According to the market research firm Canalys, Apple is now leading the wearable market with its Apple Watch in the third quarter of 2017 with 3.9 million shipments and a 23 percent market share.
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A woman from Wisconsin said that she was "literally just sitting and reading when my Fitbit exploded", leaving her with second-degree burns. Fitbit has said that it's looking into the incident.
Microsoft has shown off a new wearable device on the way from German manufacturer TrekStor. It runs Windows 10 IoT Core, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, and promising all-day battery life.
Misfit says its latest wearable device, the Ray, is its "most versatile activity tracker yet", with an aluminum body and a design intended to blend in with watches, bracelets and jewelry.
Apple still hasn't revealed official sales figures for its Watch, but industry analysts at IDC say that it shipped 3.6 million units last quarter, taking 19.9% of the global wearable devices market.
Swatch's CEO calls the Apple Watch "an interesting toy, but not a revolution", and says his company's new smartwatch won't include any health-tracking features, despite saying last year that it would.
Following a wave of recent discounts, the Microsoft Band is once again available with money off. This time, the company has slashed $50 off its regular $199.99 price - but you'll have to be quick.
