Motorola yesterday confirmed that it will not launch new Moto 360 smartwatches to coincide with the arrival of Android Wear 2.0 in early 2017. Lenovo, which acquired Motorola, was among a number of smartwatch manufacturers that announced this fall that they would not launch additional smartwatches this year. It now appears that we will not see any Moto smartwatches in 2017 either. Shakil Barkat, head […]
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No Android Wear 2.0 upgrade for LG G Watch and first generation Moto 360
Google unveiled Android Wear 2.0, the first major upgrade to its wearables operating system, at Google I/O. The Developer Preview is compatible with the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE and the Huawei Watch, effectively confirming that they will be upgraded. Then Tag Heuer confirmed that its Connected Watch will be upgraded as well. With some Android Wear smartwatches having been announced […]
New Moto 360 smartwatch arrives in Canada on October 28th
Motorola Canada today informed us via email that the new Moto 360 smartwatch will finally be available in Canada starting on October 28th. It will be carried by Best Buy Canada (which has been taking pre-orders since early September), TELUS Mobility and the Google Store. The new Moto 360 has more styles, more features and more battery, offering countless design possibilities to […]
Motorola stops selling original Moto 360
All the recent second-generation Moto 360 sightings, including one by Motorola itself, suggest that an announcement is imminent. Another clue telling us that this event is not far enough came Friday when Motorola stopped selling the original Moto 360 on its U.S. website. The Moto 360 link has disappeared off the home page but the product information page is still available and still shows the […]
Koodo offers up free Moto 360 with Moto X Play purchase
If you’re looking to pick up a free smartwatch with your next smartphone and you happen to live in Canada, you may want to make your way down to your nearest Koodo Mobile shop or retail partner sooner than later. The TELUS flanker brand is running a promotion where you can choose to get a free Moto 360 smartwatch or a […]
New Moto 360 smartwatch to come in two sizes?
Regulatory filings can be great sources of information about upcoming products. The U.S.’ FCC and China’s TENAA are but two examples of such sites where new products have been spotted before being announced. Now, Anatel, Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações in Portuguese) appears to have revealed that there will be two variants of the new Moto 360 smartwatch. As […]
Motorola briefly teases new Moto 360 smartwatch
It appears that Motorola briefly (and likely accidentally) gave us a glimpse at the Moto 360 successor earlier today. A tweet by the company today at first glance appears to be about the Moto 360 but a closer look reveals that it is not the current model and is likely instead its successor. As previous leaks have hinted, the new […]
New Moto 360 smartwatch clears FCC?
While Motorola yesterday unveiled two new Moto X and a new Moto G smartphones, it did not announce a successor to its Moto 360 smartwatch as we had been hoping. That it’s coming is not in question but when remains unclear although an FCC filing now points to a late summer or early fall launch. While the Lenovo-owned company was […]