Wearable devices
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A Wraparound Apple Watch? You Don’t Actually Want That
Photo: Victoria Song/Gizmodo I get it. A flexible OLED display that extends all the way around your wrist looks cyberpunk…
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This Watch Is Also a Metronome
Photo: John Biggs/Gizmodo There are wearables that measure your heart rate, your sleep patterns, and your blood oxygen levels. But…
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Custom Third-Party Tiles Are Coming to Wear OS
Image: Google There are a lot of reasons why Google’s Wear OS as a smartwatch platform is so frustrating. It…
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A Kirigami-Inspired Sensor Could Help Stop Back Damage From Computer Work
Photo: Getty Images (Getty Images) Sitting for long hours hunched over a keyboard is terrible for your neck and back,…
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The Best Smartwatches With Texting in 2021
Graphic: Gabe Carey, Image: Apple Top Pick:Â Apple Watch Series 6 | $385 | Amazon Smartwatches are handy devices that not…
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The Best Waterproof Smartwatches in 2021
Your watch is designed to live on your wrist, so you shouldn’t have to baby it—every scratch, ding, and splash…
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The Best Water-Resistant Smart Watches
Your watch is designed to live on your wrist, so you shouldn’t have to baby it—every scratch, ding, and splash…
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The best smartwatches to text your friends
Graphic: Eric Ravenscraft Smartwatches are handy devices that not only track fitness activities and metrics, but put a lot of…
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The Best Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers You Can Buy
Photo: Victoria Song/Gizmodo From smartwatches and fitness trackers to Bluetooth rings and sleep-logging wristbands, if it’s technology you can wear,…
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Samsung’s Switch to Google’s Wear OS Would Be a Huge Mistake
Photo: Victoria Song/Gizmodo Rumors that Samsung may potentially ditch Tizen, its proprietary OS for wearables, for Google’s Wear OS, have…
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