Wearables

OnePlus Watch will go on its first sale in India on April 21 for Red Cable Club members. It is the company’s first smartwatch and was unveiled alongside the OnePlus 9 series last month. This first sale will be exclusively for Red Cable Club members, and non-members can purchase the OnePlus Watch one day later

TicWatch GTH smartwatch was launched this week as a budget friendly offering from Mobvoi. It features a rectangular dial with just one button on the right side and a single colour option. TicWatch GTH also steps away from Google’s Wear OS this time and is using RTOS instead. It has a metal case and interchangeable

Zebronics Zeb-Fit2220CH fitness band, that looks like a smartwatch, has been launched in India. The fitness band comes with features like blood pressure monitor, heart rate sensor and SpO2 sensor to monitor blood oxygen saturation level. The smart band sports a 3.3cm TFT touch colour display with 2.5D curved glass. It has a round dial

Samsung is hosting its Galaxy Unpacked 2020 in San Francisco, California, on February 11. The event will be the place where the South Korean company will unveil its flagship phones that are rumoured to be the Galaxy S20-series models, namely the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra. In addition to the Galaxy S20

Honor has slashed the price of two wearable devices in India – the first-gen Honor Magic Watch smartwatch and the Honor Band 5 fitness band. The price cut on Honor’s smartwatch and fitness band is now live in India, and the two devices are now available at the reduced price from Flipkart. The price cut

HMD Global is expected to be unveiling new Nokia smartphones at MWC 2020 but more importantly, there are talks of the company showcasing the first Nokia smartwatch that will run on Google’s Wear OS. A rumour indicates that the upcoming Nokia smartphone will include support for eSIM, allowing it to connect to the Internet without

Garmin on Thursday launched its latest range of Vivomove smartwatches in India, featuring traditional watch faces along with a hidden display, for showing health and fitness tracking data, as well as notifications and reminders. The watches in the series include the Vivomove 3, Vivomove 3S, Vivomove Style, and Vivomove Luxe. Prices start at Rs. 24,490

Apple Watch is one of Apple’s bestselling products, and since its launch, the wearable has upended the market. Strategy Analytics, a research and consulting company, has released new sales estimates that suggest Apple sold more watches last year than all of the Switch watch brands combined. According to the estimates, 30.7 million Apple Watches were

The iPhone is back. But Apple is girding for more disruptions in virus-hit China. Apple on Tuesday reported sales and profits for the holiday shopping quarter above Wall Street expectations, thanks to rising iPhone sales for the first time in a year and soaring demand for add-ons like AirPods wireless headphones. The performance outweighed concerns

Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth had confirmed in his latest #AskMadhav episode that the first Realme fitness band will be launched in India next month. With little time left for the launch, it’s only logical that the company will be testing out the product to see if there are any glitches that need to be

Oppo has been rumoured to be working on a smartwatch for a while now, and the company VP Brian Shen has now shared an official photo, confirming the arrival. The photo shows a smartwatch inspired by the Apple Watch design, and even the watch face shows similarity to that of Apple. In any case, the

Fossil has launched the Hybrid HR smartwatch in India. The round-dial smartwatch comes in varied dial and strap options, and is touted to offer more than two weeks of battery life. Key features of the hybrid watch include an always-on display, heart rate monitoring, real-time weather, call and text previews, and activity and sleep tracking.

Huawei Band 4 is all set to go on sale on February 1. The fitness band was launched in India a few days ago, and while the price was unveiled, the exact availability date wasn’t mentioned then. The company has finally confirmed that the Huawei Band 4 will go on sale on Flipkart on Saturday.

