Wearable

Wearable Follow Follow The Verge is covering the rapidly evolving world of wearables. We test everything from smartwatches like the Apple Watch, to smart glasses like the Meta Ray-Bans, to fitness trackers like the Oura Ring to find out which ones deliver on their promises. Follow along to find out whether covering our bodies in screens and sensors can actually make us smarter and healthier. ‘Wellness’ feels like it’s losing all meaning in health tech Oura is lobbying for relaxed wearables regulation. It has a point, but is regulation even the problem here? Victoria Song Feb 13 S Sean Hollister Feb 12 Link Meta sold 7 million smart glasses in 2025 — that’s triple 2023 and 2024 combined. Remember when EssilorLuxottica said it sold 2 million and would hit 10 million a year by 2027? 10M seems well within reach. “In 2025, we sold more than 7 million units of AI glasses, posting exponential growth,” said CEO Francesco Milleri. Prices may stay high in the short term, though, they hinted on the earnings call . Fitbit’s AI health coach is now available on your iPhone Stevie Bonifield Feb 10 An Ark showed me augmented reality’s true artistic potential Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 10 D Quote Dominic Preston Feb 10 Link Gotta go fast. Sega has partnered with Seiko to make a limited edition 65th anniversary watch with a subtle Sonic the Hedgehog motif, though he may not be the best character to associate with a timepiece. Lewise : Shame it’ll always run fast Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily . A Andrew Liszewski Feb 9 Link Subtly express your Sonic fandom with Seiko’s new Sega watches. The two companies have collaborated on a new timepiece commemorating Sega’s 65th anniversary last year. Available in a black or silver finish the watch’s face features the hours in a font matching the Sega logo found below Seiko’s, with a Sonic silhouette can be found on a subdial. They’re 71,500 yen each, or around $458. Correction, February 9th: An image caption in an earlier version of this article misstated the watch uses an automatic movement. It features a quartz movement . Previous Next 1 / 2 You can preorder Seiko’s new Sega 65th anniversary watches, but they’re not expected to release until October 2026. Image: Seiko V External Link Victoria Song Feb 9 Link I’m telling you, AI fitness coaches have a long way to go. This is a great read about Runna — a popular running app t hat was bought by Strava last year. While many runners swear by it, several reported injuries from using the AI-powered running coach. (Including yours truly.) Runna’s now rolling out easier programs, which I’m going to start testing once this horrible cold snap lets up. Runna Pushed Some Runners Into Injuries. The Virtual-Coach App Is Now Easing Up. [ Wall Street Journal ] V External Link Victoria Song Feb 9 Link Oura goes to Washington. This Politico story is a fascinating deep dive into Oura cozying up to the government. What caught my eye is a tidbit that Oura is lobbying lawmakers for a “digital health screener” device classification process that would sidestep the more intensive FDA clearance process for medical devices. Why Washington’s all-in on smart rings [ Politico ] Peloton’s gamble on expensive new hardware has yet to pay off Victoria Song Feb 5 Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now Brandon Widder and Sheena Vasani Feb 2 Meet the women furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing Supernatural A passionate group of women rediscovered fitness in VR. They’re furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing their community. Victoria Song Feb 2 Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware Stevie Bonifield Jan 30 Fitbit users now have until May to migrate to a Google account Stevie Bonifield Jan 30 V The Verge Victoria Song Jan 30 Link Got burning wearable or health tech questions? Good news, I’ll be on starting at 11AM PT / 2PM ET to answer them in a subscriber-exclusive AMA. Comment your questions in the post below. If you don’t have questions, come hang anyway. Tell me about your latest tech-related existential crisis or what you’d like me to cover in 2026. It’ll be a blast. I wear lots of technology for a living, ask me anything Victoria Song Jan 30 The best smart rings for tracking sleep and health Victoria Song Jan 30 The lonely promise of cute robots Mirumi is adorable. But living with it reminded me of the limits to the companionship a social robot can provide. Victoria Song Jan 30 I wear lots of technology for a living, ask me anything Victoria Song Jan 30 This ring watch squeezes in heart rate, sleep, and fitness tracking Andrew Liszewski Jan 29 D Dominic Preston Jan 29 Link Samsung’s AR glasses are coming this year. That’s according to Seong