"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re concerned, replace your current running watch wrist band with a new one that isn’t made with ...

It doesn’t stop at the band, though: Each MobyFox smart watch strap comes with an exclusive code that unlocks a collection of licensed watch faces via the MobyFox app. So your kid’s smart watch (or ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. While swapping out bands isn’t quite as difficult these days, straps that can go from day to night would let you ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) --Wearing a smartwatch or fitness tracker may not be a boon to your health after all. Rather, it could expose the skin to harmful "forever chemicals." The bands contain a class ...

University of Notre Dame researchers revealed today that expensive smartwatch bands contain dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals that could be absorbed through skin contact, potentially exposing ...

A couple of weeks ago, on a camping trip with a friend, I was describing my newfound obsession with wearing my smartwatch to track things—namely, about how it’d been the primary driver in helping me ...

Here’s the thing about traditional watch straps: The watch face is on the outside of your wrist, which is rather inconvenient. Unless you run like your wrists are broken, you’re going to have to turn ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are known as "forever chemicals" because they have been found in environments as remote as the Arctic Circle and as deep as the Marianas Trench.

According to a new study from the University of Notre Dame, your smartwatch band is exposing your wrist to so-called forever chemicals. Researchers found exceptionally high levels of perfluoroalkyl ...

The above timeline shows how wearables have advanced from being rudimentary wristbands or clunky watches, to more elaborately designed devices, including full-featured bands and high-end time pieces.