Useful smartwatches are few and far between, but if ever there was a smartwatch that deserves more respect, it’s the Martian Notifier. We loved using the Martian Notifier here at DT and it’s currently among our most highly rated wearables of all time. It even won an editor’s choice award. Thanks to GetGeeked NYC and Martian, we’re giving away Notifier smartwatches to two lucky DT readers!
DTers in New York, be sure to check out the GetGeeked conference at 7PM ET Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Metropolitan West. You can register for the event here. We’ll all be there and our Photography Editor, Les Shu, is hosting a panel.
For those of you who’ve never heard of the Martian Notifier before, it’s a classy smartwatch that connects with your iPhone or Android smartphone to subtly give you notifications throughout the day. Unlike most smartwatches, the Notifier looks like a normal wristwatch and won’t attract too much attention. You can easily go incognito with the Martian Notifier on your wrist. Check out our full review for more before you enter the contest, using the form below.
To enter, just use the official entry form
Martian Notifier contest details:
Starts: October 13
Ends: October 17 at 11:59PM PT
U.S. residents only: Sorry to our worldwide fans
Random: Winners are chosen at random
Don’t get greedy: Please only enter the permitted number of times
The OnePlus Buds Clip are a new pair of open-ear earbuds built around a simple convenience. They join Sony’s LinkBuds Clip in the growing ear-cuff category, but either OnePlus bud can go on either ear.
Sensors recognize how the earbuds are being worn and route the audio channels accordingly. There’s no label to check before putting them on, and the feature also works when only one bud is used.
We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity tracking that can recognize more than 100 types of exercise, up from just 10 before.
Google first showed off the improved tracking earlier this month alongside the Fitbit Edge. It is now coming to Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and Google claims the added context behind the system makes workout detection nearly twice as accurate while cutting missed activities by more than half. Fitbit Edge will support it too.