Cho, head of marketing for mobile, during today’s quarterly earnings call . Discussing plans for 2026, he mentioned XR form factors including “next-generation AR glasses.” Samsung has been developing the glasses with Google as a follow-up to Galaxy XR , but this is the first we’ve heard of a release window. Snap is turning its smart glasses team into its own company Jess Weatherbed Jan 28 The best fitness trackers and watches we’ve tested Victoria Song Jan 27 Strava and Komoot finally bring offline maps to Apple Watch Thomas Ricker Jan 27 D External Link Dominic Preston Jan 27 Link What’s the big Whoop? Tennis’s biggest stars keep being asked to take their Whoop trackers off at the Australian Open. The wearable is permitted by the sport’s governing bodies, but banned by the tournament, prompting frustration from player (and, um, paid Whoop ambassador) Aryna Sabalenka: “All the tournaments I play, we wear Whoop. It’s just for tracking my health. I don’t understand why Grand Slams are not allowing us to wear it.” How a wearable caused an Australian Open debate over tennis players’ data [ The Athletic ] The best Bluetooth trackers for Apple and Android phones Victoria Song Jan 26 J External Link Jay Peters Jan 23 Link Meta and EssilorLuxottica are being sued by Solos over alleged patent infringement. Patent infringement lawsuits are heating up in the world of smart glasses, with Xreal suing Viture earlier this month and Meta being sued last year over the electromyography tech in the Neural Band used to control the Meta Ray-Ban Display. Meta, EssilorLuxottica Sued in Smart Glasses Patent Case [ Bloomberg ] Influencers are pushing suspicious peptides. How much are you willing to risk? The search for the contents of my mystery “GLP-3” vial leads further into the wellness wild west. Victoria Song Jan 23 Apple is reportedly working on an AirTag-sized AI wearable Emma Roth Jan 21 J The Verge Jay Peters Jan 17 Link The new Moto Watch will cost $149.99. ”In the United States, the new moto watch in PANTONE Volcanic Ash will be available for pre-order at motorola.com on January 22 (MSRP: $149.99),” Motorola spokesperson Brendan Hall tells The Verge . “The device will officially go on-sale on January 28.” The watch was announced during CES . At the time, Motorola didn’t share the price. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Motorola’s latest smartwatch promises 13-day battery life and Polar-powered health tracking Sheena Vasani Jan 7 Natural Cycles launches wristband to replace thermometers for its FDA-cleared birth control app Emma Roth Jan 15 Xreal sues Viture over AR glasses patent Victoria Song Jan 15 The best Fitbits for your fitness and health Victoria Song Jan 15 E Youtube Elissa Welle Jan 14 Link Nike’s “mind-body” shoes hurt. When I wrote about Nike’s “neuroscience-based” Mind 001 and 002 shoes , I thought they looked uncomfortable. The 22 nodes in each shoe are meant to stimulate your foot’s pressure points and relax your mind, and those nodes “hurt,” according to shoe reviewer Chris Chase at WearTesters . They might be a particularly bad match for Chase, who has arthritis in the balls of his feet. Still, the discomfort and general gimmicky vibe is a pass from Chase (and me). The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far Smart lights that know where they’re placed in a room, wild designs for next-gen routers, and a glowing inedible donut. Andrew Liszewski Jan 9 The Verge Awards at CES 2026 Rollable laptops, twice-folding phones, and a ‘longevity station.’ This is the CES tech we come back for. Verge Staff Jan 9 The best Apple Watch to buy Victoria Song Jan 9 Amazfit’s stylish budget tracker is nearly matching its best price to date Sheena Vasani Jan 7 L’Oréal’s new LED face masks address all my issues with this category Victoria Song Jan 7 Lenovo’s joining the bandwagon with concept AI glasses Victoria Song Jan 7 Motorola’s latest smartwatch promises 13-day battery life and Polar-powered health tracking Sheena Vasani Jan 7 V The Verge Victoria Song Jan 6 Link Finally, a CES wearable that isn’t vaporware. I covered Peri — a wearable meant to help people track and manage perimenopause — at last year’s CES. So many health tech gadgets at the show never end up making it to consumers , but good news: You can actually order this one now. Instead of fertility, this femtech wearable zeroes in on perimenopause Victoria Song Jan 7 Most Popular Most Popular Why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs? OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI Apple’s doing something on March 4th The Pocket Taco is the best way to turn your phone into a Game Boy Anker’s USB-C cable that lets you charge two gadgets at once is 20 percent off Advertiser Content From This is the title for the native ad