Every wearable on the market wants to be your second phone. They push notifications to your wrist, track your sleep patterns, and buzz every time someone drops a message in the group chat. My Play Watch partnered with Capcom to take the opposite approach, and the result is a standalone retro gaming watch built around […]
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Jacoosa isn’t a name that shows up in most smartwatch conversations, but the company’s TG38 has been quietly climbing Amazon’s bestseller charts since appearing on the platform in mid-2025. At $30, down from a listed retail price of $200, the spec sheet reads like a clerical error. Price: $29.99 (From $199.99) Where to Buy: Amazon
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The Xiaomi Watch S5 is officially here, and it represents a clear philosophical shift for the S-line. Where the Watch S4 leaned into modular bezels that let owners swap out the look on a whim, the S5 goes in the opposite direction with a fixed, integrated bezel forged from 316L stainless steel. The result is
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The line between a travel watch and a fitness tracker barely exists anymore. Modern smartwatches navigate unfamiliar cities, track trail runs at altitude, monitor your sleep across time zones, and still have battery left when you land. They’ve become the one piece of tech that earns its spot on your wrist no matter where you’re
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TCL didn’t bring the flashiest phone or the thinnest tablet to MWC 2026. It brought a small robot, part ai desktop pet and part study buddy, that sits on a desk and tells bedtime stories. The company unveiled Tbot, a conceptual AI desktop companion designed to work alongside the TCL MOVETIME MT48 kids smartwatch, and
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NEWS – We got hands on the Xiaomi Watch 5 at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, alongside the rest of Xiaomi’s new lineup, and it stood out immediately. The feature list reads like someone merged three different product categories into one round case. It’s got a sensor that reads the electrical signals in your arm muscles,
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ARTICLE – Huawei has used titanium on lifestyle watches before, but never on something built specifically for runners. The Watch GT Runner 2 changes that, wrapping serious running tech inside an aerospace-grade titanium case that feels built for a different price bracket. We got hands-on time with it at MWC 2026, and the combination of
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NEWS – For years, smartwatch chips felt like an afterthought. Phone processors got faster, laptop chips got smarter, and the silicon inside your wrist stayed a generation behind. At MWC 2026, Qualcomm changed that with the Snapdragon Wear Elite, and among the first brands to adopt it is one that caught people off guard: Samsung.
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Samsung had February. Apple has September. MWC belongs to whoever shows up with something worth talking about, and this year that was . Eleven products in one afternoon. Phones, tablets, a smartwatch, a Bluetooth tracker, a power bank thin enough to lose in a jacket pocket, a pair of earbuds with tech that belongs at
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We’ve been trained to expect trade-offs from thin wearables. Slim the case down and something gets cut: battery life shrinks, sensor arrays thin out, GPS accuracy drops to single-band. It’s the unspoken design rule of the smartwatch world, and most brands have followed it so consistently that buyers stopped questioning it. The OPPO Watch S
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Fitness trackers made everyone count steps, but they also made everyone charge gadgets every other night. Casio’s G-Shock GAB010 sidesteps that ritual by putting a step counter inside a solar-powered watch that runs on light and takes a beating. There’s no nightly charging, no battery anxiety, and no touchscreen to crack. It’s step tracking stripped
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ARTICLE – Most smartwatch owners have accepted a frustrating compromise without realizing it. They charge their devices every night, pack cables for weekend trips, and treat battery anxiety as simply part of owning a wearable. Nobody questions whether this trade-off is actually necessary. The assumption runs deep enough that most people stopped imagining alternatives. ⬇︎
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REVIEW – I have been looking for a classy looking smartwatch for a long time. Something dressier for work that tracks heath data and gives me my messages. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the smartwatch made by my smartphone maker, but it looks a bit masculine and sporty. I also have to charge it
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REVIEW – The Apple Watch first came out in 2015, and though I’m not really sure why, I’m a little embarrassed to say I have been on that bandwagon ever since that first year. It has been great for me, and I don’t have any really big complaints, but I have always been curious to
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REVIEW – I have worn a variety of Fitbit watches over the last 15 years, and I’ve recently started thinking that I’d like to explore some of the other smartwatches on the market to see how they compare. The Fitbits I’ve had up until now have done their job of tracking my steps and heartbeat fine
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NEWS – Two new OnePlus devices officially launched today in the United States and Canada: the OnePlus Watch 3 43mm and the OnePlus Buds 4. Both products are now available for purchase on OnePlus.com, with additional retail channels coming soon. OnePlus Watch 3 43mm: Flagship Features in a More Compact Design The OnePlus Watch 3
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NEWS – My first gaming console was the Atari 2600. It was actually the Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade, a rebranded but officially licensed version of the Atari 2600. My dad worked part-time at Sears, so he got a discount. I loved spending hours playing games like Pong and Breakout. I would go to sleep with
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REVIEW – Let me begin this review by stating how much I loved my Apple Watch. It fairly covered most of what I could ever want in a smart watch—and more. However, one of the things I did not like about it was having to charge it every day. That’s no surprise, because the Apple
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NEWS – The new company behind the Pebble watch re-make just announced the watches are available to order. I got an email at 2:27 PM Eastern time that provided this preorder link from Eric Magicovsky’s new company, Core Devices. These watches look like the former Pebble 2, which is what I think will most satisfy
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REVIEW – I’ve been a smartwatch wearer since 2012, with the Pebble smartwatch. The primary purpose of a smartwatch for me has always been to screen calls and notifications before actually taking my phone out to respond or interact with them. The Pebble pretty much only did that function, and subsequent smartwatches over the years
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