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Beats’ new Powerbeats Fit earbuds are down to $180Beats’ new Powerbeats Fit earbuds are down to $180
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Pixel Watch 4 owners now have more choice for charging.

The Mous Pixel Watch Charger, available through Google’s online store for $50, is the first third-party charger that works with the Pixel Watch 4’s side-mounted charging pins. It’s larger and potentially more stable than Google’s $30 Pixel Watch Quick Charge Dock, and can connect to other Mous charging pads.

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<em>As with Google’s bundled charger, Mous’ Pixel Watch 4 charging stand positions the smartwatch on its side for use as a desk or bedside display.</em>
<em>The charger connects to other Mous charging accessories using a set of pogo connectors on the left side.</em>
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As with Google’s bundled charger, Mous’ Pixel Watch 4 charging stand positions the smartwatch on its side for use as a desk or bedside display.
Image: Mous
The best Garmin watches for training and everyday lifeThe best Garmin watches for training and everyday life
In 2025, wearables made a hard pivot to AIIn 2025, wearables made a hard pivot to AI
Meta rolls out AI glasses update with conversation boosting featureMeta rolls out AI glasses update with conversation boosting feature
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Apple is getting closer to bringing notifications to third-party watches.

The iOS 26.3 beta introduces a new “Notification Forwarding” setting that you can use to forward alerts to non-Apple watches, according to MacRumors. The feature comes in response to an order from the EU, and is still a bit limited, as it only forwards notifications to one device at a time.

iOS 26.3 Adds Notification Forwarding Option for Third-Party Wearables

[MacRumors]

I quit all my AI fitness plans, and I feel free

An AI coach is a terrible accountability buddy. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to ignore everything it says.

Victoria Song
This Tetris-playing watch struggles with the one thing it should be great atThis Tetris-playing watch struggles with the one thing it should be great at
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
If everything is AI, can we just stop saying so already?

Yesterday my colleague Victoria Song asked what we’re actually meant to call the new generation of smart / XR / AR glasses. Apparently “AI glasses” is an industry frontrunner, but doesn’t that already feel like a truism?

mattewan:

I feel like saying AI glasses is the same as saying Software Glasses. It’s kind of meaningless as you expect products like this (maybe all tech products?) to have AI in them- it’s kind of the whole shtick at this point. You wouldn’t say AI laptop or AI phone.

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No one knows what to call these things

Apparently, ‘smart glasses’ is insufficient. Enter AI glasses, AR glasses, wired XR glasses, and everything in between.

Victoria Song
The Pixel Watch 4 is getting new one-handed gestures and better smart repliesThe Pixel Watch 4 is getting new one-handed gestures and better smart replies
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Single-use tech.

Pebble’s new smart-ish Index 01 ring looks pretty neat. Less neat? The fact that the battery is neither replaceable nor rechargeable, giving this a finite lifespan.

hodgdon:

I’m sure it probably wouldn’t last much longer than a few years anyway, but not being able to charge it and having it just randomly become e-waste one day is a deal breaker for me

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The next Pebble gadget is the Index 01, a ring with a microphoneThe next Pebble gadget is the Index 01, a ring with a microphone
The Apple Watch Series 11 just got a big $100 discount ahead of the holidaysThe Apple Watch Series 11 just got a big $100 discount ahead of the holidays
A first look at Google’s Project Aura glasses built with Xreal

It’s kinda like a pair of chunky sunglasses that runs Android apps.

Victoria Song

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