Visit any gym and you’ll find a range of fitness tribes, from CrossFit fans to bodybuilders. Despite their differences, they have one common factor – a device through which to listen to tunes as they get fit. Now, wearable maker Pebble is promoting the power of music with its new Core device.

Are you too busy to take out your debit card to pay for coffee? Or wish you could get directions without looking at your phone? Thanks to new innovations in the fashtech world, wearables are moving way beyond wristbands. But will smart clothing be a passing fad or a future must-have?

Wearable tech enjoys a lot of hype, but do people really understand it? As the Apple Watch release grows nearer, sluggish sales of existing smartwatches suggest perhaps not. Now, a survey shows wearables are still seen primarily as fitness trackers or ‘gadgets for geeks’.

One of the many misconceptions about the elderly is that they’re inactive. In fact, those in their 70s visit the gym 1.5 days more per month on average than those in their late 20s and 30s. What’s more, new research shows they’re buying into fitness wearables just as much as young people.