Wearable

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

Falling apart at the seamless: Inside Apple's LTE Watch fiasco

Analysis Kludge takes shine off ever-improving Watch

Personal Tech21 Sep 2017 | 34

Mobe reception grief turns LTE Apple Watch 3 into – er, a dull watch

Plus: You can't switch off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on iOS 11

Personal Tech20 Sep 2017 | 41

Amazon wants to be king of the nerd goggles

Glasshole Bezos sees no shame

Personal Tech20 Sep 2017 | 12

Samsung keeps the smartwatch alive. Just

IFA 'Don't think of it as a watch'

Personal Tech31 Aug 2017 | 28

Death to strap-ons, says Intel, yet thrusts its little AI stick into us all

Behold, the neural network gizmo Chipzilla will quietly kill in two years, like its wearables

Science20 Jul 2017 | 11

El Reg straps on the Huawei Watch 2

Real World Test Sports ready, LTE ready, but still a solution looking for a problem?

Personal Tech26 May 2017 | 51

(You can't) buy one now! The flying car makes its perennial return

Something for the Weekend, Sir? There's a steering wheel in my pants. It's driving me nuts

Bootnotes21 Apr 2017 | 81

Face down in a Shoreditch gutter: Attack of the kickstarting hipster

Something for the Weekend, Sir? The PC doctor will see (in) you now...

Personal Tech17 Mar 2017 | 52

Wearables aren't dead but apps on wearables might be

The only data you want on your wrist describes your pulse

Personal Tech03 Mar 2017 | 17

Artificial intelligence 'will save wearables'!

Can you hearable me?

Personal Tech24 Feb 2017 | 12

Fitbit hit on Pebble kit cost just 20 million quid? Oh s**t!

Wearables giant finally reveals cost of gobbling up and killing off rival hardware

Personal Tech23 Feb 2017 | 35

Forget Tony Stark's Iron Man – exosuits of the future will be spandex

It turns out there are better ways to enhance strength than heavy metal armor

Science25 Jan 2017 | 28

Fitbit throws fit, emits writ for outfit's non-hit, rather sh*t, 'Fitbit' kit

Reseller accused of passing off malfunctioning health bands as refurbished gear

Personal Tech10 Jan 2017 | 15

Fitbit picks up Pebble, throws Pebble as far as it can into the sea

Smartwatch market down by one

Personal Tech07 Dec 2016 | 92

Apple Watch sales go over a cliff: Down 2.8 meellion per quarter in a year

If a wearable does much more than measure your pulse, it hardly has a pulse

Personal Tech06 Dec 2016 | 72

Wearable eats wearable: Fitbit 'to buy Pebble' with a steal of a deal

Smartwatch pioneer looks set to call it a day

Personal Tech01 Dec 2016 | 17

Will Microsoft's nerd goggles soar like an Eagle, or flop like a turkey?

Analysis Hello, HoloLens

Channel12 Oct 2016 | 42

Microsoft disbands Band band – and there'll be no version 3

Redmond snuffs out its only promising wearable

Personal Tech04 Oct 2016 | 52

Punters want heart-throbs, not brains, when thinking wrist-jobs

If Apple updates the Watch today, it's ignoring the wearable market's trend towards dumb

Personal Tech07 Sep 2016 | 16

McDonald's launches wearable then pulls it after kid feels the burn

LED on 'Step-It' Happy Meal fitness tracker scalds child

Bootnotes18 Aug 2016 | 35

The curious case of a wearables cynic and his enduring fat bastardry

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Let’s get physical, physical

Bootnotes12 Aug 2016 | 130

Intel's smartwatches are so hot right now – too hot: Basis Peak recalled for skin burns, blistering

Owners offered refunds before wrist-puters are disabled

Personal Tech03 Aug 2016 | 38

Apple and Android wearables: What iceberg? It’s full steam ahead!

