Latest articles by Michael L Hicks
The Forerunner 975 and 275 will show how much gas Garmin has left in the tank
Sunday Runday Our two favorite running watches should get new models in the next couple of months, but how many new ideas does Garmin have left?
Best smartwatch with LTE 2025
Always connected If you depend on your wearable for just about everything, you may benefit from an LTE smartwatch. So, we've rounded up some of the best options.
Wear OS 5: New features, One UI 6 Watch, & eligible watches
Wear tools We break down every new Wear OS 5 feature, which watches will receive it (and when), what's different with OS 5.1, and everything else you should know!
YouTube Premium: Everything you need to know
Watch it all YouTube Premium is essentially ad-free YouTube, right? Yes, but there are other benefits to using it.
Best VR headsets 2025
Extend your reality Whether you have a gaming PC, a PC, or nothing at all, we show you which headset is best, and what you should be putting your money towards for VR.
Wear OS 5.1 represents a new class of slow, substantial Pixel Watch updates
Wear OS Weekly Google used to release Pixel Watch updates without fail, but now it wants to slow the releases down. Here's why that could be a good thing.
Google Pixel Watch 4: Everything we know and want from the Pixel Watch 3 successor
Necessary upgrades The Pixel Watch 4 should have a new chipset and a key design change. Here's what else we want fixed based on the Watch 3's shortcomings.
Facer hired Fossil's old Wear OS exec, and it sounds like a perfect match
Unfinished business Former Fossil VP of Product Brook Eaton is joining Facer as CPO to 'expand OEM partnerships,' and I hope Google is the first.
Best fitness watch of 2025
Time to get fit There are fitness bands — and then there are smartwatches. But some smartwatches can pull double duty in the fitness space too. These are the best ones.
Best Samsung watch 2025
Galactic greatness The best Samsung watch is normally the Galaxy Watch 7, but you may want a Classic bezel, Ultra battery, or last-gen prices.
I grilled Strava's execs about the app's future and how Athlete Intelligence will improve
Sunday Runday Athlete Intelligence just left its beta testing, but Strava's CTO and CPO told me that they're "not done" making it better.
Meta is letting its engineers brag openly about its AR glasses, and I love it
Refreshing transparency Meta's offices keep leaking about future projects; now it seems they're leaning into it and just telling us what they're working on.
Best Garmin watch 2025
Best for fitness training These are the best Garmin watches across the Venu, Forerunner, Instinct, Fenix, and other Garmin lineups, for every type of athlete.
Best smartwatches that can measure blood oxygen saturation levels 2025
SPO2 monitor If you want a watch that measures your blood oxygen saturation levels with plenty of other great perks, these are the best ones you can buy right now.
Samsung could use Sony's 4K Micro-OLEDs in Moohan, surpassing Apple Vision Pro
Spoil your eyes Samsung has reportedly surpassed its rival's headset with better display resolution and color quality — which could make it quite expensive.
Here's how Google's medical team envisions the future of wearable health
Wear OS Weekly I interviewed Dr. Jacqueline Shreibati about her team's work on Loss of Pulse and the transition from 'wellness' guidance to machine-learning diagnoses.
OnePlus will deliver three years of Watch 3 updates, after all
Better value We were concerned when OnePlus told us that the Watch 3 would only get two years of support. Now it seems to have been a misunderstanding.
The Android Central team picks the best fitness apps and watches they can't do without
Sunday Runday We spend most of our time reviewing new products; these are the fitness gadgets and apps we fall back on once our reviews are finished.
These niche, expensive VR headsets will fill the gap Meta Quest has left behind in 2025
Boutique niche We've seen both leaks and official reveals of upcoming ASUS, Samsung, and Valve headsets that'll shake up the VR industry — and the Quest monopoly.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra vs. Watch 5 Pro: Should you upgrade?
Two battery behemoths Samsung gave the Watch Ultra and 5 Pro the same battery capacity, but they're very different in many other respects, such as performance, display, and sensors.
Meta Aria Gen 2 smart glasses look like a serious upgrade on Ray-Ban Meta
Wearable AI While we wait for Meta's Orion AR glasses, Meta is testing advanced AI tools in its Aria Gen 2 smart glasses.
Android smartwatches have a flicker problem. The OnePlus Watch 3 fixed it
Wear OS Weekly More and more AMOLED phones are letting you switch from eye-straining PWM to DC dimming, but only a couple of smartwatches spare your eyes.
Pixel Watch 3 gets FDA approval for Loss of Pulse Detection in US
Peace of mind Coming in March 2025, Loss of Pulse Detection joins Fall Detection and Car Crash Detection as a potential life-saving Pixel Watch 3 tool.
