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Titan Eye+ launches the Titan EyeX: Smart Eyewear with Audio, Touch, and Eye-care

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The Titan EyeX is loaded with features like:

  • touch control
  • fitness tracker
  • voice-enabled eye care notifications
  • Audio
  • a comfortable design
  • a companion app compatible with Android and iOS
  • sweat resistance

The Titan EyeX are sunglasses, spectacles, and computer glasses all packed into one and is operated through Bluetooth v5.0. These eye glasses consist of TWS open ear speakers and Clear Voice Capture (CVC) technology to ensure clear voice quality. The dynamic volume control adjusts the volume of audio output depending on the ambience.

The Open-ear wireless audio doesn’t block or cover ears, so one can hear music and still be aware of their surroundings at the same time, making it safer for outdoor use. Titan EyeX is designed to work with voice assistance and has touch controls on both left and right temples for receiving and rejecting calls, controlling music, and clicking a selfie.

“Titan EyeX is an innovative product that combines our experience in eyecare of over a decade with new-age technology. Broadly, two core values – Expertise and Empathy – drive everything that we do including product innovation. And, Titan EyeX is no exception. It is not just a hard-working feature-loaded tech product but also a stylish, comfortable, and light-weight eyewear. With Qualcomm-enabled high quality audio, pedometer, touch control, and compatibility with a wide variety of lenses, it is an absolute must-have! At Rs 9999, it is simply a steal.” shared Mr. Saumen Bhaumik, CEO Eyewear Division, Titan Company Limited.

The Midnight Black Titan EyeX is available at all Titan Eye+ stores and on the official website of Titan Eye+ at the price of INR 9,999. For more information, please visit this page.

Playfit app brings improved UI in a new update

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Play, an Indian brand specialising in wearables like fitness bands, smartwatches and wireless audio recently released a new software update to enhance the Playfit app that talks to all its wearables.

The software update primarily includes improved UI, in addition to a feature to add exercises to your regime and an upgraded sleep and exercise tracker. Like many other wearables of different brands that could be connected to their respective fitness-based tracking apps, the Playfit app – which is available on Android and the iOS – tracks a host of fitness activities like walking, running, and more, along with tracking other common functions like sleep patterns, modes and duration.

Play have also added a virtual leaderboard on the Playfit app where they users can track their progress and compare their statistics to 99 other members in the same category or activity. Play also guarantees the historical data to be saved, thereby enabling users to access all their previous progress (recorded on an older Play device) on their new Play device.

The Playfit app is downloadable on Android and iOS and you can check out all of Play’s products by visiting this page.

Review: Fossil Gen 4 Explorist HR

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SPECIFICATIONS
PRICE  Rs. 21,995 URL fossil.com/in STORAGE 4GB OS Wear OS by Google SENSORS Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Gyroscope, Heart Rate COMPATIBILITY Android OS 4.4+ (Excluding Go Edition), iOS 9.3+ CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth Smart Enabled/4.1 LE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n BATTERY LIFE Estimated all day PROCESSOR Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 CASE SIZE 45mm STRAP SIZE 22mm INTERCHANGEABLE STRAP Yes 

The thing with Google’s Wear OS-powered smartwatches is that most of the offer similar set of features. One way for them to differentiate is the design, which is what Fossil has been doing for a few years now. Generation 4 Explorist HR Smartwatch is their recent offering but is it worth the spend? Let’s find out.

The Explorist HR’s design makes it clear cut about its target market. The smartwatch is big and perfect for anyone who prefers a large dial. The 45mm dial is undoubtedly, large but the case thickness is just 13mm and shaves off some extra grams to make the smartwatch lighter. The watch we received had a rose gold finish with black leather strap and while we weren’t fond of that combination, Fossil actually sells a few other colour options with leather straps and metal links. For customers looking for a smaller watch, Fossil also sells Venture HR, which is essentially a 40mm watch. Mumbai monsoons shouldn’t be botherful because the Explorist HR has a waterproof design.

When it comes to performance, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 2100 powers the smartwatch. The overall performance is smooth but would have appreciated Fossil to go with the latest available chip instead of the one announced way back in 2016. There are no surprises if you’ve used a Wear OS smartwatch before.

The heart rate tracking is good, comparable to some dedicated fitness bands in the market and untethered GPS makes it possible to track runs, bike rides without the need to connect to a smartphone to record it. Not that we would want to take a good looking watch like this for a run but it’s a good feature to have.

One gripe we have is the battery life and if you use GPS, you’ll hardly get a day out of it. Use it more conservatively and you’ve got a chance to extend it to more than a day.

To wrap things up, we found the Fossil Explorist HR to be a decent smartwatch if you’re looking for something big and runs Google’s Wear OS. However, if you’re not a fan of Fossil’s design or want a different look, you can also look at some alternatives like Samsung’s Galaxy Watch or Apple’s Series 3.

RATING 3.5/5
WE’RE IMPRESSED Features
WE’D IMPROVE Battery life
THE LAST WORD A large smartwatch that boasts a decent feature set but with a mediocre battery life

 

Xiaomi announces Mi Band 3 and new smart home products

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In addition to the TVs, Xiaomi also unravelled the Mi Band 3. The new fitness tracker now comes with a bigger display but boasts battery life similar to the previous generation model. It now comes with a 0.78-inch OLED display and is now water resistant to up to 50 meters.

There’s heart rate and sleep tracking and can now show detailed notifications.

The Mi Band 3 goes on sale from tomorrow for Rs. 1,999. 

Next up is the Mi Home Security Camera that can record surveillance footage in up to 1080p resolution. It comes with motion trackin, IR sensor for low-light recording and supports panning and tilting. It does not any internal storage but supports microSD cards or it can store data to the connected network storage.

The camera will go on sale from Rs. 2,699 from October 10.

The Mi Air Purifier 2S works exactly like its predecessor but now comes with an OLED display and can be controlled with Alexa or Google Assistant.

The purifier will go on sale from tomorrow for Rs. 8,999. 

The final product to be unveiled is a hard-shell honeycomb polycarbonate suitcase that comes with TSA approved lock. It will sell in two sizes – 20-inch and 24-inch.

The 20-inch is priced at Rs. 2,999 and 24-inch will go for Rs. 4,299. Both bags go on sale from October 10.

Asus VivoWatch BP reads out your blood pressure in 15 secs

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Asus revitalised its smartwatch ambitions with the new VivoWatch BP at the Computex this year. The interesting thing about the VivoWatch BP is that it not only tracks the user’s heart rate but is also equipped with ECG and PPG sensors that enables to track blood pressure and give out the readings in about 15 seconds. We tried the watch briefly and while it could monitor the blood pressure quickly, we found the readings were off, which could be most likely due to unfinished software as well as other factors like the missing physical and basic information like age, weight, gender, etc. on the demo smartwatch.

Apart from tracking blood pressure, VivoWatch BP can do what other fitness watches can like track the number of steps, sleep, calories burnt and more. However, the device along with the app brings in something called the HealthAI that will provide users a personalised health advice based on their blood pressure reading and other factors to improve on the health.

Asus has also worked on VivoWatch BP’s battery life, which is one of the biggest pain points for any smartwatch these days. Asus claims VivoWatch BP will work for 28 days on a single charge.

There’s no information if VivoWatch BP will come to India but we hope it does.