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OnePlus Watch 2 Review: Battery Life is Wild, Fitness Tracking Surprisingly Great

Kellen March 19, 2024 14

The story of the original OnePlus Watch is not one to remember. OnePlus launched that device as some sort of fitness or wellness tracker, but it was bug-filled, weirdly sold, and didn't run Wear OS. So to be honest, when we heard that OnePlus was considering a...

OnePlus Watch 2 Official With Wear OS, Wild Battery Life, and $299 Price

Kellen February 26, 2024 24

We've all tried our best to forget about the original OnePlus Watch, a "smartwatch" lacking both smarts and reliable fitness tracking that received pretty horrific reviews out of the gate. We passed on it quite easily, but a lot of that had to do with the fact...

Fossil is Done Making Wear OS Watches

Kellen January 29, 2024 18

Wear OS has officially lost one of its biggest partners - Fossil is calling it quits on smartwatches powered by Google's wearable platform. Surprised to hear that? While no official word arrived until recent days, rumors have circulated for some time in the...

Google Pixel Watch 2 Review: Still Beautiful, Solid Improvements

Kellen November 10, 2023 21

The original Pixel Watch finally showed up in 2022 after years of rumors and speculation about a potential launch. When we did get one on the wrist and learned all of its specs and features, I think it was pretty obvious that we were getting a first-generation...

Mobvoi’s TicWatch Pro 5 Launches With the Goods and Costs $349.99

Kellen May 24, 2023 12

This news might have been spoiled a few weeks back, thanks to an early listing, but it is now official - the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 is a real watch and available now. This is a noteworthy release because it is the first with Qualcomm's new wearable chip, the...

Here is Mobvoi’s TicWatch Pro 5 and All of Its Details

Kellen April 29, 2023 10

Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon W5+ chipset for wearables almost a year ago and we have yet to see it in a watch. We were told at its reveal that Mobvoi would ship the first W5+ smartwatch within a few months, but we've now jumped 10 months into the future...

A First Look at Mobvoi’s Next TicWatch With Qualcomm’s W5+ Chip

Kellen July 20, 2022 6

After a brief mention of Mobvoi's upcoming TicWatch that will be the first to run the new Snapdragon W5+ from Qualcomm, the watchmaker has now revealed a first teaser image of it. Spoiler alert: It looks like a TicWatch. The above image shows off a shadowy,...

Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon W5+ Chip for Wearables Makes “Most Advanced Leap Yet”

Kellen July 19, 2022 18

Every two years, Qualcomm introduces a new (or should I say "new") wearable chipset that will power a new range of smartwatches, many of which run Wear OS. During the days of the Snapdragon Wear 2100 and 3100 chips, I think it's safe to say that Wear OS...