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Google Working On Its Own ‘Android Wear’ Smartwatches: Report
Citing a reliable source, Android Police said that Google is currently building two smartwatches under the Android Wear umbrella for release this year that...
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Google Unveils Smart Speaker, Android Wear Updates, Better VR
Virtual reality and Android Wear wearables starred at Google’s annual developers conference, where the company also unveiled its Google Home voice-controlled wireless speaker and...
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Huawei Rolls Out Ladies’ Smart Watches With Android Wear
Huawei’s first female-focused Android Wear watches, the $499 Elegant and $599 Jewel, became available today to expand the company’s wearables line. The company already...
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Apple Watch Tops In Market Share In ’15
Apple Watch captured a 52 percent share of global smart watch shipments in 2015 in a product segment that still lacks a strong use...
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Fossil, Misfit Wearables Make Smartphone Connections
New wearable fitness trackers and smart watches will hit retail shelves in time for the holidays, with Fossil launching its first wearables line and...
CES-2016
LG V10 Phone Gets 2 Screens & 2 Front Cameras
If you thought you couldn’t be any more glued to the single screen in your pocket, you might want to take a look at...
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Smart Wearables Will Push Aside Basic Bands By 2018
Smart wearables will begin to outsell basic wearables such as fitness trackers in 2018 on a worldwide basis, said market research firm IDC. Global...
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Google Rolls Out Android Wear For iOS
Google today began to roll out Android Wear for iOS, which initially works with the LG Watch Urbane, but Android Wear smart watches will...
Health
Zzzzzzz: Braci Wearables App Aims To Stop Snoring
New York — Braci, a start-up marketing a platform that detects sounds and delivers notifications to Android Wear devices, has launched its first app,...
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IHS: Apple Watch To Drive Smart Watch Success
London – Global smart watch shipments will grow 2,700 percent from a mere 3.6 million shipments in 2014 to 101 million in 2020, driven...
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LG Watch Urbane Rolls Out At $349
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – The LG Watch Urbane, the first smart watch incorporating Google’s latest Android Wear OS version, is rolling out in the...
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Android Wear Updates Include Wi-Fi Data Access
Mountain View, Calif. – Google is upgrading its Android Wear smart watch OS, adding multiple convenience functions plus Wi-Fi access to data and messages....
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Broadcom Wants To Bolster Android Wear Watches
Irvine, Calif. – Semiconductor supplier Broadcom wants to bring longer battery life, built-in GPS, and other features to Android Wear smart watches. During the...
CES-2016
LG Readies Fashion-Oriented Smart Watch
Seoul – LG is expanding its selection of Android Wear-based smart watches with its first all-metal model, which resembles a luxury watch. The LG...
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Canalys: Battery Life Hampers Android Wear Sales
PALO ALTO – Android Wear smart watches accounted for only 720,000 of only 4.6 million smart wearable bands shipped globally in 2014, and it...
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Asus Launches Zen Smart Watch
Fremont, Calif. — Asus rolled out its first smart watch for the U.S. market through the Google Play store and Best Buy.com, but the...
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Motorola Unveils Next Letters In Smartphone Alphabet
Chicago — Motorola unveiled its second-generation Moto X and Moto G Android smartphones, increasing the screen size of both models and the processor speed...
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LG To Expand Smart Watch Line
Seoul – LG will go to the Sept. 5-10 IFA show in Berlin with its second Android Wear smartwatch, this one promoted as the...
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