wearable tech Archives | Cool Mom Tech

What’s the best Fitbit for you? Here are some questions to help you figure it out.

by Christina Refford | Fitness + Health, Tips and Tricks

Lately, a lot of readers have been asking us to recommend the best Fitbit for their needs — for themselves as a form of self-care, for gifts for others (ahem Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up), or just an upgrade to an older model they...

3 high-tech gadgets to help keep you cool without the A/C

by Kate Etue | Life and Home

We’ve been experiencing record temps this summer, even for us down in already-toasty Nashville. So anything to make us more comfortable is welcome these days! Sound familiar to you too? So when we spotted these 3 smart, high-tech solutions to help keep us cool...

Always cold or hot? This new gadget might be exactly what you need.

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health

If you’re like me, you’re the person who’s always cold when everyone is comfortable, or always hot when everyone is perfectly pleasant. It feels like I just described menopause, but that’s actually not it. Yet. Either way, I’m still super...

The new Fitbit Ace lets kids track activity and sleep, right on their wrist.

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health, Kids

The launch of Fitbit’s new Ace, an activity tracker for kids, is probably a surprise to no one. With the popularity of fitness trackers with adults, there are plenty of kids, including my own, who want their own. And, in most cases, kids are wearing their...

BEAM Authentic lets you broadcast your cause, right on your jacket.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

Now more than ever, making our voices heard has become a priority for many of us. So when we saw this new, tiny piece of tech called BEAM Authentic, we were immediately intrigued. BEAM is a wearable screen, slightly larger than a poker chip, that displays any message...

A cool new pregnancy tracker you might already have in your home.

by Kristen Chase | Babies, Life and Home

We’ve been fans of Withings ever since we spotted their fitness tracker at CES a couple of years ago. Since then, they’ve added a ton of very cool new products, like their scale for one, which now allows expectant moms to track their pregnancy every time...

Mother’s Day tech gift idea: The gorgeous Wisewear activity tracker, with a special feature to help keep mom safer.

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories, Fitness + Health

There are no shortage of stylish activity trackers on the market today, all of which we think would make a very cool Mother’s Day gift for the right kind of mom. (Raises hand!). But this one from Wisewear isn’t just a pretty face. It can actually help keep...

10 stylish holiday tech gifts for the fashionista | Holiday Tech Guide 2016

by Cool Mom Staff | Gear + Hardware, Holiday Tech Gifts

Our tech holiday gift guide continues, this time with stylish holiday tech gifts. Whether she just loves her smart phone, or considers herself a tech geek with style, we’ve rounded up 10 of the coolest gifts that we bet she’d love to have under the tree...

2 new, stylish fitness trackers in glitter and gold. Hello, lover.

by Kate Etue | Fitness + Health

Remember when fitness trackers looked like clunky bracelets on your wrist? Ah, those were the days. Well, thankfully, we’ve come a long way, baby. Just this fall, Kate Spade and Fitbit launched hot, new fitness trackers that we think you’ll want on...

Pokémon Go Plus: You can now play Pokémon Go without your phone. Take that, Pikachu.

by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys

Just when you were about to clothe you Pokémon Go lover in padded suits and a helmet, Nintendo launches Pokémon Go Plus, a handy wearable that lets PG lovers play without their phone. The small Bluetooth-enabled device can be worn on a belt, in a pocket, or on the...