This watch now has even more added computer

Personal Tech17 Jun 2016 | 51

Got a Fitbit? Thought you were achieving your goals? Better read this

UPDATE Photoplethysmography algo error could be nasty for those who target their training

Personal Tech23 May 2016 | 61

Xiaomi takes aim at Apple, Qualcomm

Putting final polish on processor and smartwatch announcements

Personal Tech02 May 2016 | 10

Go to Topshop, make a Bluetooth gizmo, stick it on your dress

Fashion retailer plans Top Pitch competition for wearable tech

Personal Tech27 Apr 2016 | 8

Woz says wearables – even Apple Watch – aren't 'compelling'

'It's an expense that bought me a few extra niceties' but shows Apple can swing and miss

Personal Tech18 Apr 2016 | 95

R&D white coats at HP Inc will make corporate ID into wearable tech

'32,000 years of wearable evolution' – this is what it's come to

Channel29 Mar 2016 | 19

Don't snoop on staff via wearables, says Dutch privacy agency

Permission under pressure isn't permission at all

Legal09 Mar 2016 | 25

Pebble punts out new firmware to watch you as you sleep

Where are the straps?

Personal Tech04 Feb 2016 | 13

Intel aims for PC-style position in drones, robots and wearables

CES 2016 Can't win with PCs... that's clear

Channel13 Jan 2016 | 6

Swiss try to wind up Apple with $25k dumb-watch

H. Moser & Cie poke fun at Sir Jony's precious arm candy

Bootnotes08 Jan 2016 | 82

Outfit throws fit, hits FitBit's hit kit with writ (Apple also involved)

Lab claims tech pair nabbed designs after meetings

Personal Tech05 Jan 2016 | 36

2016 in mobile: Visit a components mall in China... 30 min later, you're a manufacturer

The Reg on the rise of Shenzhen generics, the fall of wearables and other coming trends

Personal Tech02 Jan 2016 | 129

Oz insurer offers Basis breathing-bangle-for-your-data swap

Wrist recorder reads your weight, tells the cloud

On-Prem09 Nov 2015 | 6

Microsoft Band 2 wrist watchers in pay-first-ship-much-later rage

Does twiddling your thumbs count as an exercise?

Personal Tech09 Nov 2015 | 23

Microsoft updates Band semi-smartwatch for fitness fanatics

Now with added barometer and a better battery

Personal Tech06 Oct 2015 | 12

Sparks and recreation: TomTom's stealth wearable success

IFA 2015 Well, it's a success compared with Android Wear, anyway

Personal Tech03 Sep 2015 | 5

Apple watch breathes down Fitbit's neck

Two thirds of flogged smart wearables were Apple Watches

Channel27 Aug 2015 | 9

Neat but narky at times: Pebble Time colour e-paper watch

Review Might lose on style, but wins on longevity and practicality

Personal Tech22 Jul 2015 | 51

Apple Watch is such a flop it's the world's top-selling wearable

Canalys reckons Cupertino shifted 4.2 million wristjobs in a quarter

Personal Tech21 Jul 2015 | 91

Android Wear 5.1: A more enduring wristjob for your pleasure

Review Update breathes new life into Reg man’s strap on

Personal Tech14 Jul 2015 | 42

Strapping strap-on chaps strap in to tap that vat of greenbacks

Fitbit preps IPO to gobble up $730m from investors

On-Prem18 Jun 2015 | 1

Flexible PRAM: Not a bendy baby carriage, but infinitely cooler

Look IOWT, Gromit - it's memory you can wrap round your arm

Storage16 Jun 2015 | 1

INTERNET of BOOBS: Scorching French lass reveals networked bikini

No e-mankini yet in the ranks of IoT clothing, complains nobody

Networks12 Jun 2015 | 70

Strap-on fiddle factor: We poke ten Apple Watch apps

Product Roundup Extracting the most value from a pretty expensive wristjob

Applications01 Jun 2015 | 18

Apple: Relax, fanbois! We never meant to read your heart rate during wild wrist action

Be still, my beating ...

Networks31 May 2015 | 31

Wearable fitness tech: Exercising your self-motivation skills

Breaking Fad Do health trackers really keep you in good shape?

Personal Tech29 May 2015 | 30

And then the Google lad says: Of course you can use Android Wear without a smartphone

Google I/O Take that, Apple! Now they'll fly off the shelves

SaaS29 May 2015 | 22

It's the Internet of Feet: Lenovo shows smart shoes, projector keyboard phone

Also bizarre peepshow watch

SaaS28 May 2015 | 32

Health-snoop bangle vendor Fitbit hit with Jawbone sueball

The law is an ass? Jawbone of an ass? Ever just had too much material?

Networks28 May 2015 | 4