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Indian smartwatch players gear up to beat Chinese, global rivals in 2023

The Indian smartwatch market has not only grown exponentially on the home turf, but also performed exceptionally well at the global level and the domestic players expect to repeat the feat in 2023

Fire-Boltt eyes 5 times business growth in FY23, to scale up smartwatches

Wearable and audio devices maker Fire-Boltt expects around five times growth in business to Rs 2,400 crore this fiscal with its plans to enhance brand loyalty of customers and offer specialised features for sports, fitness and healthcare, a top official of the company said. Fire-Boltt Founder and CEO Arnav Kishore told PTI that the company will start making all smartwatches in India in the next three months and expects to increase its market share in the category to 50 per cent in the next 12-18 months. The company is eyeing the smartphone user base in India, projected to reach 100 crore in a few years, from where it expects high level of traction for smartwatches. "We are aggressively focusing on the marketing campaigns in order to increase brand loyalty. In terms of revenue, we clocked around Rs 500 crore last fiscal year. Till September 2022, we have clocked around Rs 1,200 crore and expect close to Rs 2,400 crore (this fiscal)," Kishore told PTI. According to Counterpoint ...

Wearable electronics could potentially detect emerging health problems

The device could also do a personalized analysis of the tracked health data while minimizing the need for its wireless transmission

Type-C charging port for all devices: Stakeholders agree to phased rollout

Stakeholders have agreed to a phased roll-out of a uniform charging port for effective implementation and easy adoption so that the same can be applied by the industry and adopted by consumers

Zepp Health announces India-exclusive Amazfit Pop 2 smartwatch, launch soon

The Amazfit Pop 2 sports a 1.78-inch HD AMOLED screen and it will support Bluetooth calling feature, announced Zepp Health in a statement

India wearables mkt grows 56.4% YoY; 37.2 mn units shipped in Q3FY22: IDC

Smartwatches remained the fastest-growing category, recording 178 per cent YoY growth while earwear accounted for 67.3 per cent of the overall wearables category

India wearable market registers 56.4% growth, boAt leads, says report

boAt continues to lead with a 32.1 per cent of market share in Q3 growing 19.5 per cent (year-over-year), according to the report

Pixel Watch not suffering from screen burn-in, it's image retention: Google

Tech giant Google said the Pixel Watch does not suffer from screen burn-in and it is just image retention

Samsung Galaxy Watch5 series review: Best buy in Android wearables category

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro are one of the best smartwatches in the android wearable category, but these still have a long way to go

Qualcomm teaser shows next-generation wearable SoCs with Snapdragon 4100+

The most recent Snapdragon Wear 4100+ is built on the 12nm process and included a new co-processor to help handle more background tasks like sensor input and sound

Apple Watch Series 8 likely to have bigger display of 1.99 inch: Report

Tech giant Apple, which is all set to launch a set of new iPhones, Watches in September, may unveil the Apple Watch Series 8 with a bigger 1.99-inch display

Homegrown Boult Audio forays into wearable segment with smartwatches

The Boult Drift and Boult Cosmic smartwatches will be available at an introductory price of Rs 1,999 and Rs 1,499, respectively

Apple Watch Series 8 to let you know if you are running a fever: Report

Health-centric Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly come with a body temperature sensor that will let the user know if he or she is running a fever.

Dyson's maiden headphones to feature built-in air purification system

Named Dyson Zone, the headphones with air purifier would be available globally from Autumn 2022

China's wearable device shipments up 25.4% in 2021: IDC report

In breakdown, shipments of ear-worn devices in the Chinese market surged 55.4 per cent from 2020 to 78.98 million units, while that of watches rose 21.4 per cent to 39.56 million units

India's wearable market logs over 118% growth to 11.2 mn units in Q2: IDC

India's wearables market grew 118.2 per cent year-on-year in the June 2021 quarter at 11.2 million units with strong shipments from homegrown brands in earwear and watches fuelling this growth

Samsung pips Xiaomi to grab 2nd spot in global wearables market

Samsung shipped 11.8 million units of wearable products in the January-March period, up 35.7 percent from a year earlier.

Stay secure: Treat wearables on par with cards to make contactless payments

Acceptance of wearable devices will depend on speed and ease of grievance redressal

Dozee review: This AI-powered device monitors health vitals while you sleep

Priced at Rs 7,499, the Dozee is touted to monitor heartbeat, respiration, and breathing rate data with 98.4% accuracy. But is it really as good as claimed by its makers? Let's find out

We will re-enter growth phase in Q1 of FY22: Suparna Mitra of Titan Company

In a Q&A, the CEO of Titan's Watches and Wearables Division says the firm is betting big on smartwatches, eyeing 10-15% revenue from the segment the next few years