Athletic and casual footwear maker Puma has just launched its first smartwatch in India. Called the Puma Smartwatch, this product was launched internationally last year. The German multinational company has designed the watch along with Fossil Group which has been in the smartwatch game for a really long time. This is the first time Puma

Samsung Galaxy Buds+, the upgraded version of Galaxy Buds TWS earbuds, are rumoured to debut at the Galaxy Unpacked event later this month. After appearing in some high quality renders, their existence has now been seemingly confirmed via an official App Store listing of the dedicated Samsung Galaxy Buds+ app. And if that was not

The Indian e-commerce market has had a great 2019. Affordable Internet access has opened up new opportunities for online marketplaces in India. In 2019, every second mobile phone sold in the country was being purchased online, according to market research. The same report claimed Flipkart led the overall online market in India with a strong

Apple Watch (PRODUCT) RED edition is speculated to debut in spring 2020. The new version is said to be a part of the Apple Watch Series 5 family that was unveiled earlier this year. So far, the Cupertino company has brought a range of iPhone models with (PRODUCT) RED branding in a collaboration with (RED),

Huami has confirmed its presence at Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2020) next year, and is now teasing the arrival of the Amazfit Bip S smartwatch via its social channels. The company has also separately announced that it is looking to expand its portfolio beyond the smartwatch category, and teased the arrival of Amazfit’s first wireless

Xiaomi has launched a new smartwatch in China – the Mi Watch Color. The new smartwatch from Xiaomi has a round dial, unlike the company’s recently launched Mi Watch that comes with a rectangular dial. The Xiaomi Mi Watch Color will come in three dial colour options, and straps in a multitude of shades and

Xiaomi announced the Mi Watch Color earlier this week, but so far, the company has not revealed the internal hardware of its latest smartwatch. However, a few live images of the Mi Watch Color’s retail package have surfaced online, and they reveal some of its key specifications such as display size and resolution, battery capacity,

Xiaomi-backed Huami recently confirmed that it will launch the Amazfit Bip S smartwatch at CES 2020. But it appears that it won’t be the only Huami smartwatch to make its debut at the mega tech event in Las Vegas. Huami Technology has announced that the company will also launch a rugged smartwatch called the Amazfit

Xiaomi’s latest smartwatch – the Mi Watch Colour – is all set to go on sale starting January 3 in China. Ahead of its market availability, Xiaomi has officially listed the Mi Watch Color on its online sale platforms, revealing its key specifications, colour options, and the pricing. The Mi Watch Color packs a 1.39-inch

Fitness technology player Goqii on Friday launched its fitness tracker named Vital ECG, designed to track users’ heart health, for Rs. 4,999, in the presence of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. Goqii Vital ECG will provide ECG reports powered by Tricog Health — which is a platform that instantly interprets ECG readings with advanced technology and

Fossil this week launched its Gen 5 smartwatches in the Indian market. To recall, the series of Wear OS by Google smartwatches were launched globally in August this year. The smartwatches come with a heart rate monitor, accelerometer, gyroscope, altimeter, and an ambient light sensor. The series is supposedly designed to offer better functionality for

Amazfit recently launched its Bip Lite wearable in India, priced at Rs. 3,999. This model is more affordable than the Amazfit Bip which was priced at Rs. 5,499 at launch. The new wearable claims 45 days of battery life on a single charge and is capable of heart-rate and sleep tracking. This device also supports activity

Honor Watch Magic 2 has been unveiled at an official event in Beijing, China. As a successor to the Honor Watch Magic that was unveiled back in November last year, the Honor Watch Magic 2 comes in two distinct size options with 46mm and 42mm case variants. The smartwatch also continues to the legacy by

Infinix has launched the Infinix Band 5 in India, a new affordable wearable that goes against the likes of Xiaomi’s Mi Band 3i. The Infinix Band 5 features a colour IPS display for displaying health metrics and notifications from connected apps. The Infinix wearable also comes with an IP67 certified build, which means it is

Xiaomi-backed brand Huami has announced the launch of a new Titanium edition of its Amazfit GTS smartwatch in China. This new edition sports a titanium build along with a fluoro-rubber strap in comparison to the aluminium build and silicone strap found in the standard Amazfit GTS. And apart from these cosmetic changes, the internals of

Chinese smartphone maker Honor, which considers India a big market for its products, is aiming to make $2.3 billion (roughly Rs. 16,500 crores) globally by selling wearables next year, a top company executive has said. The company will initially be focussing on releasing wearables devices, not smart TV models. “India is a huge market for

Huawei Watch GT 2 has now been listed on the company’s India website, and the ‘Notify Me’ button is now live to gauge registrations of interest. The company has also confirmed that the smartwatch will be available online on Amazon and Flipkart exclusively. The launch date has still not been revealed, but now that the