Tag: Wearable

Oppo & Huawei Are Ready to Launch Next Smartwatches
The Huawei once was active in smartwatch business and had been grabbed the attention of many customers worldwide was quiet for some time on an issue with the US government. It could be going to change soon that world’s one of the largest smartphone maker is ready to introduce its mobile operating system, Harmony OS. The proprietary operating system for all smartphone & wearable devices.
Last year the company had launched Watch GT with Light OS, but it wasn’t run successfully although the battery backup was impressive.
Huawei Watch 2 & Watch 2 Pro were the only smartwatches on the market that can compete with other Apple & Samsung watches. Since last year, Huawei watches have been missing major Android Wear updates and it is going into benefits of Samsung, Apple & Fitbit.
The company knows the Wear OS market is shrinking & it is better to come up with its wearable ecosystem that will connect each device. Now Huawei has ideas with new Harmony OS and its configuration with all wearables & smartphones. It still unclarified when we can see the next gadgets running on Harmony and how the company will target its customers.
Oppo’s first smartwatch
The other news is China’s other company Oppo is making space for Wearable business. The Oppo has plans to launch smartwatches & fitness trackers in the market.
On the official Twitter account CEO of Oppo has revealed the company’s next move in wearable gadgets. He told future Oppo smartwatches & trackers will be seen in the second half of 2020. Right now, we don’t know anything about this smartwatch nor the official name, but I think in the coming weeks we will be hearing more about it.
Both are Chinese companies trying to make room in this business. If they want to deal with Apple & Samsung, then they have to come up with future-proof devices like Apple has launched Watch Series 4 & Samsung has introduced Galaxy Watch active 2.
What do you think, will you buy your next wearable gadget from Oppo & Huawei? Give us your opinion in the comment section below.
August 13, 2019
Smartwatch Market Grows, Apple & Samsung Leads
The smartwatch sector is constantly growing with setting new records every year. The latest report from Strategy Analytics mentions the trend and reports that 12.3 million smartwatches were shipped in the second quarter of 2019. As compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the current year recorded a 44% year on year growth rate. In the Q2 of 2018, all the companies cumulatively shipped 8.3 million smartwatches against the 12.3 million of the Q2 2019. The report reveals the growing potential of the wearables section and indicates the growth scale in the upcoming time.
The Apple Watch dominates the global shipments of the smartwatches and shipped 46% of the 12.3 million. It is obvious that last year’s Apple Watch Series 4 is the biggest factor in increasing shipments of the company and to bring it to the top position.
Further, Samsung also recorded a significant improvement in the smartwatch segment. The company doubled its shipments compared in the same period of 2018. Korean tech giant’s Samsung Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Watch Active helped the company to beat the Fitbit and grab the second position. In September, Galaxy Watch Active 2 with Under Armour edition will be launching in the market that may help the company to do even better.
Samsung’s smartwatch market growing
Samsung records the 15.9% market share against the 9.8% of Fitbit and occupy the second position. This trend indicates improving sales of the company and it’s holding over the smartwatch market. However, the latest Galaxy Watch Active 2 may enable the company to solidify its position and compete against Apple to capture the market.
According to the report of Strategy Analytics, currently, Samsung is the world’s second-leading smartwatch vendor as well as can further improve its fortune with the latest products packed with several impressive features.
Also, the report mentions the gloomy picture for the Fitbit, as the company saw a drop in its market share. This year the company managed to sell 9.8% of the global shipments against 15.8% of the previous year. Fitbit lost the second position due to less than the expected sale of the company’s Versa Lite Edition smartwatch.
However, with Fitbit Versa 2, the company can expect to improve its sell and solidify the market. The latest report gives a clear picture of the performance of the manufacturers as well as the trend in the smartwatch market space.
August 13, 2019
Update for Galaxy Buds Fixed Sound Loss Issue of Right Earbud
The important update for Samsung Galaxy Buds has resolved issue of the right earbud. It has fixed sound loss on one side of the earbuds during ambient sound mode. The new changelog with firmware version R170XXU0ASE1 is now rolling out to fix the issue and it weighs 1.35 MB. Since the last major update, most Buds customers have been complaining about the right earbud problem, which always stuck at low volume, for some it stuck to 1% volume. This issue was not there when Samsung had launched Galaxy Buds, it may have come up with recent software version.
The new version also improves Bluetooth connection to make it more stabilize. We have not seen any problem nor listened any complaint from customers. Still it is good to see Samsung has worked on it. In new changes, as per changelog you will hear notification sound when you activate Ambient Sound or Quick Ambient Sound. Notification alert has now applied to Ambient Sound when selected via long press.
The new version is all about minor & major fixes, specially, sound loss fixes for right earbud. To improve overall quality of your Galaxy Buds you must jump to latest software version. You can install new version via Galaxy Wearable app. To check it manually, go to Settings – About Earbuds – Update earbuds, here hit on download option.
May 20, 2019