News & Reviews:   SmartWatch

Apple has been working on different new technologies to improve the Apple Watch. Last year, we saw patents for a watch band with embedded batteries and an under-display camera. Now, there's also a new one describing a flexible display.

Earlier this week, there was a rumour suggesting that Samsung could fall back to Google's Wear OS for some of its wearables. In fact, there may be as many as two of them, bearing the model numbers SM-R86x and SM-R87x. Now, sources suggest that one of these may be fitness watches.

For those who are unaware, Samsung uses its in-house Tizen software for some of its products. Most of them are Samsung's smart TVs and smartwatches. But sources claim that the company could be ditching Tizen for its upcoming smartwatches.

The rumour of OnePlus launching its first smartwatch has been going on for a long time. We've seen tons of news regarding the smartwatch but the actual product is still nowhere to be found. However, the company has promised that it will arrive early this year. Therefore, le's hope that the plan goes smoothly this time. Before the launch, it is discovered that two smartwatches have been certified by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) under OnePlus.

Yup, you read that right. New case studies are saying that smartwatches may have a key to detect a COVID-19 virus. According to research from Mount Sinai Health System, Stanford University and other reputable medical and academic institutions, smartwatches such as Apple Watch, Garmin and Fitbit can detect infections before the symptoms start appearing up to 7 days.

Earlier rumour has suggested that OnePlus is finally planning to enter the smartwatch market after many years. Now, the good news has arrived with the CEO confirming that the company is indeed working on a smartwatch after all. Other than that, the CEO has also revealed that the wearable will come with Google's Wear OS.

The devices around keep getting more sophisticated, so it's not surprising that someday we'd see smartwatches have unexpected features. Apple has been looking to innovate on smartwatches too, but one of the company's latest idea is wilder than you'd expect.

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After releasing HarmonyOS 2.0, it's time for HUAWEI to integrate the operating system (OS) with some of the product categories and sell them. Earlier, it has been announced that the OS will be used by IoT devices including smartwatches, smart TVs, cars, and more. Now, it looks like progress will be made as the company could be launching the first smartwatch with HarmonyOS soon.

Now that more brands have smartbands and smartwatches, it's important for leading companies to have new ideas to stay ahead. Apple seems to have a pretty good one too if it ends up becoming a reality. Specifically, we're referring to a patent for a unique smartband design.