smartwatch

A smartwatch that lives up to expectations was elusive for decades, but in the past few years technology has begun to catch up to the dream. The commercial success of pioneers like the Pebble helped bring smartwatches to the mainstream in 2014, Samsung’s commitment to the devices resulted in multiple generations of Gear smartwatches in a single year and Android Wear ushered in the era of round-faced models like the Moto 360. 2015 looks to be even better as app stores take off, manufacturers tweak their designs and the Apple Watch arrives.

Samsung went back to a very familiar design with the Galaxy Watch6 Classic by bringing in the excellent physical rotating bezel.

The Google Pixel Watch 2 almost looks like a clone of its predecessor, but it turns out to be a better sequel.

Strap a Samsung Galaxy Watch4 or Watch5 on your wrist, as they're among the only smartwatches that can measure both ECG and blood pressure.

Being wrist computers, smartwatches inherit many features from PCs and smartphones. The ability to store and play back music wirelessly via a bluetooth headset is one of these features that makes sense for active people or those who want to have their favourite tunes handy.

Fitbit Charge 5 helps track your sleep, heart rate, and calories burned so you stay motivated and keep achieving your fitness goals.

If you're looking to track daily activity, sleep, and workouts, the Garmin Vivoactive 4 and Venu watches help you take charge of your health and wellbeing.

The Garmin Fenix 7 Pro is a smartwatch, but a certain kind of smartwatch, which is to say you should live an active lifestyle to wear it.

What is all the fuss about Spritz? If you were using a Spritz-enabled app, you would already have read to the end of this post and could tell us. But given that Spritz-enabled tech isn’t out there yet (it’s coming soon, though), here’s the scoop. Spritz is new speed reading technology that’s based on the theory that much of our time spent reading is wasted as our eyes move side to side. Display a word in one place, flash one word at a time and suddenly reading becomes much more efficient. Not only that, but by displaying just one word at a time, reading is suddenly possible on compact displays, like a smartphone or smartwatch. Being able to quickly (and painlessly) read e-mail, reports or even books on your Gear2 or Gear Neo suddenly makes the idea of wearable technology even more appealing.

All you need to do is look at the Garmin Venu 2 Plus to recognize this isn’t like its other smartwatches, and that’s not a bad thing.