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News, reviews, and discussion about wearable tech including smartglasses, smartwatches, and the latest events in the world of wearables.

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Person wearing Xreal Project Aura smart glasses.

Xreal Aura glasses put Android on your face and they will “try” to cost under $1,500

Xreal Aura is now open for reservations, bringing Android XR, Gemini, and spatial computing to tethered smart glasses expected to launch in Fall 2026.
Galaxy XR

Samsung Display just showed why XR’s future may come down to better tiny screens

Heart rate on the Apple Watch Series 7.

Got a smartwatch? You can now join a study measuring how the football world cup is affecting your heart

Beats Studio Buds+ in Transparent case closed in garden pillar

Beats Studio Buds get a critical fix for a creepy microphone flaw

Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 Smart Glasses

Smart glasses have a charging problem, and wireless power is coming for it

Sharp Karada Mate Watch featured

Sharp’s first smartwatch can tell how many calories you’ve eaten without logging a single meal

wear-os-7

Wear OS 7 is here and your Pixel Watch is about to get a lot smarter

Appliance, Blow Dryer, Device

AirPods with a built-in camera are reportedly on Apple’s 2027 roadmap

Snap Specs

Snap reveals SPECS AR glasses. They look surprisingly stylish and cost a pretty penny

Meta Glasses

Meta is testing smart glass facial recognition tech that’s also used by police and military: Report

The Night mode watch face on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra.

Samsung’s next Ultra watch may be getting a massive battery glow-up

Google Pixel Watch 4 in black in the hand

Wear OS 7 looks ready to land on Pixel Watchs soon

Meta Ray Bans Display close up shot

Meta’s creepy smart glasses just found their best use case yet

The gadget often criticized for seeing too much is about to help thousands of blind veterans see the world a little differently.
Telegram is returning to smartwatches

Telegram quietly returns to wearOS smartwatches and its looks pretty sleek

Telegram has returned to Wear OS years after pulling its old app, so Android smartwatch users have a slicker way to manage chats from their wrist.
Image showing person wearing a jacket with special fiber that pulls water from air

This jacket pulls drinking water straight from the air

Engineers at UT Austin have developed a jacket made from a biomass-derived hydrogel fiber that draws moisture from the air and converts it into up to 900 ml of drinkable water per day.
Accessories, Pendant, Jewelry

The 90’s necklace doesn’t shove AI into your face. It just tracks UV to take care of your skin

The90 Gem is a smart necklace that tracks real-time UVA and UVB exposure, helping users understand when to reapply sunscreen and how much sun their skin gets during the day.
WatchOS 27 running on Apple watches

watchOS 27: Everything we know about the new features landing on your Apple Watch

Apple’s watchOS 27 brings Siri AI, smarter widgets, improved workout tools, and several smaller quality-of-life upgrades. Here’s everything new coming to the Apple Watch.
fitness trackers

More people are investing in wearable devices, but the real benefit keeps declining: Study

More Americans own wearables than ever, but a new Yale study shows fewer than one in five actually share that health data with their doctor.
Accessories, Sunglasses, Adult

Your Tech, Your Way with JLab: Why Premium Audio Shouldn’t Cost a Paycheck

Whether it's work calls, workouts, commutes, or moments of escape, every part of the day demands something different from our audio gear. JLab's latest lineup is built around a simple idea that personal tech should adapt to real life, not the other way around, while keeping premium features within reach.
watchOS 27

iOS 27 could make battery saving less of a settings scavenger hunt

Apple is testing Dormancy in iOS 27 and watchOS code, hinting at battery prompts that could flag unused features and recommend switching them off before they waste more power.
SKG neck massager

This bionic-kneading neck massager with heat is the Father’s Day gift that actually gets used

The SKG PS700 neck massager is $199.99 with 360° bionic kneading, red-light heat, app control, and Bluetooth music. Here's why it makes a Father's Day gift dads use.
Accessories, Jewelry, Ring

RingConn Gen 3 Smart Ring Reveals the Hidden Patterns of Everyday Wellbeing

What if the most important wellbeing signals are the ones we rarely notice? The biggest clues may not come from a single day, but from patterns that quietly develop over time. With vascular trend tracking at its core, RingConn Gen 3 Smart Ring is designed to help bring those patterns into focus, all with zero subscription fees and a limited time 10% discount.
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 Smart Glasses

