Lenovo Carme smartwatch launches in India, 7-day battery life for about $75
Lenovo is perhaps better known in Australia for its laptops and its ownership of the Motorola smartphone business, but that doesn't mean it's not in other spaces. Overnight, we received word from India that Lenovo has launched its new...
Pricing and availability for Diesel and Emporio Armani Gen 5 Smartwatches revealed
Last week at IFA 2019 in Berlin Fossil launched an impressive array of Gen 5 Wear OS Smartwatches from brands like Fossil, Michael Kors, Diesel and Emporio Armani. At the time of launch, it was unclear if the Diesel...
[Updated with new pricing and availability] Here are all the Gen 5 Fossil manufactured...
Wear OS is a beleaguered platform at best, but that doesn't stop us wanting it to be better and hoping for better hardware for it to run on. The announcement of the Snapdragon 3100 Wear processor was heralded as...
TCL enters the Australian smartphone and wearable market with the new TCL Plex and...
TCL isn't new to Australia, having brought TVs to Australian homes for years. The brand has even brought smartphones and wearables to Australia previously too, making use of the Alcatel brand and even Blackberry for a number of years...
Huawei Watch GT 2 press images leak, Wear OS nowhere in sight
Through official channels the Huawei Watch GT was never available here but it was given away asa "free gift" and some importers also sold it. Here at Ausdroid after a short learning curve we loved it and consider...
Fitbit reveal the Versa 2 plus a couple of other new products, all coming...
We have heard a lot about the Fitbit Versa 2 in the previous couple of months but until now none of it was official -- now it is.
Fitbit have today launched their September 2019 lineup of products with the...
Casio reveals their latest Wear OS Outdoor Watch
It seems that Wear OS is having its annual update cycle, perhaps ahead of IFA next month in Berlin, and Casio is the latest to announce their newest Wear OS device: the outdoor-focused WSD-F21HR. While Casio won't get many...
Australian review: Fitbit Ace 2, the wearable to get kids on the move
Fitbit released the original Ace as a fitness tracker for kids last year in a bid to tap into the older child market, and with childhood obesity growing every year it is something that should be a growing market.
Here...
Fitbit Versa 2 leaks confirming Amazon Alexa integration and four day battery life
A couple of weeks ago we saw a leak from Evan Blass showing the new Fitbit Versa with what appeared to be Amazon Alexa onboard. Overnight a new leak has surfaced showing the retail package of what will...
North American smartwatch sales grow but Google’s Wear OS continues to miss the mark
According to Canalys smartwatch sales in North America have increased by 38 percent over the last 12 months but worryingly Wear OS continues to trail everyone.
Market research company Canalys have conducted research on the world's more valuable wearable market...
Misfit announce the Vapor X, their next Wear OS smartwatch packing the latest Processor...
While Google has never bothered to release a Wear OS device it seems some of their partners are more than happy to keep investing in the platform. Misfit (a Fossil company) has announced their latest Wear OS Smartwatch this...
OPPO will be entering the smartwatch market next year with some noise cancelling headphones...
Smartwatch shipments are up 40% YoY and although it was a low starting point to get to this 40% it is no surprise that others want in on this burgeoning market. OPPO are the latest to throw their...
New Samsung wearable watch passes through the FCC
With the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 event clearly in the rear-view mirror, we missed the rumoured opportunity for Samsung to release a successor to the Galaxy Watch, potentially the Galaxy Watch 2.
However, a new filing with the FCC outlines...
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 is also coming in an Under Armour edition
Samsung announced an expansion of its Galaxy Watch Active 2 range at its Unpacked event in New York this morning, launching a new Under Armour Edition of the watch.
Samsung's been partnering with Under Armour on health and fitness technology...
Fossil officially announce their Gen 5 smartwatches, the Carlyle and the Julianna
Over the weekend we saw details of the next generation of Fossil smartwatches leak and today, even though the basics appeared on the Australian website yesterday, they have become official.
Fossil have announced the first two smartwatches in their Gen...