Our editors’ favorite smartwatches of 2024

Our editors’ favorite smartwatches of 2024

Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more.  Smartwatches are like tiny smartphones strapped to your wrist. Most support texting, calls, voice assistants, maps, fitness tracking, tap-to-pay and more. For many folks at NBC Select, a smartwatch is an essential wearable that …

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Bolsters Pixel Watch Series With Latest Move

Alphabet (GOOGL) Bolsters Pixel Watch Series With Latest Move

Alphabet’s GOOGL Google recently unveiled new features and updates for its Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 series. This includes a new “Vibration watch” feature, allowing users to tap their watch face with two fingers to receive time as a series of haptic vibrations, with two vibration types: Digits and Terse. Further, Google brings auto-brightness …

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Google updates the first-gen Pixel Watch with health monitoring features

Google updates the first-gen Pixel Watch with health monitoring features

Google is releasing new features for the first-gen Pixel Watch, and they include the health-monitoring capabilities that launched with its successor. The older wearables will now be able to detect whether you’re working out and can automatically start tracking your activity and then stop when you’re done. In particular, it works for running, walking, elliptical …

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Google’s latest Pixel Drop will let users post high-quality photos, videos on Instagram

Google’s latest Pixel Drop will let users post high-quality photos, videos on Instagram

Google today announced its latest set of Pixel-related features for phones, tablets, and watches, such as 10-bit video support for Instagram, expansion of the Circile to search feature, automatic workout detection on the original pixel watch, and selective app screening for multiple pixel devices. Pixel phone updates The company is now allowing users to capture …

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An unknown company has a plan to change smartwatches forever

An unknown company has a plan to change smartwatches forever

The Diesel On Fadelite X Mad Dog Jones smartwatch Andy Boxall / DigitalTrends “If you’re not in smartwatches today, especially as a traditional watch manufacturer, then we are the way that you get the right product for your customer.” This is how Steve Prokup, co-founder of Mijo Connected, described the firm’s business, and it has …

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Google Pixel Watch 3 will reportedly come in two sizes

Google Pixel Watch 3 will reportedly come in two sizes

Google is reportedly developing two sizes of Pixel Watch 3 (Image source: Google) While Google’s 2nd-gen Pixel smartwatch brings some significant improvements, it retains the same size as the 1st-gen watch, which is a bit small for some. Google reportedly plans to address this by offering the Google Pixel Watch 3 in two sizes. One …

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