Ash and Pikachu hung up their pokéballs in the Japanese version of the show earlier this year. But if you want to watch the sweet sendoff in English, the last batch of dubbed Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series episodes drops today on Netflix.
To mark the end of the era, there’s also a newly remixed version of the iconic theme song. Shut up, I’m not crying, you’re crying. They were the very best.
I’ve been testing the Ergatta and Aviron Strong for months. Both are great rowers, but I’m struggling to see a future for pricey connected fitness hardware.
The future where you speak into a wrist communicator is getting closer. While many smartwatches allow you to dictate texts on your wrist, Google says it’s rolling out voice memos on the Wear OS Messages app over the next few weeks. As noted by 9to5 Google, it’s not clear whether you’ll be able to play back any messages on the wrist.
There are a few more minor Wear OS updates as well, which you can check out here.
One of the best things about Garmin is it often brings newer features to older models for free. Starting today, owners of the second-gen Epix, Fenix 7 series, Forerunner series, and Venu series can get some of the cool stuff introduced earlier this spring on the Epix Pro and Fenix 7 Pro. That includes the new Endurance and Hill Scores, muscle maps, weather map overlays, and... a fish forecast. You can check out the full list at the link below.
Personally, I don’t need a Hill Score to tell me I stink at uphill running but hey, it might be more helpful for you!
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Continuous glucose monitoring still isn’t a proven thing for nondiabetics, but you can learn a little about yourself, provided you can pay.
Wear OS 4 debuted earlier this month on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, and now it’s coming via a One UI 5 Watch update to the Galaxy Watch 5 series in the US. In a nutshell, Wear OS 4 adds cloud backups and supposedly improves battery life. (Meanwhile, you can read about the One UI 5 Watch updates here.)
Right now, it appears this is limited to the Galaxy Watch 5 series though 9to5 Google says it’ll also come later to the Galaxy Watch 4 watches. We just don’t know how much later.
A new Bloomberg report says Apple is tinkering with 3D printing for the stainless steel version of the Apple Watch Series 9. The main goal is to purportedly streamline production, and if things go well, Apple may consider using 3D printing for its other products.
The report claims that Apple’s been secretly developing this tech for three years, but it’s not a given that the first Series 9 shipments will actually feature the tech. Earlier in June, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo noted that some of the Ultra 2’s titanium parts would also be manufactured via 3D printing. (Bloomberg says this won’t happen until 2024, however.)
Ultimately this would be a small number of Apple Watches sold. Most people opt for the less expensive aluminum models, with stainless steel making up roughly 10 percent of total units.
