Review: Amazfit GTR 2 and GTS 2, a hybrid sport and smart watch
Recently we have reviewed a lot of different smartwatches, some not so smart focusing more on the fitness side of things, while others focusing on the smart side of the business. The Amazfit GTR2 and GTS 2 both...
OnePlus smartwatch coming “early next year”
We have all wanted Google to release a Pixel Watch for a long time but it does not look that is going ot happen any time soon. The next best bet in the Android space, given their proficiency...
Review: Polar Vantage V2, the serious fitness watch trying to be smart
There are a lot of so-called smartwatches around. We are seeing what we consider smartwatches -- eg. Wear OS, Galaxy Watches etc -- move more into the fitness space and at the same time we are seeing the...
Review: Suunto 7 — the Wear OS sportswatch
Wear OS was teetering on the edge of oblivion not so long ago but around the middle of last year manufacturers actually started putting some decent specs in their smartwatches -- ie. more RAM. Since then Wear OS...
OnePlus working with Google to bring their first WearOS smartwatch to fruition
Rumours have been circling for a while suggesting that OnePlus are working on a smartwatch. Today OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed not just the existence of the OnePlus watch but also that it will run WearOS.
In an interview...
V-Fitness brings a $99 Smart Watch to the Aussie market
If you use Google Fit or Apple Health and want a compatible smartwatch that doesn't cost the earth then V-Fitness may have the answer. Their new smartwatch costs only $99 and does a lot of basic fitness tracking...
Mobvoi launches their anticipated LTE variant of the TicWatch Pro 3
It's not often we see a small company rise to be the leader of the pack in they tech space, but if you want a Wear OS device right now, then Mobvoi makes the best one the market, and...
Suunto drop the price of the Suunto 7 Sportswatch to $599
A lot of water has passed under the bridge since we covered the release of the Suunto 7 Smartwatch and over the year instead of focusing on delivering new products Suunto have instead focused on steadily releasing updates to...
Fitbit Australia and Sydney Uni partner in international COVID-19 pandemic wearables research
Can wearable tech predict COVID-19 and reveal how pandemics affect us?
That's one of the questions University of Sydney researchers would like to know and to find out they have joined an international, US-led effort to discover if data from...
Review: OPPO Watch, not just another clone
OPPO announced their first smartwatch earlier this year, with the Wear OS version arriving not long after. Unfortunately, it took a few months to land here in Australia but now that it is here we are seeing not just...
Australian Review: Huawei Watch Fit is a great competitor to Fitbit Charge 4
Huawei's new Watch Fit features a rounded rectangular face with a large 1.64 AMOLED display. The Watch Fit encourages users to get into new forms of exercise through a variety of animated fitness courses, workout modes and health tracking...
Australian Review: Fitbit Sense is basically Versa 3 plus ECG and Stress Sensor
The Fitbit Sense is their new top model. It's a new premium product line bumping Versa down into the mid range of Fitbit devices. The Sense features the world’s first electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor on a smartwatch to help...
The Polar Vantage V2 is here, the fitness watch for the serious athlete
There are some watches that promise some fitness capabilities but very few who do it to a level that will keep the serious athlete happy. Polar though have been in the fitness business for a long time and...
OPPO launch their online store for wearables and accessories
Not long ago we pined about the lack of availability of smartphone accessories for so many phones that are available to purchase in Australia. Ideally, cases, chargers, cables etc should be part of every manufacturer's after-sales service but...
Mobvoi sieze a simple opportunity to save consumers money
Mobvoi has seen a simple gap in the market and seized the opportunity. Owners of totally wireless earbuds are likely to know the pain of misplacing a single bud or even worse, your charging case. Only to...