The Amazfit Bip S beats out every other smartwatch we’ve tested when it comes to price and battery life, earning it CNET’s Editor’s Choice Award for 2020. It isn’t the best smartwatch I’ve ever tested — not even close. But it’s definitely the longest-running one. I wore it for almost 10 days straight without having …
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Update, Oct. 15: Amazon’s Prime Day sale officially ended at midnight PT. We’re keeping track of the best Prime Day deals still available, however, and we’ve identified the best Walmart “Big Save” deals, which remain available through the end of today. Amazon Prime Day has officially ended, but some deals have remained. Rivals of the retail giant, including Best Buy, Target and Walmart, also have some …
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The spotlight is deservedly on Amazon for the second day this week as Prime Day sales continue. But don’t get tunnel vision and miss out on major savings from big retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Target and more. To help you easily see every sale in one place, we’ve gathered up all the offers happening outside of Amazon during this …
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Google’s $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit is getting some pushback in the European Union. Rival makers of wearables are reportedly concerned that the search giant’s promises on using Fitbit’s data for advertising don’t go far enough. According to the Financial Times, several “major hardware makers and leading cloud services providers” have raised issues with the EU about some of the …
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8.0 Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 $229 at Walmart $249 at eBay Get Price Alerts You’re receiving price alerts for Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 Like Premium design with a physical rotating bezel Advanced sleep tracking Running tools that go beyond the basics Measures blood oxygen levels and VO2 max Don’t Like Missing blood pressure feature Battery life on the smaller watch …
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8.3 Garmin Varia RTL515 Cycling Rearview Radar $200 at Target $200 at Amazon Get Price Alerts $200 at Best Buy You’re receiving price alerts for Garmin Varia RTL515 Cycling Rearview Radar Like Identifies approaching cars from up to 140m away integrated tail light Easy to install on seatpost Seamlessly connects with Garmin and Wahoo cycling computers, as well as Garmin’s …
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Garmin, known for its smartwatches and wearables, on Monday confirmed it was victim to a cyberattack that encrypted the company’s systems causing its apps, website, customer support and communications to go offline last week. Some of Garmin’s services were back online on Monday following a four day outage. Other services are showing “limited” access on the company’s status page, including …
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Apple packed a lot of great features in its Apple Watch Series 4: a faster processor, brighter, bigger screen, louder speaker and an FDA-cleared electrocardiogram feature (ECG or EKG) that can help screen for potentially life-threatening conditions. But for a lot of people, the best thing about the Series 4 is that it made the previous-generation Apple Watch that much more …
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Worldwide shipments of wearables grew more than 29% year over year in the first quarter of 2020, with total device volume hitting 72.6 million units, according to a Thursday report by market research firm IDC. Much of that increase was fueled by growth in hearables and wristbands, as smart and basic watches saw a decline. In the wristband category, devices like …
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I’d love to say that when I first put on the Apple Watch, I’d never seen anything like it before. But of course, that’s not true. By late 2014 I’d been surrounded by smartwatches for a few years. So when Apple announced it was making its own watch, my thought (as so often with Apple) was: finally. The first smartwatch I …
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