health

The wearable tech contenders chasing China’s health and fitness boom

Will Apple and Fitbit make a mark or leave Xiaomi and Huami to clean up? If

Philips Health Watch Review : $249 for This?

Philips bills its wearable as a Health Watch, not a fitness tracker. However, this wrist-bound device

Samsung Gear S3 Frontier vs S3 Classic: What’s the difference?

It was hardly a secret that Samsung was going to unveil the Gear S3 smartwatch at

Tizen v Android Wear : Which smartwatch OS is right for you?

It’s fair to say no-one has answered the smartwatch question yet. But in Google’s Android Wear

SteelSeries Rival 700 Mouse Review

When the average user goes to buy a mouse, they usually don’t care much about it,

Samsung S Health : The ultimate guide

Samsung S Health hasn’t always played nice with other wearables – in fact it’s only last

Pebble Surprises with Core Fitness Wearable

Pebble is getting serious about helping you keep tabs on your health. The smartwatch maker just

Best sports watches 2016 : The best GPS watches to buy today

While wearables and smartphones are offering more ways to track health than ever, there’s still a

Google Fit vs. Apple Health – They just want you for your body : Apple and Google are going head-to-head again

This is just what the tech world needed: another Apple versus Google battle. Not only do

Under Armour Band review : A fitness tracker where the software is the star of the show

So, was Under Armour and HTC’s first fitness tracker worth the wait? Sadly not. On its

Hi-Tec Trek Plus review : A solid sub-£100 fitness tracker that lacks a really killer feature

The Hi-Tec Plus falls into the good all-rounder category of fitness trackers but doesn’t really do

Fossil Q Dreamer review

If you wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a black plastic band, this is the tracker for

Samsung launches Bio-Processor for health-centric wearables

There has been a lot of focus of late on smartphones and wearables with capabilities to

Fitbit Charge HR – UPDATED review

A decent fitness tracker, the Fitbit is a good indicator of overall health, but don’t confuse

Microsoft Band updated with music controls, activity reminders

While it might be a fairly low-key option in the sea of wearables right now,Microsoft continues

MyZone tracks fitness effort to make health inspiring again

Professional athletes and lay people have used heart rate zone training for years. It works. That’s

Microsoft Band 2 review: Still flawed, but a step in the right direction

You really can’t accuse Microsoft of phoning it in when it built the original Band. Between

Garmin unveils new Vivosmart fitness wearable, Index Smart Scale

Only a week after announcing a trio of smartwatches with heart rate monitoring capabilities, Garmin is

Razer Nabu X smartband review

GOOD STUFF Very long battery life Comfortable fit Fairly accurate step tracking BAD STUFF Boring design

Getac V110 Review

The Pros Rugged; Hot-swappable batteries; Light for its size; Bright display The Cons Poor webcam; No

New Samsung Gear watches are coming — here’s what they need to succeed

Like them or hate them, you have to give credit to the Samsung Gear watches. All

Google gets an overhaul and a new CEO: Sundar Pichai

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have started a new “collection of companies” called Alphabet

BatteryBox Review – MacBook power with MagSafe workaround

If obsessively glancing at the power meter in your MacBook’s status bar is giving you eye-strain

Two indie pretenders to the ‘XCOM’ crown

2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown was a revelation. I’d never played the ’90s original or its successors,

China’s Xiaomi adds US$32 ‘smart’ shoes to its smartphones, with a leg up from sportswear brand Li-Ning

Joggers already have their smartphone and smart watch. Next up: “smart” running shoes that include a module

Research study tests if smartphones can diagnose depression

Clinical depression is the kind of ailment that can sneak up on you, ruin your attitude,

Apple Readies “TVKit” for the Apple Watch

Apple is readying software to allow its Apple Watch to work as a primary input device for

Microsoft kills off a range of apps

Microsoft is reportedly planning to kill off some of its MSN apps as well as its

Microsoft killing Photosynth and MSN apps, including Health & Fitness, Food & Drink

Microsoft confirmed Friday that a number of little-used MSN apps will be discontinued, and won’t appear

Withings’ fitness watches automatically track your swimming

Most activity trackers and smartwatches won’t monitor your swimming, and those that do usually require that