Browsing: Wearables

Every smartwatch claims GPS, but accuracy, dual-band support and battery life vary wildly. Here is how Apple, Pixel, Garmin and Coros compare in 2026.

Garmin’s Enduro 4 costs $899.99 and ships October 9 with 64GB of storage, 50% more RAM, Garmin Epic and the same 320-hour solar GPS battery as the Enduro 3.

A Garmin Vivoactive 6 review built from lab-style tests and long-term wear: real battery life, GPS and heart rate accuracy, what is missing, and who should buy it.

The Pixel Watch 5 looks identical to last year’s model. Reviewers say the real changes are inside: more RAM, on-device Gemini, better GPS and a higher $399 starting price.

A smartwatch is a computer you wear on your wrist. Here is what it does, how its sensors work, how it differs from a fitness tracker, and how to choose one that fits your phone.

A team at Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies has measured a lutetium ion clock to an uncertainty of one part in ten billion billion, the lowest ever reported for an optical atomic clock. Two of their clocks then agreed with each other more precisely than any clock comparison in history. The reason this matters is not the record. It is that the second itself is up for redefinition.

Samsung’s One UI 9 Watch beta has now reached the Galaxy Watch 8, Watch 7 and Watch 6 lines in about two weeks. Here is what the Wear OS 7 update adds and how to enroll.

Garmin sells more than a dozen watches and the names blur together. Here is how the Vivoactive 6, Venu 4, Forerunner 970 and Fenix 9 stack up on price, battery life and who each one suits.

Counterpoint says global smartwatch shipments fell 4% in Q2 2026. Huawei took the lead with a record 22% share, Apple grew 14%, and Xiaomi dropped 38%.

Only one mainstream smartwatch has FDA-cleared apps that track Parkinson’s tremor and dyskinesia. Here is what it does, what it costs, and where it falls short.