Wearables

Oppo Watch Free was launched in India today (Friday, February 4) alongside the Reno 7 5G and Reno 7 Pro 5G smartphones. The new Oppo smartwatch comes with 14 days of battery life and is equipped with an AMOLED display. It also carries fast charging support that is rated to deliver a day’s battery life

Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz has been launched in India as the latest model in the brand’s ColorFit range of smartwatches. The new smartwatch comes with Bluetooth calling support that allows users to make and attend voice calls directly from their wrist, without taking out the connected phone from their pocket. The Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz

Oppo Watch Free launch date in India is set for February 4, the company announced on Tuesday. The upcoming smartwatch sports a 1.46-inch AMOLED display and features over 100 workout modes and is equipped with an optical heart rate sensor and blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2) sensor and was launched in China in September 2021.

Apple is rolling out watchOS 8.4.1 update to Apple Watch users, a week after the company released watchOS 8.4. According to the company, the latest update will only be available to Apple Watch Series 4 and newer smartwatches. Apple’s website reveals that watchOS 8.4.1 does not include security fixes but contains bug fixes for these

Realme Watch S100 alleged India launch in February and colour options have been leaked by a tipster. The rumoured watch is suggested to be a part of the Realme Watch S series that has the vanilla Realme Watch S and Realme Watch S Pro options available in the country. The latest development comes a month

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said customs duty rates are being calibrated to provide a graded rate structure to facilitate domestic manufacturing of products like wearables and electronic smart meters. Presenting the Union Budget 2022-23, Sitharaman said duty concessions are also being given on certain items to enable domestic manufacturing of high-growth electronic goods.

Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to worship in the metaverse. Without leaving his home in Richmond, Virginia, he was soon floating in a 3D outer-space wonderland of pastures, rocky

Budget 2022: Customs Duty Concessions Announced to Boost Domestic Manufacturing of Mobiles, Other Electronics Concessions on custom duty were announced on parts of mobile phones, chargers and other electronics. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2022 speech has announced concessions on the customs duty levied on mobile phone parts and other electronics to

Fitbit is offering users the ability to view the highlights of their fitness data from the past year as part of the ‘2021 Year In Review’ feature. Users will be able to look at useful details of their activity and sleep from 2021, while looking at information in easy-to-understand metrics like average hours of sleep,

Fastrack Reflex Vox smartwatch was launched in India on Friday. It is the first smartwatch in the Fastrack Reflex lineup of products. The smartwatch features a 1.69-inch HD screen, inbuilt support for Amazon Alexa, a claimed battery life of up to 10 days, more than 100 watch faces, and multi-sports mode. Apart from these, the

Apple teased its metaverse ambitions on Thursday as CEO Tim Cook talked expansion of the company’s augmented reality apps, prompting strong investor response. The company has 14,000 AR apps on its App Store, and Cook suggested this number will rise with further investment. “We see a lot of potential in this space and are investing

Redmi Smart Band Pro India launch date is set for February 9, Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi announced through a teaser posted on Thursday. The Redmi Smart Band Pro was unveiled for global markets in November. The fitness band carries a bigger AMOLED display over the existing Redmi Smart Band models and offers features including heart rate

Apple has officially announced Black Unity Braided Solo Loop for its Apple Watch Series 6 Black Unity limited edition smartwatches. As per a report by GSMArena, Apple launched the Watch Series 6 Black Unity limited edition last year to celebrate black history and culture, and continuing the tradition, Apple has now also announced the Black

Google Pixel 6a will reportedly launch sooner than its predecessors. A known tipster has shared the new launch timeline for the upcoming mid-range smartphone from Google. Another renowned tipster claims that the upcoming Google Pixel Watch will also launch during the same period. A few reports have surfaced online in the past months, shedding some

Pebble is a homegrown Indian audio, smart wearables, and accessories brand. On Tuesday, it launched the Pebble Pace Pro in India, the successor to the Pebble Pace smartwatch. It is an essential upgrade over its predecessor and sports a 1.7-inch bright curved HD display. It is equipped with sensors for monitoring your health and fitness

Reebok ActiveFit 1.0, the first smartwatch from the popular sporting goods brand, is now official in India. The new wearable features a 1.3-inch touchscreen display and a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitor along with a heart-rate sensor. Reebok ActiveFit 1.0 offers more than 15 sports modes and is certified to be dust and water resistant

There still exists a strong divide between smartwatches and traditional mechanical or digital wrist watches. Tech companies such as Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi have developed feature-filled, capable smartwatches and fitness trackers that are accessible to people the world over, and this has naturally shrunk the market for traditional wristwatches. Few traditional brands have been willing

Oppo Watch Free is being readied for launch in India. The date is yet to be officially confirmed by the Chinese smartphone maker, but Oppo has now listed the smartwatch on the official India website, hinting at an imminent launch of the wearable in the country. In September last year, Oppo Watch Free was unveiled