Meta denied face scanning tech on AI smartglasses, and then silently wiped the evidence

Dormant face-recognition code reportedly appeared in Meta’s smart glasses app, then disappeared after scrutiny. That has put Meta’s AI eyewear plans back under the privacy spotlight.
WWDC 2026 poster

Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2026: iOS 27, next-gen Siri, AI upgrades, and more

Apple announced iOS 27, Siri AI, macOS Golden Gate, and five more OS updates at WWDC 2026 on June 8.
Accessories, Sunglasses, Face

L’Atitude 52°N Smart Glasses That Don’t Scream “Tech”

Discover how L’Atitude 52°N smart glasses combine AI assistance, real-time translation, hands-free photography, and award-winning design.
The Apple Watch Ultra on a man's wrist in a pocket.

watchOS 27 drops support for plenty of Apple Watch models and it’s quite frustrating

Apple confirmed at WWDC 2026 tyhat watchOS 27 will not support the Apple Watch Series 8, first-generation Apple Watch Ultra, or the Apple Watch SE 2. The update, due this fall, marks the largest single-cycle drop in Apple Watch software support.
watchOS 27

Apple launches watchOS 27 with Siri AI, smarter fitness tools, and a redesigned Apple Watch experience

Apple has unveiled watchOS 27 with Siri AI, smarter fitness tools, Apple Intelligence integration, redesigned apps, and improved everyday assistance for Apple Watch users.
oura ring on a rock

Oura reveals the two activities that its smart ring misreads as getting dirty in the sheets

Oura CEO Tom Hale sat down with WSJ to answer questions about the smart ring, and the answers are as fascinating as they are hilarious.
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 Smart Glasses

Meta accused of preparing facial recognition features for AI smart glasses

A WIRED investigation claims Meta quietly embedded facial recognition technology into its smart glasses ecosystem, reviving privacy concerns around biometric surveillance and wearable AI.
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Open-ear earbuds are finally acting like real daily drivers

Shokz OpenDots 2 gives open-ear earbuds a stronger daily-use argument, with better audio claims, lighter clip-on comfort, smarter controls, longer battery life, and a few missing launch details.
Accessories, Glasses, Goggles

Monako Glass turns smart glasses into the strangest new coding workstation yet

Monako Glass puts Linux and AI coding-agent support into smart glasses, but its future depends on whether it can make developer work easier without pretending to replace a laptop.
Samsung Health app home screen

Samsung Health’s biggest update yet will turn your Galaxy Watch into a health coach

Samsung Health is getting a major update that turns your Galaxy Watch into a proactive health coach, turning complex biometric data into simple, actionable guidance you can actually use.
A woman wearing the Apple Vision Pro headset.

Apple reportedly slashes its Vision roadmap for smart glasses, and Meta’s lead matters more than ever

Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple's incoming CEO John Ternus signed off on cutting Apple's Vision product roadmap from seven devices to two.
Accessories, Electronics, Wristwatch

Google wants you to 3D-print your own Fitbit Air bands

Google is opening up the Fitbit Air ecosystem in a surprising way, giving creators the tools needed to design and even 3D-print their own custom bands.
Amazfit Balance Ultimate smartwatch on wrist

Amazfit just made a smartwatch for people who train hard but struggle with recovery

The Amazfit Balance Ultra is built for people who run, lift, and train often, with tools that help show when the body is ready to push and when it may need rest.
Asus Vivowatch 6 Plus

Asus Vivowatch 6 Plus arrives with blood pressure and ECG chops alongside a wellness coach

ASUS has launched the VivoWatch 6 with ECG monitoring, blood pressure tracking, AI wellness coaching, and advanced health-focused wearable features.
Electronics, Computer, Tablet Computer

Amazon announces Prime Day sales date and it’s happening a tad earlier this year

Amazon Prime Day 2026 runs June 23–26, starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT, two weeks earlier than last year's July 8–11 event, with early deals already live on select devices.
Apple Watch Series 11 activity rings.

Next-gen Apple Watch could get an upgraded OLED screen with a battery life boost

LG Display is developing high-mobility oxide OLED backplane technology, with Apple evaluating it as a lower-power successor to LTPO.

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