Punch-drunk Apple Watch called 15 cops to a boxing workout when it heard 'shots' Hey Siri, did you know know that swatting is a bug, not a feature? Offbeat19 Jan 2023 | 69
Huawei teases bonkers gadget combo A watch that flips open to reveal tiny earbuds: what could possibly go wrong? Personal Tech02 Dec 2022 | 30
Google reveals Pixel 7 phones with 1.7 Stadias of security fixes promised This and wearables fortified with machine learning to serve you, human Personal Tech06 Oct 2022 | 17
Wearables sales slacken as the novelty wears off In this economy, who has $800 to spend on a watch? Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 25
Lenovo launches face-mounted monitor Not worthy of the name 'smart glasses' and not sold outside China until 2023 Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 27
Alibaba launches collaboration suite for smart glasses DingTalk goes into 'extended reality' Personal Tech06 May 2022 | 5
Indian PC market sets all-time records as Q3 shipments top 2019 total Wearables also soared, with Apple pushed out of the charts by local brands like Fire-Boltt Personal Tech19 Nov 2021 |
Sweat-sipping wearable aims to charge electronics without couch potatoes lifting a finger What's wrong with plugging it in? Science14 Jul 2021 | 12
Xiaomi my heart is still beating: Reg hack takes Chinese giant's new fitness band for a spin Review Mi Smart Band 6 needs to be slicker, bigger, and brighter to really get you faster and fitter Personal Tech02 Jul 2021 | 23
Google and Samsung merge their wearable OSes, tease Fitbit baked into the combo Who could possibly have predicted that developers would shun two small ecosystems? Personal Tech19 May 2021 | 10
The stench of progress: Sweat may power your personal tech in the not-so-distant future Gross? Maybe, but at least your Fitbit is still working Science12 Mar 2021 | 13
Sweet! Your boss is going to get you a plush new headset, says Gartner as wearable spending to soar almost 20% Analysts predict market to grow to $81.5bn from $68.9bn in 2021 Personal Tech12 Jan 2021 | 4
Apple Watch Series 6 isn't a step back for repairability but in its own way that's a leap forward Fitness fans get more battery capacity in thinner case, and replacing it is doable for the brave Personal Tech22 Sep 2020 | 12
That long-awaited, super-hyped Apple launch: Watches, iPads... and one more thing. Oh, actually that's it OK, fine. Blood-oxygen level monitoring, hexa-core 5nm Arm processors, TV packages... Personal Tech15 Sep 2020 | 95
Bluetooth SIG strives to make wearables work as COVID-19 contact-trackers Don’t rush out to buy hardware, this is months from deployment Personal Tech19 Aug 2020 | 7
Singapore to give all incoming travelers wearable tracking device Bluetooth and GPS widget will be used to enforce home COVID quarantine Science04 Aug 2020 | 15
If you're on invite-only tech-testing scheme, take care with Amazon's Alexa-powered answer to Google's Glass iFixit reveals repair won't be trivial Science03 Aug 2020 | 24
Folk sure like to stick electric toothbrush heads in their ears: True wireless stereo sales buck coronavirus trends Shipments soared 86% in Q1, 200 million expected to be shifted this year Personal Tech22 Jun 2020 | 42
Smartwatches win the consumer tech sector for Q1 2020 as locked-down folk take up fight against corona-carbs Shipments up 12%, says Canalys Personal Tech18 Jun 2020 | 11
Keep it clean you lot: Samsung's created a hand-washing app for its wearables Complete with nagware and wash-tracking features Personal Tech04 Jun 2020 | 6
Smartphones, PCs, and now wearables... Coronavirus wrecks another corner of tech 17% growth pre-pandemic now a measly 5% Personal Tech03 Jun 2020 | 2
COVID-19 sparks new wearables to push the pandemic away Don’t stand so close to me as-a-service, with added blockchain Personal Tech21 May 2020 | 20
We really doing this again? Rumour has it that Apple is nearly finished developing augmented-reality glasses Comment iGiant would have to show it has learned from Google's failures Science20 May 2020 | 33
Fitbit unfurls last new wearable before it's gobbled by Google, right on time for global pandemic lockdown Track your jogs around the block – while those are still allowed Personal Tech02 Apr 2020 | 28
Hong Kong makes wearable trackers mandatory for new arrivals, checks in with ‘surprise calls’ too Government CIO promises they don’t record location, just change of location Security19 Mar 2020 | 39
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds: They're good – though for close to £300, they really should be Hands on Not headphones. Earbuds Personal Tech13 Mar 2020 | 43
Watch this space: Chinese mobe flinger OPPO flexes first shot at the wearables market With eSIM tech for the Dick Tracy in your life Personal Tech06 Mar 2020 | 10
Best buds? Apple must be fuming: Samsung's wireless earphones boast 11 hours of listening on a single charge That's enough time for all Nickelback's albums in one sitting! Personal Tech13 Feb 2020 | 59
Xiaomi what's inside: Wow, teardown nerds find debut smartwatch isn't actually a solder-and-resin nightmare If you can open the damn thing, that is Personal Tech06 Feb 2020 | 25
