Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is kicking off next Monday, and starting later this week, developers who have been invited to attend in person will be catching flights to get to Cupertino, California. Developer Ryan Jones today announced the launch of a useful flight tracking tool for those who are attending, which is available through the […]
Read MoreMobvoi announced the TicWatch 5 Pro, which is the first wearable from this year’s flagship lineup. The new device succeeds the TicWatch 3 Pro and offers improvements in many aspects. However, Mobvoi’s main focus remains health tracking to compete with the very best in the industry. That’s why the company launched its new and improved […]
Read MoreUnited this week announced that it has updated its iPhone app to add support for Live Activities and the Dynamic Island, allowing United passengers quicker access to flight tracking information. With Live Activities integration, customers have access to their boarding passes, gate, and seat number, as well as a countdown clock to their departure time. […]
Read MoreThe iOS 17 update that Apple plans to announce in June will include a dedicated journaling app, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The Wall Street Journal in April highlighted Apple’s work on a Day One-style journaling app, but at the time, it was not clear if it would come in iOS 17. According to Gurman, the […]
Read MoreLast week, Google announced Wear OS 4 during the Google I/O 2023 keynote event. It also released the first Wear OS 4 Developer Preview update that can be used in an emulator. It was revealed that Wear OS 4 brings a new watch face format, improved battery life, and Material You UI. Now, more Wear […]
Read MoreOne of the huge innovations set to change the wearables landscape is blood glucose tracking, which is being worked on by pretty much ever wearables company going. While some years from arriving on our smartwatches, Apple is rumored to be working on glucose tracking, and we’ve reported on a host of other projects, all trying […]
Read MoreObject trackers like the Galaxy SmartTag are pretty helpful in finding misplaced or stolen objects, but they can also be very dangerous when those devices are used to track people without their consent. To limit unwanted tracking through location trackers, Apple has partnered with Google, and Samsung is interested in this new privacy technology. Apple […]
Read MoreToday Apple and Google jointly unveiled that they’ve teamed up to address the problem of unwanted tracking through dedicated location tracking devices like Apple’s AirTag. These have notoriously been used to track individuals without their knowledge, and it apparently got to a point where the companies finally felt the need to intervene in some way. […]
Read MoreUber Eats has started rolling out Live Activities support around the world, allowing iPhone users to easily track their order on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. The feature is available to a small percentage of users in the latest version of the Uber Eats app, and it will be available more widely […]
Read MoreApple and Google today jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth item trackers for unwanted tracking of individuals. As part of this initiative, the companies plan to expand AirTag-like unwanted tracking alerts to third-party item trackers in future versions of iOS and Android. Tile, Chipolo, Samsung, Eufy, and Pebblebee […]
Read MoreApple is planning to launch a Day One-style iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities, as part of its efforts in the market for and physical mental health, reports The Wall Street Journal. From the paywalled report: The software will compete in a category of so-called journaling apps, such as Day One, […]
Read MoreSamsung is rolling out a new update for the Galaxy Watch 5 that ties together menstrual cycle tracking with the smartwatch’s skin temperature sensor. The feature is rolling out in phases through the Samsung Health app starting today in the USA, Korea, and 30 markets across Europe. Samsung’s new update enables more accurate menstrual cycle […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Fit lineups of wearables from Samsung are great at fitness tracking. However, Samsung is also developing another lineup of products that are said to offer even better health tracking accuracy. The South Korean firm is working on a smart ring that could be launched as the Galaxy Ring. Galaxy Ring […]
Read MoreIt will also be able to track variations in pollution at the neighborhood scale. Lefer foresees this being especially useful for exposing environmental injustice, since lower income and racially segregated areas are more likely to be near emissions sources like ports or refineries. “And satellite data can show that,” he says. Weather forecasting will benefit, too: […]
Read MoreAfter being fined millions of dollars by European regulators, Meta is finally allowing its Facebook and Instagram users to opt out of tracking on its platforms. This change comes as part of the pressure from the EU. Although Meta first threatened to take down Facebook and Instagram from the European market, however, it went all […]
Read MorePopular camera company Insta360 today announced Insta360 Flow – an AI-tracking smartphone stabilizer with 3-axis gimbal stabilization for content creators. It’s advertised as an all-in-one smartphone content creation tool that comes with a built-in selfie stick, tripod, and a cold shoe. The Insta360 Flow has mechanical stabilization for shake-free shots and uses Insta360’s Deep Track […]
Read MoreWhile the wearables industry grapples with next-generation glucose, blood pressure, and ketone sensors, AI may enable us to get medical-grade insights without the need to wear anything. Today, we predict glucose. Tomorrow we can predict any biomarker like lactate, ketone, cortisol and so on That’s the promise of January AI, which uses natural language processing […]
Read MoreThe iOS 16.4 update that was released today fleshes out the built-in order tracking function that’s available in the Wallet app for purchases made using Apple Pay. There’s now a dedicated Home Screen widget for tracking orders placed with Apple Pay, and an updated Apple support document clarifies that it is also possible to share […]
Read MoreApple is tracking the attendance of its employees at offices using badge records in order to ensure they are coming in at least three times a week, according to Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer. Since April 2022, Apple employees have been operating on a hybrid home/office work policy as part of a gradual return strategy following the […]
Read MoreUsing your Garmin for sleep tracking is one of the easiest ways to ensure you get the most out of your watch. Not only has Garmin upped its game in recent years and started adding more helpful insights into your slumber, but sleep tracking now powers plenty of other metrics found on Garmin’s most popular […]
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