Smartwatch

Vivo claims its X Fold 5 has achieved an Android first: interoperability with the Apple Watch. According to product manager Han Boxiao the watch can display calls and texts from the X Fold 5, and sync health data. The phone can also receive calls and texts sent to an iPhone, access iCloud, and extend the display of a Mac.

At WWDC 2025, Apple just showed off a new update coming to its wearables this fall.

The big Wear OS 6 news is that Gemini is headed to the wrist. It’s unsurprising to see Samsung’s smartwatches will get it first. After all, new Galaxy Watches have launched before new Pixel Watches ever since Google and Samsung teamed up to create Wear OS 3. The good news is you won’t necessarily have to upgrade. Google told me that Gemini will be coming to any Wear OS watch that currently supports Assistant.

That’s a momentous milestone. Apple isn’t doing a huge thing today — it’s just launched Global Close Your Rings day and you can pick up a physical pin in store if you do. That said, today’s a fun day for a blast from the past and re-reading The Verge’s very first Apple Watch review. (And if you’re so inclined, a little retrospective I wrote just before the Series 10 launch in September.)

Eric Migicovsky, the creator of the original Pebble watch who’s also resurrecting the wearable, shared a picture of the upcoming Core 2 Duo smartwatch’s USB-C charging dongle on X, as spotted by 9to5Google.

Just don’t mistake it for a new Vivomove, Vivosport, or Vivosmart. (Why does Garmin do this!?)

We reported a while back that, with a bit of help from Google, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky was reviving Pebble OS with new hardware. Well, the RePebble store has now morphed into a countdown clock. Is that when a brand-spanking-new Pebble goes on sale? On preorder? Either way, you don’t set up a retro-chic countdown clock unless you’ve got some exciting news. I don’t know ‘bout you, but I’m setting a calendar alarm for 9AM PT / 12PM ET tomorrow.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem, excuse me.

OnePlus has announced it’ll let you return any Watch 3 model with its unfortunate ’Meda in China’ typo on the rear, no questions asked — or you can keep it as a ‘super limited edition.’ The company calls it ‘one-of-a-kind,’ though hasn’t actually said how many watches were produced with the small-print error.

Per Notebookcheck, Green House is launching four smartwatches featuring beloved Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll (who, by the way, is a dog not a rabbit) and Kuromi. The watch specs say they’re capable of tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, 20 activity types, calories burned, temperature, and blood oxygen. It also supports voice assistants, media playback, and notifications. Personally, I love the little character details on the straps!