The Verge is covering the rapidly evolving world of wearables. We test everything from smartwatches like the Apple Watch, to smart glasses like the Meta Ray-Bans, to fitness trackers like the Oura Ring to find out which ones deliver on their promises. Follow along to find out whether covering our bodies in screens and sensors can actually make us smarter and healthier.
So, of course, I had to go try it out. This $150 LED Light Therapy Face Mask is the smart lighting company’s first lighting-focused wellness product, and it sounds like there may be more to come. I think it’s rather fetching ... don’t you?
Fluffy robots, portable TVs, and vacuums with arms and legs. This is what we come to CES for.
At CES, the next generation of eyewear was everywhere. It’s just no one seems to agree on why we want it or what the best approach is.
Wearables reporter Victoria Song got to wear three of Ultrahuman’s super-expensive smart rings in a new video from CES. Watch this one all the way to the end.
There I was, wandering the show floor, when I stumbled upon the Nova X and Nova Pay. The former is a smart ring that has a micro display, while the latter supports NFC payments. I’ve tested several smart rings over the years and seen dozens on the show floor... but it’s been 84 years since I’ve seen these features in a working prototype or product.
We do not needs the Ultrahuman Rare. No, no we should not haves it. It is too much that we haves $6,000 worth of smart rings on our hand it is. But... my precious...
In all seriousness, you can see the quality in person and Ultrahuman told me they’re working on a way to swap out the electronic components / have a guaranteed upgrade path so you can keep the value of the precious metals.
Garmin platforms suffered a multi-hour outage this morning. During that time, workouts captured by Garmin watches couldn’t be synced to fitness services like Strava, maps couldn’t be downloaded to Garmin bike computers, spouses couldn’t be alerted to new live actives, etc etc.
Update: It’s back.
Chamelo’s color-changing and tint-adjusting sunglass lenses are back — only now, they support prescriptions.
They include 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 OntheGo folding chargers that feature a 15-watt Qi2 magnetic charging pad and an Apple Watch pad with 5-watt output to AirPods. The 3-in-1 supports Apple Watch fast charging.
Satechi also announced a set of magnetic Qi2 power banks reminiscent of Anker MagGo chargers like this one. Satechi says it’s all coming in the second quarter, with prices ranging from $69.99 to $99.99.
Another day another Garmin watch iteration. The Instinct 3 is a ruggedized GPS smartwatch available with an OLED display — $450 to $500 — or long-lasting MIP display with an integrated solar charging lens — $400 to $450 — in 45mm and 50mm sizes.
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I ranked the Circular Ring Slim dead last in my smart ring battle royale. When I heard their CES 2025 announcement, I was cautiously optimistic that a redemption arc was in the making with the Circular Ring 2. Now that I’ve seen and tried it, I’m even more hopeful. The hardware is such an improvement — all that’s left to see is if the software is too when it launches.
I’m a skeptic when it comes to real-time translation tech, but I’m intrigued by the Timekettle W4 Pro buds and the newly announced Babel OS. You can create a custom lexicon for specific words like names, industry jargon, locations, and most importantly, slang! We’ll have to see how well it works, but it acknowledges one of my biggest pet peeves with translation tech: how fast language evolves.
The big update is a new integration with Strava, but there’s also a new roster of Time to Walk guests, musical Artist Spotlights, and training programs. Including one for pickleball. Yes, pickleball.
I’m most jazzed about Yoga Peak Poses — a series that aims to help you master harder yoga poses. Crow pose in 2025, here I come. (Probably not.)
Android Authority spotted code pointing to a higher-end tier of OnePlus’ next smartwatch. It appears that the upcoming OnePlus Watch 3 will come in a Pro version, too. No details yet on what’ll make it any fancier.
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That’s what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a reply on Threads.
Recent reports from the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal echoed Alex Heath’s scoop from last year, saying that in 2025 the company plans to add an in-lens display, or “viewfinder,” to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
The company didn’t reveal specific timing, but you’ll finally be able to buy Casio’s functional ring watch through its US website the day after Christmas, as spotted by G-Central.
The $120 wearable has a tiny LCD screen that shows hours, minutes, and seconds, a stopwatch function, and an alarm that flashes the display’s backlight instead of making noise.
A British startup has miniaturized the interfaces Apollo astronauts used aboard the command and lunar modules to create the DSKY Moonwatch. In addition to basic calculator functions the watch has GPS waypoint navigation and a battery good for 24 hours of use between charges with a USB cable.
You can preorder it now for £649 (around $814) and delivery is expected sometime in Q1 of 2025.
Smart rings had a resurgence this year. The question is whether the renaissance will continue.
Looking for a discreet distraction? You can now browse Bluesky on your wrist with Reuben Catchpole’s Butterfly for Bluesky on the Apple Watch.
The app is free if you only want to browse feeds, but an optional $2.99 in-app upgrade to Butterfly Pro adds the ability to message other users and even write posts, according to 9to5Mac.
It’s called Project Moohan — and if you’re wondering what the heck is a moohan, it means infinity in Korean. Because there are “infinite possibilities” in XR.
Naming aside, I demoed the headset earlier this week and got a sneak peek at Android XR, Google’s new OS for mixed-reality devices. It’s for devs only right now, but a consumer launch is planned for 2025.
Google’s prototype smart glasses made me feel like Tony Stark. Can Android XR make it happen outside of a demo?
