Wearable devices

Image: Samsung UAEA recent leak on the Samsung UAE website revealed quite a lot of information on the company’s upcoming fitness tracker, the Galaxy Fit 3. The info that was apparently accidentally posted by Samsung is still up on the site in the form of a web cache. Samsung Community and Gadgets & Wearables quickly spotted the leak and highlighted some important details about the Fitbit competitor so far.Hands-On With Meta Quest 3In its next fitness band, the company is switching from a polycarbonate main body to an…

Apple’s Vision Pro is set to make landfall from the company’s Cupertino spaceship headquarters Friday. Still, those who got to spend time with it early could finally break their silence Tuesday morning. From the fore, reviewers have walked away impressed with the VR headset’s strong displays, best-in-class passthrough, and hand tracking, but many also wonder just how much use they can get out of a $3,500 headset sporting a connected two-hour battery pack.Hands-On With Meta Quest 3Among reviewers, the most consistent…

Apple’s Vision Pro is set to wander its way into a few lucky Apple megafans’ living rooms starting Friday, but if you were a bit late to jump on the “spatial computing” hype train, there’s still time to get yourself one of the upcoming $3,500 headsets.Top Takeaways from the Apple EventBuying a Vision Pro is a bit more involved than your usual Apple release, not just because of its massive upfront cost for a consumer-level device. Apple has added a few more hoops to jump through to order one. Not to mention, you may find…

Netflix is on everything. It’s on your phone, computer, and game console, going all the way back to the Nintendo Wii. Hell, you can get your Netflix fix on a Peloton if you really need to work off the vicarious carbo loads of Paul Hollywood while watching the latest season of The Great British Bake Off. One place where Netflix won’t be is Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro VR headset. Why isn’t Netflix planning an app for what is Apple’s big $3,500 gamble on the future of augmented reality? According to co-CEO Greg Peters, it’s…

Photo: Dan Ackerman / GizmodoThe Apple Vision Pro finally became available for pre-order on Friday last week, and while the first weekend did extremely well, to the point of being sold out, chances are that the demand may not continue to go up the same way. Here’s why.Hands-On With Meta Quest 3According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo’s blog, he estimates that Apple sold somewhere between 160,000 to 180,000 Vision Pro units during the pre-order weekend, which retail for $3,500 a pop. He goes on to say that, just like he…

Those diving into Apple’s new mixed reality headset might be missing a few of their favorite apps as they navigate the Cupertino company’s new “spatial” environment. Pre-orders for the Vision Pro go live Friday, but if you’re considering dropping $3,500 on this big-budget headset, you should know what kinds of virtual experiences will be available and won’t be clamoring for your virtual time. A few big-name apps are not coming to the Vision Pro, and there are a few surprises that will.Some of the most popular apps on…

Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoJust Tuesday, we reported on Apple trying to circumvent the import ban by dropping the blood-oxygen monitoring sensor on it. Until the new watches without the sensor were out, the ban was temporarily lifted, allowing Apple to start selling again. CNBC just reported that the Cupertino company has again been banned from selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches. According to them, a federal appeals court will resume the ban starting Thursday.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenThis is a…

There are some things about VR that remain as true today as they have for nearly the past decade, despite how much some companies want to rebrand the whole shebang. Varjo’s latest VR/AR headset, the $3,990 XR4, wants to prove that solid displays, controls, and comfort remain the cornerstone of the VR space. The headset is yet another enterprise-level device meant for the high-end enthusiast users and big businesses building workable VR apps, not so much the average Joe. I had the chance to jump into it anyway, not the…

Trying to draw attention back to its Metaverse ambitions, Meta dropped the price of its 128 GB to $250. That’s exactly half of what the company’s latest Quest 3 costs. An extra $50 will net you the 256 GB Quest 2, but if you’re looking to get one even cheaper, the company is advertising refurbished headsets starting at $230 and $270, respectively.No matter what, Meta is still in charge, and if the company giveth, it may also taketh away. Over the past week, Meta silently removed the option to let users stream to…

Image: Apple/GettyI want to love Siri. I really do. Every day, I walk around with a little robot that lives in my pocket and responds to simple commands. It is a full-blown miracle, the kind of thing our ancestors could only dream of. The problem is Siri’s an idiot. My digital assistant and others like it from Google and Amazon are close to useless for anything more sophisticated than checking the weather. In 2024, that’s going to change. Thanks to AI, Siri is about to get a whole lot smarter, and in small but meaningful…