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Electronics
1 min read

Garmin brings the ECG app to more smartwatches

Garmin’s smartwatches are pretty popular in the United States and Europe, so the multinational company is trying to keep them updated. One of the features that most of Garmin’s smartwatches have been lacking in comparison with the competition is ECG support.…

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Electronics
2 min read

Apple will continue to dominate fast-growing smartwatch market

While the global smartphone market remains stagnant as groundbreaking foldable designs need more time to “stabilize” and 5G deployment is still too slow to make a difference, smartwatch sales continue to grow at an impressive pace around the world, pushing…

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Electronics
3 min read

Apple Watch cuts more ties with the iPhone in latest watchOS 6

VentureBeat’s Jeremy Horwitz discovered something interesting on his Apple Watch when he installed watchOS 6 Developer beta 2 on the device. There are indications that with the latest watchOS build, the wearable will be able to directly load OTA updates…

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Electronics
1 min read

Pokemon GO support for Apple Watch gets the ax

The folks at Niantic, developers of Pokemon GO, have always added support for new platforms and OSes when it was needed. The most recent announcement coming from the company does exactly the opposite though. It looks like Pokemon GO developer Niantic has…

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Electronics
3 min read

Apple Watch’s ECG became finally available in Europe

The Apple Watch is the world’s most popular line of smartwatches right now, holding about 50% of the global market. When Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 4 last year, there was one feature that stood above all. It wasn’t the larger display or the…

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Electronics
3 min read

Smartwatches to dominate eSIM adoption in China

A new joint report by GSMA and Telecommunication Terminal Industry Forum Association (TAF) titled “eSIM in China: the road ahead” suggests that smartwatches, not smartphones, will dominate the eSIM market in China. The report acknowledged that eSIM…

Dotlife
Electronics
1 min read

Copperwired adding .Life stores next year

Gadget retailer Copperwired is set to invest THB165 million (US$5.036 million) opening 30 new .Life stores by the end of next year. The new .Life stores include a new 310sqm flagship at CentralWorld, described as the “largest gadget lifestyle shop featuring…

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Electronics
3 min read

Wearables are pivoting from fitness to wellness

The wearables market has grown over the past decade, and now a new generation of tech wearables is looking to differentiate itself by looking to the buzzy wellness industry for growth. The industry and definition of wellness has expanded to incorporate…