What you need to know Microsoft has unbundled Teams from Office 365 globally after Slack filed a complaint with the EU Commission, citing anti-competitive practices. The company separated the services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland last year, but it seems it was enough for the competitors. Teams will now be available for new […]
Read MoreHuawei is no stranger to innovation in the wearables space, and 2024 is already shaping up to be a huge year for the company’s ambitions in Europe. Leveraging its extensive R&D resources, user insights, and cutting-edge technologies, the company is aiming to deliver the next generation of wearables with three key focuses – sleep, mental […]
Read MoreThe British company Bullitt, responsible for manufacturing rugged phones under Caterpillar (CAT) and Motorola Defy brands, failed to restructure financially and had to fold. Former employees posted on LinkedIn the company is unable to service its debt, and everyone is currently looking for new jobs. According to WinFuture, the plans for Bullitt were to hand […]
Read MoreApple is planning to add a new “Capture Button” to the iPhone 16 models, as we first reported back in September. When the news broke about the extra button, we didn’t initially know what it was for, but the name gave us some hints and Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman confirmed in December that it would be […]
Read MoreJust a couple of days ago, Samsung brought blood pressure monitoring and ECG features to the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 in India. Now, the company has brought the same feature to the Galaxy Watch 6 series because the Samsung Health Monitor app has received approval from related authorities in India. Galaxy […]
Read MoreFollowing approval by India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch4, Watch5, and Watch6 models (including the Pro and Classic ones) can now finally, for the first time, measure your blood pressure and take an ECG in India. For this, you need Samsung Health Monitor installed on both your watch and your phone – […]
Read MoreSamsung has finally made the Samsung Health Monitor app available in India (via @YashRathoreX). With this release, all the smartwatches from the company that feature blood pressure measurement and ECG on a hardware level should get the feature activated soon. The Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 are among the first smartwatches from […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft recently announced that Microsoft Teams is being used by over 320 million active monthly users worldwide. This is after the company shipped its new Teams app to broad availability for Windows and Mac. The company boasts that the new app is two times faster and consumes 50% less disk […]
Read MoreApple launches a new version of the Watch Series and the Watch Ultra every year, and people don’t expect 2024 to be any different. The company will most likely launch the Watch Series 10 and Watch Ultra 3 next year alongside the iPhone 16 lineup. Now, a new report from Mark Gurman on Bloomberg reveals […]
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Series 9 is only a few weeks into its lifecycle but the latest Bloomberg report takes a deep dive of the Apple smart wearable line with some interesting revelations about its past and speculations of new health tracking features coming to the next generation smartwatch. Apple Watch Series 10 is said to […]
Read MoreApple plans to add blood pressure monitoring and sleep apnea detection to Apple Watch in 2024, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In a report covering the arc of Apple’s heath-related ambitions, Gurman outlines the first iteration of the company’s “pathbreaking” blood pressure sensor technology that Apple aims to launch next year: The system is designed […]
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) is taking on the world’s worst killer, laying out its first plan to conquer hypertension—a level of high blood pressure that affects one in every three adults globally. That figure has doubled since 1990. It’s now up to 1.3 billion people. High blood pressure might sound like a disease of […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft will unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 in the Economic Area and Switzerland. The decision comes amidst an ongoing antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s bundling practices by the European Commission. Organizations will be able to purchase Microsoft 365 subscriptions without Teams for a lower price than the current offering or purchase […]
Read MoreWe’re nearing the end of Samsung Health week at SamMobile, and it’s time to take a deeper dive into the Monitor component. Out-of-the-box, Samsung Health offers almost everything for your fitness and self-improvement needs, from comprehensive biometric tracking to community events and detailed guides. However, Samsung Health also relies on a companion app for tracking […]
Read MoreSamsung Display has unveiled a new generation of OLED panel that it says can recognize fingerprints anywhere on the screen and even check the user’s heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels using multiple simultaneous finger readings. Samsung’s ‘Sensor OLED Display’ at SID Display Week 2023 Usually, fingerprint sensors in smartphones are attached under the […]
Read MoreIt had been rumored for a while now that Google is going to launch a competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold. That finally happened yesterday with the official announcement of the Google Pixel Fold. The device had been leaked quite thoroughly leading up to the launch so it didn’t exactly come as a surprise. This […]
Read MoreRecent rumors said Samsung Pay might be coming to Galaxy Watches in South Korea, but things didn’t look very promising, given that an unnamed Samsung executive responded to the reports with the phrase “nothing has been decided yet.” However, things might indeed change for the better for Galaxy Watch users in Korea, and it all […]
Read MoreSamsung Philippines announced that the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro are now able to track your blood pressure and take ECG (electrocardiogram) readings in the country following certification clearance and a new firmware update. The ECG and blood pressure measurements only work with a paired Samsung phone with the latter requiring an initial setup […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy Watch 5 series features various health and fitness tracking features, including blood pressure monitoring, ECG, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, SpO2 measurement, and stress tracking. However, blood pressure monitoring and ECG weren’t active in various countries, including the Philippines. That is changing today. Samsung has announced that it is activating blood pressure monitoring […]
Read MoreTracking blood pressure could become as natural to us wearable users as getting our 10,000 steps, according to Steven LeBoeuf, the president of Valencell. At CES 2023, Valencell unveiled the world’s first cuffless blood pressure tracker – one which doesn’t require validation and paves the way for a future where wearables can automatically track blood […]
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