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    Google Is Getting Ready to Replace Assistant With Gemini on Smartwatches

    Get ready to say goodbye to the familiar Google Assistant on your wrist. Google’s continued push to replace Assistant with Gemini appears to be hitting Wear OS smartwatches. The changes are small–for now. The latest update to the “Assistant” app on Wear OS smartwatches hints at a significant upcoming shift. While the core functionalities remain for now, the Assistant branding…

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    Boost Mobile Is Adding Tablets And Smartwatches

    Summary Boost Mobile expands offerings to include tablets & smartwatches, starting with Apple products. Plans priced at $20 for iPad & $10 for Watch. Plans are independent of cellphone line. Existing customers eligible for $100 discount with 36-month financing agreement. Limited-time offer. You typically get phones through carriers, but with the rise of other kinds of devices with cellular support,…

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    Apple’s picked a very fitnessy way to mark a decade of smartwatches

    April 24th will be the 10th anniversary of the day the first Apple Watch shipped to customers. A decade is a major milestone in the gadget world, but you won’t see a lot of anniversary-themed fanfare to mark the occasion. Instead, Apple is dubbing the 24th as Global Close Your Rings Day — and it has some research from its…

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    The Best Deals on Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches During Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

    We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is on now, a mini version of Prime Day that has inspired competing sales at Target and Walmart. Plenty of fitness trackers and smartwatches are among the discounted items. Here are my picks for the best…

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    The Best Deals on Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches During Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

    We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is on now, a mini version of Prime Day that has inspired competing sales at Target and Walmart. Plenty of fitness trackers and smartwatches are among the discounted items. Here are my picks for the best…

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    New PebbleOS Smartwatches Won’t Be Great for iPhone Owners

    Pebble is back with a pair of new smartwatches—the $150 Core 2 Duo and $225 Core Time 2. Unfortunately, iPhone owners who buy these smartwatches will miss out on a lot of important functionality. The new PebbleOS watches are explicitly designed for both Android and iOS, just as they were a decade ago. However, as founder Eric Migicovsky explains in…

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    10 Best Wear OS Smartwatches You Can Buy in 2025

    Google’s wearable platform has received much criticism and praise over the years. Wear OS has come a long way, and so have the manufacturers making the current-gen wearables. If we had penned this article a couple of years ago, there were hardly a few watches to include. However, Wear OS in 2025 is bustling with great smartwatches. So here are…

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    Best Android Smartwatches of 2024

    Any number of companies make smartwatches that play well with Android devices, but as with Android smartphones, most watchmakers also customize the operating system, tweaking the user interface and adding exclusive features. For example, the highly rated Samsung Galaxy Watch7 uses Samsung’s version of Android’s Wear OS, so it’s best for people who use a Samsung phone, such as the…

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    Early Black Friday Deals on Garmin Smartwatches

    We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The early Black Friday deals on fitness watches have begun, and today you can find a ton of deals on Garmin watches in particular. The Forerunner, Instinct, Vivoactive, and Venu lines all have models on sale today at 20% off,…

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    Best Smartwatches of 2024, Tested by Our Experts

    These top models from Apple, Fitbit, Google, and Samsung offer great performance and a variety of useful features Smartwatches that do well in Consumer Reports’ testing include models from (left to right) Amazfit, Google, Samsung, and Apple. By Allen St. John, Courtney Lindwall Smartwatches can do plenty of things, from answering texts to checking the weather forecast. But increasingly, smartwatches…

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