The key reason you should use Whoop Strength Trainer – and 5 tips for tracking

Once upon a time, tracking your strength workouts and receiving the right amount of credit for your big lifts in the gym was virtually impossible. That’s all changed with Whoop Strength Trainer.  Since the feature was added to the Whoop experience in April 2023, I’ve been using it to mix up my routine, spot trends […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Engineer uses an Honor Magic6 Pro’s eye tracking feature to remotely control a car

The Honor Magic6 Pro has AI-based eye-tracking powered by Eyeware’s GazeSense software running on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. You could, for example, use it to select a destination on the map and zoom in, just by gazing at your phone. And now it can even start your car! Okay, that’s just a proof of […]

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Google Pixel Watch 3: Tracking the latest rumors and release date predictions

The Google Pixel Watch 3 is already the subject of rumors and leaks, despite the smartwatch not expected to launch until the back end of 2024.  The Pixel Watch 2 is still very much in the early stages of its lifecycle, but it never hurts to look ahead at what might be in store for […]

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Apple Watch X: Tracking the latest rumors and release date predictions

Whether announced as the Apple Watch X, Apple Watch Series 10, or something else entirely, it appears the Cupertino giant is cooking up something big for this year’s smartwatch. With the rest of the industry playing catch-up, Apple has spent the last couple of years (at least) delivering only minor, iterative improvements to its latest […]

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Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 9 to lose blood-oxygen tracking

Apple was banned from selling the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the US last year following a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo. However, Apple won a temporary stay on the ban, allowing it to continue selling its latest smartwatches, and now we learn the tech giant could turn off blood-oxygen […]

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Xreal Air 2 Ultra announced with 6DoF tracking, wider field of view

Xreal launched the Air 2 and Air 2 Pro AR glasses in October, now the company adds a new class of device – the Xreal Air 2 Ultra. What sets this apart from its siblings is that it has two cameras mounted on the frame that enable 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) tracking. The data […]

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CES 2024: Belkin Launching Qi2 Chargers, GaN Chargers, and First Apple-Certified Auto Tracking iPhone Stand

At CES this week, Belkin is making a number of Apple-related announcements, including confirmation that several wireless chargers based on the new Qi2 standard derived from MagSafe are just about ready to come to market. Belkin is also making announcements about several wired charging products with GaN technology and an innovative iPhone stand that keeps […]

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Medications Tracking feature comes to Samsung Health

Samsung announced a new Medications Tracking feature for its Samsung Health app. It does exactly what you think it does – it helps you track your prescription and over-the-counter medications and makes sure you don’t forget to take them. Samsung believes that Medications Tracking will help users adhere to their regular medication intake by setting […]

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Samsung Health to get Medications tracking feature

Samsung has announced a new feature called Medications for Samsung Health. It helps Galaxy smartphone and smartwatch users manage their health and medications in a better way. Users can keep track of their prescription and over-the-counter medicines and get reminders to take pills on time. The Medications feature on Samsung Health will be available on […]

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DoorDash Rolling Out Order Tracking in Dynamic Island on iPhones

DoorDash recently started rolling out Live Activities support for its iPhone app, allowing users to track their food delivery order at a glance on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro models and all iPhone 15 models. DoorDash began working on Live Activities support a few months ago, and the […]

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Omate Ice Ring arrives with health tracking and sleek design

Omate has announced a new smart ring called Ice Ring. It’s made of titanium alloy and has a slim and minimal design. The smart ring comes with health monitoring features, including sleep tracking, heart rate monitoring, and blood oxygen level tracking. The Omate Ice Ring also comes with stress monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, and activity […]

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How Huawei is pushing health and fitness tracking into the future

Huawei is certainly no stranger to wearable innovation.  After a decade of research and development in the wearable space, and with major sports and health science facilities already operating in Xi’An and Songshan Lakes (Dongguan), the company’s new Health Lab in Helsinki (Finland) is the latest hub to push forward health and fitness tracking.  Featuring […]

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Huawei Watch GT4 update brings better sleep tracking

Huawei introduced the Watch GT4 about two months ago with HarmonyOS 4 out of the box. Today, units started receiving an update that optimizes two major features – sleep tracking and the cycle calendar. The update version is 4.0.0.122 (C00M02) and is 45.90 MB in size. Users from all over the globe should be receiving […]

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Apple terms Android as a massive tracking device in internal documents

The tiff between iOS and Android is known to the world, but it seems like it has gone to the next level. According to the documents disclosed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from the ongoing Google antitrust trial, Apple has condemned Google for its privacy policies and called Android a ‘massive tracking device’. […]

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Samsung and researchers working to improve the Galaxy Watch VO2 Max and sweat loss tracking

With the One UI 4.1 Watch Samsung introduced two helpful features for runners – sweat loss tracking and VO2 Max estimation. Now the company has set out to improve the accuracy of these functions by partnering with researchers at the University of Michigan Exercise & Sport Science Initiative (ESSI). The research will be lead by […]

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Huawei Watch GT4 launches in 41mm and 46mm sizes with improved health tracking and battery

The new Huawei Watch GT4 is here with two stylish options – 41mm with a “Pendant Design” and 46mm with an “Octogonal Design” – and the upgraded TruSeen 5.5+ technology, which is a new suite of sensors and algorithms to provide more accurate and more detailed health tracking. First off, the choice between 41mm and […]

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