We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › There is no shortage of general fitness and multisport smartwatches these days, but fewer catering hyper-specifically to runners, particularly the way the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar does. This wearable sits at the top of Garmin’s Forerunner […]
Gear to help us (and you) keep those New Year’s resolutions
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › We’ve made it to 2023, which means the PopSci commerce and gear team has decided what our resolutions will be and what we’ll need to achieve them. It’s okay to be a New Year’s resolution skeptic—there […]
Apple Black Friday deals: 30+ iPads, AirPods, MacBooks and more
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › If you’re looking for a Black Friday deal on AirPods, MacBooks, an Apple Watch, or an iPad, you’re going not going to find them directly from Apple. The company is offering free Apple Store gift cards […]
Why it’s worth carrying more than one gadget
This story has been updated. It was originally published on May 16, 2019. The rise of the smartphone has cut down the number of gadgets we need to carry with us. Most people see no reason to weigh themselves down with gear when one device can be a camera, audio recorder, e-reader, digital music player, […]
Smartwatches leave fitness trackers in the dust in the growing wearable market
Smartwatches finally reign supreme in the wearable world. The gadget segment saw a major increase in shipments over the last few months, according IDC’s latest wearables market report. Smartwatch shipments grew 60.9 percent in Q2 2017, a massive spike in consumer interest in a category that many were ready to give up on as recently as […]
SMARTWATCH USER DROPOUT RATE IS STILL 29%, GARTNER SAYS
Almost a third of smartwatch owners — 29%, to be exact — have stopped using them, saying they didn’t find the devices useful, got bored with them or they broke. Those findings, released Wednesday by research firm Gartner, don’t indicate that smartwatches are on their way out. But what’s troubling is that the 29% rate […]
Smartwatch shipments nosedive, but recovery due in 2017
The global smartwatch market nosedived by 32% in the second quarter of 2016, with Apple Watch shipments down by 55% when compared to a year earlier, according to research firm IDC. The decline — the first since the market started in 2013 — is expected to reverse next year after Apple and Google launch important […]
Fashion brands up the smartwatch game with designer Android Wear watch faces
Already tired of your smartwatch’s limited array of customisation options? Yeah, us too. Well, Google has partnered with a number of fashion brands to bring a new mix of designer Android Wear watch faces to the mix and bolster those update options slightly. Letting you jazz up your Android-powered wrist wear, be it Motorola, LG, […]