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Some days away from the home or office can seem like a constant battle against battery life: your phone is dying, your laptop is dying, and your smartwatch is dying. Despite all of the advances we’ve seen in tech in recent years, battery life doesn’t seem to be getting much beyond the standard 24 hours of use for a lot of devices.Limited by the physical restrictions of their hardware, manufacturers are putting battery-saving tweaks into software instead, like the Low Power Mode you’ll find on the Apple Watch and the…

Celebrities including Billie Eilish and Ramy Youssef and many more showed up to the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards wearing red pins in support of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as a protest delayed stars’ arrivals.“We’re all calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We’re calling for the safety of everyone involved. We really want lasting justice and peace for the Palestinian people,” Youssef said during a red carpet interview. “We really just want to say, ‘let’s just stop killing children.’…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Olivia Rodrigo is finally heading out on the road again to play her new album around the globe for the Guts world tour, which kicked off in Palm Springs on Feb. 23. Whether or not you’ve scored your tickets yet (which if you haven’t, you should get on that stat), if you’re planning on joining the crowd, pumping your fist and screaming “get him back!”, then the…

Most Wear OS smartwatches last anywhere between one and two days on a single charge. Those who need smartwatches that last longer are forced to use a fitness band or a smartwatch with a custom operating system (from the likes of Coros, Garmin, Polar, and Suunto) that isn't so smart. Google is now trying to find a solution to the problem, and if Samsung uses it, the battery life of future Galaxy Watches can improve dramatically. Co-processor can now handle more Wear OS tasks to improve smartwatch battery life Google has…

At the ongoing MWC 2024, OnePlus introduced its latest smartwatch dubbed the OnePlus Watch 2. The device has arrived as the longest-lasting Wear OS-powered smartwatch to this day. The wearable is powered by the Wear OS 4, which has a new hybrid interface that strikingly extends its battery life. Soon after the unveiling of the OnePlus Watch 2, Google posted a blog post detailing how the hybrid interface works. Wear OS 4 boasts a new hybrid interface, which strikingly extends the battery life The latest Wear OS 4 version…

Samsung hasn't had any credible competition in the Wear OS smartwatch space for a few years. However, starting this year, the company will face tough competition as rival smartphone brands have entered the Wear OS smartwatch space. OnePlus and Xiaomi have launched their new smartwatches running Wear OS to compete with the Galaxy Watch 6. OnePlus Watch 2 and Xiaomi Watch 2 use 4nm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 processor OnePlus Watch 2 is the company's first Wear OS-based smartwatch, while Xiaomi Watch 2 is its second Wear…

Google and Samsung co-developed the new Watch Face Format (WFF) for Wear OS 4. This new format is easier to maintain and is more power-efficient, leading to longer battery life. Google is urging (via 9o5Google) third-party Wear OS watch face developers to use the new format instead of relying on the older method of creating watch faces. As more third-party watch faces switch to the new format, they will become more efficient. Wear OS watch faces made using Watch Face Format are more power-efficient The Watch Face Format…

After many years of pushing by the tech industry, smart glasses (and various other forms of techy headgear) are starting to catch on. It’s a trend that, until now, had left me quite skeptical – for one key reason: the design.   This is either because they’re obviously ‘smart’, meaning you’re a likely candidate to be robbed down a dark alley, or they make you look like a complete wally. In the case of the Apple Vision Pro, it’s both (sorry, not sorry). However, I found a product at MWC 2024 that has finally bucked…

Samsung always showcases some innovative display concepts and prototypes at major global tech events. The company brought a handful of such futuristic display products to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024. The most eye-catching of the lot was the Cling Band, a bending smartphone that you can wear on your wrist. Samsung hints at the future of phones with its Cling Band The Samsung Cling Band is sort of a smartphone and smartwatch combined into one device. It features a flexible OLED display as big as a regular…

Wear OS 4 has reportedly received a tweak that can significantly improve the battery life of smartwatches that run on Google's operating system. It will modify how notifications are processed by sending them to a different system, that is expected to improve the device's battery performance. The OnePlus Watch 2, which was unveiled on Monday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, will be the first smartwatch that will support the improved functionality that could arrive on devices in the future.Until now, notifications…