Continuing coverage tagged Smartwatches.
Casio’s £55 digital watch makes a persuasive case for modest smarts. Hands-on reports like the convenience, while its manual explains the step counter’s limits.
MobileTech DeskApple published a 1,200-participant study to back its heart rate accuracy claim for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. Two independent testers read it closely, credited the methodology, and found the same unresolved question about dropped samples.
MobileTech DeskAn FIU team measured four popular watches against a metabolic cart and found median absolute percentage errors of roughly 15–25%, with error rising alongside body fat. A separate review found 14 readiness scores across 10 brands with little published validation behind them.
MobileTech DeskEngadget got nine days of hard use, Gizmodo got a week and a half, Android Authority says two weeks without thinking about it. What Daniel Cooper, Kyle Barr and Stephen Radochia do agree on is stranger: the $225 Pebble Time 2 is better because of what it refuses to do.
MobileTech DeskMotorola's $349.99 Moto Watch Ultra adds Wear OS, Polar health tools, LTE eSIM and Google Wallet. The hardware is clear; its software-support window is not.
MobileTech DeskIndependent tests agree Huawei's new watch is unusually accurate during exercise and lasts for days. Its sleep staging and smart features remain the compromise.
MobileTech DeskGoogle's September Health Guardian update adds monthly insulin-resistance and blood-pressure trends to Pixel Watch 3, 4, 5 and Fitbit Air. Independent validation is modest. The AHA still wants a cuff.
MobileTech DeskThe EU has adopted a wearable exemption from user-replaceable battery rules, subject to legislative scrutiny. Pixel Watch 4 teardowns show that repairability and water resistance can coexist, but its short software-support clock remains.
MobileTech DeskGarmin's $1,000 Fenix 9 brings faster maps and brighter screens, but its headline stamina, rowing and rucking tools are largely software updates for recent watches.
MobileTech DeskVitals, Heart Health and morning blood-pressure estimates all wait for you to wear the Watch 9 to bed. Across three video testers and four written reviews, the recurring problem is what is left in the battery when you wake up.
MobileTech DeskGoogle’s most ambitious health features make the Pixel Watch 5 compelling, but launch reviews could only test the sensors, not the promises that matter most.
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