With improved sensors, new features, and modern designs, the newly announced wearables are expected to make health and fitness tracking far more advanced. Here are the most interesting new wearables we want to try out in 2023.
1. Citizen Second Generation CZ Smart
Japanese watchmaker Citizen announced the second-generation Citizen CZ Smart at CES 2023. The CZ Smart represents a leap in AI integration over previous smartwatches and can deliver highly personalized health insights. It relies on the proprietary app called YouQ for its detailed analysis.
The app uses AI models built with the IBM Watson Studio and NASA Ames Research Center to identify signs of stress or fatigue and predict fatigue patterns ahead of time. The Citizen CZ Smart features a Snapdragon Wear 4100 processor, 8GB of internal storage, a heart rate sensor with SpO2 (blood oxygen) measurement, and various other health-tracking capabilities.
Unlike conventional smartwatches, the CZ Smart heavily utilizes AI to analyze your health data and predict wellness patterns over extended periods. Specifically, Citizen anticipates your energy levels and gives you a Power Score throughout the day. This could have a significant impact on improving sleep quality and building healthy habits.
The CZ Smart starts at $350 and can increase to $435 depending on the strap style and watch model you choose. It is expected to start shipping in March 2023.
2. Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition
The Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition is Fossil’s latest addition to its smartwatch lineup. The smartwatch packs top-of-the-line fitness tracking features along with huge battery life.
Fossil’s emphasis on stronger wellness metrics can be seen in the Wellness Edition. The smartwatch can detect and record workouts automatically and measure blood oxygen levels, heart rate zones, sleep insights, and VO2 max.
The Gen 6 Hybrid’s e-ink display helps extend the battery life significantly. Thus, it sports an analog look with physical hands and the features of a smartwatch. Its case has a water resistance of 3 ATM. The Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition is available in three colors and multiple strap options.
3. Moto Watch 100
The Moto Watch 100 is one of the most affordable fitness wearables announced at CES 2023. Manufactured by eBuyNow, an official brand licensee of Motorola, it promises essential health and fitness tracking at a highly competitive price tag.
It houses a heart rate sensor for all the biometric tracking, heart rate zone monitoring, an activity tracker, an onboard GPS, and 26 sports modes. Additionally, you can get two weeks of use on a single charge. Connect it to the Moto Watch mobile app to monitor insights and adjust notification settings.
While the accuracy of its health data needs to be tested, the Moto Watch 100 is a high-value product. It starts at $99.99, thereby making health and fitness tracking accessible to a larger audience.
4. Xplora X6Play Child Smartwatch
In addition to general-purpose smartwatches and fitness trackers, CES 2023 saw a new entry focused on children’s safety: the Xplora X6Play. This device lets kids personalize their very own smartwatch, which features a GPS, 5-megapixel camera, phone app, and messaging capabilities.
Although it’s designed for kids, Xplora put the focus on fun customizability—not limited features. That’s why we named it the best smartwatch at CES in our Best of CES 2023 Awards. Kids can choose fun color combinations for straps and watch frames. They can use a step counter, set alarms, and play games that will keep them active. The smartwatch’s Goplay software platform also aims to encourage activity through a rewards system, competitions, and leaderboards.
5. Movano Evie Ring
Movano’s Evie Ring is a product specifically designed for women. The wearable will be a direct competitor to the Oura ring, another leading fitness tracker. Further, Movano plans to seek FDA clearance for Evie Ring, which would make it the first-ever medical-grade fitness ring.
Using various sensors and metrics, Evie Ring gives you detailed measurements of your respiration, heart rate, skin temperature variability, period and ovulation, menstrual symptoms, sleep, activity, and SpO2. According to a press release by Movano, the accuracy of the Evie Ring makes its data usable for medical diagnoses as well.
The Evie Ring aims to condense all of your complex health data into user-friendly insights in its app. Through the Evie Ring, women will be able to determine their personalized sleep and health baselines and make changes to their lifestyles accordingly. Overall, this smart ring for improving your health offers a complete wellness solution along with mobile app support.
Evie Ring is also a relatively affordable alternative to some other premium health products, with a starting price of just under $300 and no added subscription fees. The Evie Ring will be available for purchase later this year.
Fitness Wearables Keep Getting Smarter
Every year, wellness technologies continue to grow and reach better benchmarks. The anticipated features of the Citizen CZ Smart, for example, are a game-changer for long-term health tracking.
Similarly, the Evie smart ring may help women understand and improve their health using medical-grade health data in a smart ring for the first time. With the vast variety of smartwatches and other wearables that are available already and on the horizon, fitness tracking is more accessible than ever before.
