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Latest about wearables

The Garmin Fenix 9 Pro smartwatch.
Garmin just priced me out of the Fenix 9: Here’s what you can get for less

By Alex Blake Published

The Garmin Fenix 9 is an expensive smartwatch, but there are plenty of other options on the table.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch FE
Samsung’s latest watch leak is an Apple Watch SE rival that ditches Wear OS

By Alex Blake Published

A leak has revealed hints pointing towards a low-cost Samsung Galaxy Aero smartwatch.

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A Garmin watch, a Whoop band and an Apple Watch side by side.
Whoop opens blood-testing and cancer screening service to non-Whoop owners

By Alex Blake Published

Whoop’s Advanced Labs blood-testing service no longer requires a Whoop membership, opening access to Apple and Garmin users.

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A wearable poison-detection patch developed by North Carolina State University.
This lifesaving patch buzzes your arm when it detects nearby poisons

By Alex Blake Published

A new skin patch can warn you of environmental toxins using a clever system of haptic vibrations.

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An Apple Watch showing a move goal streak of 2,000 days.
Wearables are making us anxious — Here’s what we can do about it

By Alex Blake Published

Wearables are designed to create healthy habits, but what happens when they end up reinforcing unhealthy behavior?

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Two Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 fitness trackers on an orange background
Samsung’s cheap Fitbit Air rival just leaked, but we have so many questions

By Alex Blake Published

Details of the Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 wearable have leaked in FCC regulatory filings.

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Stock image of brain activity juxtaposed with caucasian man wearing Nurosym
I electrocuted my own vagus nerve every day for a week to find out if brain health wearables work

By Matt Evans Published

Can I shock my stress away? I dove into the wild world of neurotech.

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Woman with fitness tracker stopping during a sunny run, looking distressed
How wearable tech made me obsessed with optimization

By Becca Caddy Published

Some people struggle to switch off from their wearables, but is there anything brands can do about it?

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The satellite connectivity feature of the Google Pixel Watch 4.
Pixel Watch 5 leak reveals a frustrating spec — but there’s cause for hope

By Alex Blake Published

The Google Pixel Watch 5’s specs have apparently appeared in a new leak, and they’re dividing users.

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A close up of a hand wearing the Oura Ring 5
Oura has just brought several key Ring 5 features to its older devices

By Alex Blake Published

Features that launched with the Oura Ring 5 are now coming to the Ring 4 and Ring 3 wearables.

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