smartwatch

Or smart watch

[smahrt-woch]

noun

1. a computing device that resembles a wristwatch and is attached to a band worn around the wrist.

   Get email and text message notifications on your smartwatch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smartwatch¹

First recorded 1995–2000; smart (in the computer sense “able to process data locally”) + (wrist) watch

Example Sentences

Retired factory supervisor Zhang Meihua starts every morning with a brisk walk around a new riverside park in Chengdu, tracking her steps on a smartwatch made by Huawei.

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I was drawn to the $599 Dekoda from Kohler Health, a new subsidiary of the kitchen and bath company, because it can track something that a smartwatch can’t: urine and stool.

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Enrollees can now choose between two wearable devices: a radio transmitter wristband supported by the nonprofit Project Lifesaver, or a GPS-enabled smartwatch from technology company Theora Care that can be paired with an app on a caregiver’s phone.

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During Trump’s first term, Apple got exemptions from tariffs imposed on imports from China for some of its products including its smartwatch.

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We're going to see how my body reacts to noise and I've been kitted out with a device that looks like a chunky smartwatch.

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