BIEL (Switzerland) (Reuters) - Swatch Group is happy to go it alone with a launch next year of watches with "smart" features to compete with so-called wearable gadgets from the big tech companies, a ...

Swatch thinks it's time we had better smartwatch batteries, as the company has confirmed it is working on a power cell that lasts for six months on a single charge. The watch maker's CEO Nick Hayek ...

Swatch is apparently launching a smartwatch called the Swatch Touch next summer. The watchmaker's chief executive Nick Hayek told Reuters that the wearable will launch with a pedometer and other ...

Swiss watch maker Swatch teamed with Visa and its Visa Europe subsidiary to enable NFC-based contactless payments on its forthcoming Bellamy smart watch. Swatch said the "pay-by-the-wrist" watch would ...

Swiss watchmaker Swatch will launch a new smartwatch in the next two to three months, according to various reports. That would place the launch right alongside the April release window that Tim Cook ...

In a blow to Android Wear, massive watchmaker Swatch Group is choosing to develop its own smartwatch operating system rather than go with Google's OS designed for the wrist. "There's a possibility for ...

Swatch Group AG is linking up with China’s banking giants to sell a timekeeper that can make payments at retailers across the country, posing a challenge to Apple Inc.’s and Samsung Electronics Co.’s ...