smartwatch
Americannoun
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smartwatches
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of smartwatch
First recorded 1995–2000; smart (in the computer sense “able to process data locally”) + (wrist) watch
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Participants wore a headband that recorded brain waves, used a smartwatch to monitor sleep, and filled out a questionnaire each morning about how they had slept and how they felt upon waking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rings are certainly less obtrusive than a smartwatch, many of which are pretty darn clunky.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
About one in three children age 5 to 12 own a children’s smartwatch in China, and the figure rises to more than half in urban areas, according to state media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Because the technique analyzes radio waves moving through a space, a person does not need to have a phone, smartwatch, or other WiFi enabled device with them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Users will be able to log their walks online, or through their phone or smartwatch.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Data from their smartwatches also indicated that they woke up fewer times during the night.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Arm designs the brains or CPUs of microchips already used in hundreds of billions of phones, cars, smartwatches and gadgets across the globe.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
By comparison, the world buys more than 100 million smartwatches a year—and more than a billion smartphones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The new policy also covers smartwatches in both primary and secondary schools.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Until recently, Ashish Savita spent his days assembling earbuds and smartwatches at a factory on the outskirts of New Delhi and his nights studying for a college degree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
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