Kuma Voice, a self-hosted open-source voice assistant for Apple Watch, lets users run a watch-only assistant without an iPhone, streaming audio to a FastAPI backend that holds provider credentials and…
Don Yansen '63 founded Kiwi Health in October 2024 after participating in an MIT AgeLab study, developing a voice-controlled wristband to help older adults use technology more easily. The device, whic…
Apple Inc. is developing AirPods with integrated cameras for 'Visual Intelligence,' according to code references in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC build, with the cameras capturing low-resolution images (640…
Apple's reported acceleration of its smart glasses development, following its CEO transition to a hardware-focused executive, signals a major push into wearable health technology, with the company's V…
Apple's upcoming home hub, codenamed J490, will feature a Widget Gallery with iPhone widget support, according to code found in macOS Tahoe 26.7. The device, expected to launch as soon as this year, w…
Nearly four years into the latest AI boom sparked by ChatGPT, 9to5Mac highlights the AI tools that have become indispensable on the Mac, including the Memoket Gem, an 11g AI wearable that pairs with t…
Sleepagotchi, an AI-powered wellness platform, has surpassed 2.2 million registered users, with daily active users reaching 78,688 following the launch of its AI Sleep Coach MVP in May. The company re…
Apple is exploring a wider family of wearables, including fitness bands and rings, according to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman. The company could leverage its existing sensor technology and privacy…
Apple is exploring a major redesign of its Apple Watch lineup, potentially including screenless wearables and round screens, according to Bloomberg. The company plans iterative updates with the Series…
Google released a teaser video for the Pixel Watch 5 on August 5, 2026, highlighting its circular design with the tagline 'still has the decency to look like a watch,' a jab at the rectangular Apple W…
Apple's iOS 27, expected to launch this fall, introduces Siri AI, a revamped assistant rivaling chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT, along with over 80 speed and efficiency improvements, including app la…
Apple is preparing to launch Siri AI on Apple Watch with watchOS 27 this fall, turning the device into the most widely-used wearable AI platform. The feature requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPh…
Apple launched Apple Upgrade in the US on Tuesday, a device leasing program run by Klarna that covers iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad starting at $17.99 a month, replacing the iPhone Upgrade Program…
Granola launched a free Apple Watch app for recording and transcribing meetings without a phone, available today with watchOS 11 or later. The app is designed for off-laptop meetings and syncs notes t…
A developer built an HRV anomaly detector using the Isolation Forest algorithm from Scikit-learn to flag potential overtraining days from Oura Ring data. The system fetches daily readiness scores via …
Granola, an app that transcribes Zoom meetings and generates AI notes, launched on Apple Watch for watchOS 11 and later, expanding from iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to allow one-tap meeting transcription fr…
Granola, the AI-powered meeting notepad, launched a watchOS app for Apple Watch today, enabling one-tap note-taking for in-person conversations away from a computer. The app captures audio and produce…
Apple's iOS 27, launching this fall, introduces a new Siri AI that delivers on world knowledge, conversational UI, and cross-device consistency, according to a beta user. The upgraded assistant answer…
Meta's latest smart glasses, launched in late June, have seen daily active users triple in a year and production capacity reach 20 million units in 2026, according to Jefferies. Analyst Brent Thill es…
A developer built a real-time HRV anomaly detection engine using Transformer models, TensorFlow, and InfluxDB to predict stress peaks and overtraining injuries from wearable data. The system ingests d…