wear 2.0

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Clearing the cloud of rumor mills, the much-awaited Android Wear 2.0 is going to make its much-awaited entry on February 9, reports VentureBeat. In partnership with the South-Korean tech titan LG, Google will unveil the first devices powered by Android

Fitbit acquires smartwatch startup Vector Watch

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After acquiring Pebble last month, fitness wearables brand Fitbit has made yet another acquisition in the form of European smartwatch maker Vector Watch. Though the terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, the year-old startup has been acquired for its

Samsung launches new Gear S3 smartwatch

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Sparing no effort, Samsung has finally succeeded in cracking into the huge market that is mostly covered by Apple’s Smart watch. After a successful Gear S2, Samsung has launched the next iteration of the series, Gear S3 smartwatch. And let

Xiaomi launches its first smartwatch with heart rate sensor

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After launching a kid-focused smartwatch in May, Xiaomi launched its much-anticipated first smartwatch in China yesterday. Starting today, the Xiaomi Amazfit smartwatch will be available at CNY 799 in the country. The wearable that has been designed in collaboration with

Your smartwatch can leak PINs and passwords to cybercriminals

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Smartwatches and fitness trackers can be easily exploited by cyber criminals to steal a user’s PIN number thanks to the motion sensing data it generates, warns a study conducted by a team from the department of electrical and computing engineering