Neowin News Feed for: Wristband

Meta's new smart glasses are heavier, but bring a display and a wristband

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:18:01 +0000

Meta is expected to unveil the Hypernova smart glasses at its Connect event next month. They will come with a wristband that acts as an input method. Read more...

Wearable device shipments predicted to return to growth this year after 2022 contraction

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:02 +0000

IDC is saying that wearable device shipments will return to growth this year following their first contraction in 2022. It'll be interesting to see if this holds up given the state of the economy. Read more...

Strengthening dollar set to hurt sales of wearable devices this year

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:32:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC predicts a gloomy year for wearables for the remainder of 2022. Things will start to look up again in 2023 with all wearables segments, except wristbands, due to return to growth. Read more...

IDC: Pandemic shifted consumer spending to wearables market

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:58:01 +0000

IDC data has shown that people turned to purchase wearables as their disposable income rose due to the closure of most retail outlets because of coronavirus. The market grew by 28.4% compared to 2019. Read more...

Gartner: Global wearable market to reach $81.5 billion in 2021

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:36:01 +0000

Gartner has said that spend in the global wearable market will reach $81.5 billion this year, up 18.1% compared to 2020 where spend reached $69 billion. Ear-worn devices will create the most spend. Read more...

IDC: worldwide wearables market to reach 300 million units this year

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:08:01 +0000

IDC has predicted that wearables will achieve more than 300 million unit shipments this year. The figures expected this year are 71.4% up from last year when 178 million units shipped. Read more...

Amazon awarded employee-tracking wristband patents

Paul Hill — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:34:02 +0000

Amazon has been awarded two patents which will let it track employees around the building while also guiding them to the packages they've been assigned to collect and get shipped to customers. Read more...

Samsung files patent for a smartwatch with a wristband display and strange camera

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 26 May 2017 19:06:01 +0000

A patent filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office reveals Samsung's idea of having a display on the wristband of a smartwatch, along with a center-mounted camera capable of optical zoom. Read more...

The iBody fitness tracker costs just $25 but has an LED display and a 15 day battery life

Steven Johns — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 03:18:01 +0000

A new entrant into the fitness tracking world is a $25 wristband called the iBody. Alongside the traditional features like sleep and exercise monitoring, the wristband also has a nice display. Read more...

Fitbit comes to Windows Phone 8.1

Andy Weir — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:44:40 +0000

Just a few weeks after confirming its plans for a Windows Phone app, Fitbit has launched that app today, bringing extensive support for its fitness-focused wearables to Microsoft's mobile OS. Read more...