The year in wrists.
The devices we wear are increasingly able to collect more data about us than ever before (not just our heart rate!), thanks to ever-smaller, ever-more-accurate sensors. This year, the wearable tech industry grew bigger (established tech and apparel companies invested in their own wearables) but also, in a way, smaller (those same companies snapped up smaller wearable makers in a series of high-profile acquisitions). Still, the true significance of many of this year's wearables-related developments lies in what they could lead to later down the line. We're eager to see whether they'll transcend step-tracking and become truly integrated into our everyday lives and medical care in 2016.
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In 2015, Apple debuted its first new product category in years and its first-ever wearable. From the time Apple announced the Apple Watch in September 2014 to when it was shipped to the public in late April of this year, and for months after, the device was the subject of nonstop hype, anticipation, and skepticism. It was going to revolutionize wearables! It was going to revolutionize health care! It was an abject failure! At the end of 2015, the picture isn't much clearer. People seem to like it well enough, but sales figures are murky at best, so it's tough to say how it's faring.
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