Samsung has been very very very very slow bringing the Gear 360 camera to the U.S. Well the wait is now over! But only for a very luck few! If you are attending VidCon this week, you will be able to buy one. But you want to make the Samsung booth your first stop at […]
Ultimate Ears‘ high-end Bluetooth speakers now allow Android and iPhone owners to use voice prompts to control their music. Ultimate Ears is rolling out a firmware update for the UE Boom 2 and UE Megaboom that adds Google Now and Siri support. The update must be installed via the Ultimate Ears mobile app. Once added, […]
3DRudder announced that its foot-based VR locomotion controller is now compatible with the Samsung GearVR mobile HMD and Google Cardboard devices. 3DRudder first caught our attention in December 2014, and then we had a chance to try a prototype version of its foot controller in January 2015. The device is a simple to use locomotion […]
Motorola and LG have said their first-generation Android Wear smartwatches won’t be updated to the newest version of the wearable platform from Google. Both companies recently shared the news via their official Twitter accounts. The two wearables were first announced in 2014 and were among the first wave of smartwatches to run Android Wear. Motorola […]
Apple today announced WatchOS 3.0, a forthcoming update to its wearable platform that will provide speed and usability improvements throughout. Chiefly, Apple says WatchOS 3.0 will allow apps to launch instantly. Moreover, apps will update quickly both in the background and when launched so they display new content as soon as opened. The UI includes […]
Pebble has tweaked the performance of its health app and introduced a brand new weather app in a system update for Pebble smartwatches. Pebble OS version 3.13 improves the accuracy of Pebble Health, which now accounts for movements during sleep and prevents them from being logged as steps. The fitness graphs available in Pebble Health […]
Samsung announced two new fitness-themed wearables. The Gear Fit2 is a second-generation, wrist-worn activity tracker with GPS and heart rate monitor. Like the original, the Fit2 has a curved, Super AMOLED touchscreen that can be used to track activity as well as check notifications. It can record workouts automatically, transfer fitness data to Samsung’s S Health […]
Samsung said it will give a Gear VR headset to people who by one of its Galaxy S smartphones between now and June 19. The qualifying handsets include the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6, and Galaxy Note 5. Consumers who buy one of these phones from […]
Jaybird has debuted Freedom Wireless Bluetooth Buds, its fifth-generation of Freedom. Aiming to match sophisticated style, incredible sound and increased comfort into the smallest, most advanced wireless earbuds ever designed by the firm. You get micro-sized sand blasted metal accented housing in a fashionable, small package. Jaybird has overame the need to use plastic by moving all electronics to its miniaturized […]
On Tuesday, audio accessory maker Ultimate Ears unveiled a new version of the UE Roll Bluetooth speaker. The new UE Roll 2, which sells for $100, looks identical to the previous version, but gets about 15 percent louder. In addition, the unit now supports a Bluetooth source signal up to 100 feet away, an […]