Lobes carry the load, says IDC: 'Hearables' sector accounts for half of all tech clobber sold Yep that's our old friend Earworn Wearables by another name Personal Tech11 Dec 2019 | 5
Samsung taking its sweet time delivering Galaxy watches from phone bundle bungle Chaebol blames 'popularity' for 'slight delay' of 2.5 months Personal Tech22 Nov 2019 | 10
'Earworn Wearables' will save the day (wireless earbuds, but cool name for your D&D halfling) The hero that drives 62% uptick in wearables to *squints* $52bn, according to Gartner Science30 Oct 2019 | 50
We asked for your Fitbit horror stories and, oh wow, did you deliver: Readers sync their teeth into 'junk' gizmos 'This is the last Fitbit I will buy' Personal Tech17 Sep 2019 | 76
Apple cracks, straps on free repair service for defective Watches Got a Series 2 or 3 in aluminium with a borked screen? Things might be looking up for you Personal Tech02 Sep 2019 | 10
It's all in the wrist: Your fitness tracker could be as much about data warfare as your welfare Column Tick, tick, boom? Personal Tech19 Jun 2019 | 101
European Commission orders mass recall of creepy, leaky child-tracking smartwatch Hackers can talk to and locate the wearer, warns notice Security04 Feb 2019 | 64
Low-power chips are secret sauce behind long-life wearables CES 2019 Fancy that – dumb is the new smart Personal Tech07 Jan 2019 | 34
For wearable analysts, the glass is always half full IDC looks at stagnant US market ... and sees only joy Personal Tech05 Dec 2018 | 3
Gartner to wearables biz: Through failure comes success! Crystal-ball gazer claims market will treble in size in next three years Personal Tech29 Nov 2018 | 24
Apple replaces boot-loop watchOS edition with unconnected complications edition QA? We've heard of it Personal Tech06 Nov 2018 | 34
5.1 update sends Apple's Watch 4 bling spinning into an Infinite Loop of reboot cycles We'll just take this one away Personal Tech01 Nov 2018 | 35
Huawei's Watch GT snubs Google for homegrown OS Behold, a new Chinese platform? Personal Tech16 Oct 2018 | 39
Watch Series 4: What price 'freedom'? About as much as you'd expect from an Apple product Review A stellar improvement all round – except for Siri Personal Tech08 Oct 2018 | 45
Vodafone and EE ship Apple's Watch 4, but not without LTE teething issues Which gets you the best deal? We did the arithmetic Personal Tech24 Sep 2018 | 7
Qualcomm's tardy chip upgrade leaves the Great Wearables Reveal to jokers and clowns IFA The Android comeback must wait a little longer Personal Tech04 Sep 2018 | 9
Snap code snatched, Pentagon bans bands, pacemakers cracked, etc Roundup New zero-day vendor opens up shop, and more in infosec this week Security11 Aug 2018 | 15
Wearable hybrids prove the bloated smartwatch is one of Silly Valley's biggest mistakes Analysis When dumb is usually smart enough Personal Tech18 Jul 2018 | 141
Google-free Android kit tipped to sell buckets China, you see, has its own chocolate factories Software19 Jun 2018 | 58
watchOS 5 hints at new Apple wearables and life beyond the Watch Analysis The web on your wrist... and elsewhere Personal Tech07 Jun 2018 | 22
The great wearables myth busted: Apps never, ever mattered Analysis Garmin grabs No.2 smartwatch spot Personal Tech25 May 2018 | 69
Meet Asteroid, a drop-in Linux upgrade for your unloved smartwatch Hickory dickory Docker, the containers ran on the clock... er OSes17 May 2018 | 27
Fitness band-it Garmin adds mobe bank Starling to bonk-to-pay fold Showing Google and Samsung how it's done Personal Tech10 May 2018 | 7
And lo, Qualcomm hath declared that a new chip for wearables is coming Too little, too late? Personal Tech09 May 2018 | 3
Holy sweat! Wearables have THREE attack surfaces Black Hat Asia The device, the app and the cloud, and your development lifecycle isn’t fit enough to catch up Security22 Mar 2018 | 3
One in three Android Wear owners also uses ... an iPhone LogoWatch Which may be why Google’s changed the name to ‘Wear OS’ Personal Tech16 Mar 2018 | 23
Look! Fitbit's made a watch that doesn't suck! Less weird, less clunky, and a four day+ battery life Personal Tech13 Mar 2018 | 32
Stock trader gets two years in prison for pumping up with Fitbit Using wearable to get wrong kind of gains get Big House visit On-Prem12 Mar 2018 | 19
Wearables are now a two-horse race and Google lost very badly Analysis It's a massacre on the wrist Personal Tech01 Mar 2018 | 109
US Pentagon scrambles after Strava base leaks. Here's a summary of the new rules: 'Secure that s***, Hudson!' What a Strava-palava Personal Tech29 Jan 2018 | 34
Look on the bright side, Pebble fans. At least your gizmo will work long enough for you to get beach body ready Support plug will now be pulled in June Personal Tech24 Jan 2018 | 45
Fitbit health alert: You appear to be bleeding Sales fall, losses grow, but watch looks OK On-Prem02 Nov 2017 | 17
Welcome to the future: Bluetooth jackets you can only wash 10 times. Gee, thanks, Google Phone-controlling Levi's soft-wear for, presumably, non-sweaty nerds Edge + IoT25 Sep 2017 | 63