LG LifeBand Touch and HeartRate Earphones now available on Best Buy

The newest LG fitness-centric products are headed to the United States this week,living up to the promises. Best Buy is now selling the South Korean company’s LifeBand Touch and HeartRate Earphones.

LifeBand Touch is a smartwatch that utilizes a familiar cast of sensors (altimeter, gyroscope and the like) to record workout information and sync it to apps like RunKeeper and LG’s Fitness app. It’ll also let you check notifications for incoming calls and text messages, as well as control music playback right from your wrist.

On the other end, the Bluetooth-equipped HeartRate earphones, which uses the blood flow of the ear via PerformTek sensor technology (said to be more reliable and accurate than the finger) to detect your heart rate. The earphone monitors can automatically sync that information to your smartphone or LifeBand Touch, and will also ping you with your heart rate every now and then while you’re listening to your music.

Both devices are compatible with iOS 6 and Android 4.3 or 4.4 and even Android 4.2 and are now available in the US.The Lifeband Touch costs $149.99 and the Heart Rate Earphones are priced at $179.99. LG said the Lifeband Touch will be available in Asia and Europe later, but it didn’t give any further details.

Lifeband Touch Key Specifications:

• Display: 0.9-inch OLED (128 x 32)


• Battery: 90mAh


• LG Fitness app (download required)


• Water-resistant design


• Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0 LE technology


• Band Length: 196mm (XL) / 181mm (L) / 166mm (M)


• Weight: 53.1g(XL) / 50.1g(L) / 49.9g(M)

Heart Rate Earphones Key Specifications:

• Battery: 200mAh


• Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0


• Size: 46 x 33 x 17mm


• Weight: 26.7g (Earphones) / 18g (Medallion)


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  Others: Hands Free Call,Voice Guide, Music playback control

LG LifeBand Touch and HeartRate Earphones now available on Best Buy

LG"s Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones will be released in US on this 18th

Earlier, at the CES exposition in January, LG made an announcement its first venture into fitness wearable – the Lifeband Touch ,a wrist-band, and another one which is the Heart Rate Earphones. Packed with wireless facility and supported by Android & iOS smartphones ,they are in the ring with other apps of LG’s such as MyFitnessPal, MapMyFitness,LG Fitness, or Runkeeper.

In the US, the availability of these two will be as soon as coming Sunday, May 18^th as announced by LG whose price range is yet not put in the light. The Lifeband Touch, as the name suggests, brags a 0.9″ touch OLED-display which will show us biometric data,time, notifications, and music controls. The fixed accelerometer and altimeter calculate speed, distance, calories consumed, number of steps taken, and other statisticss. The display turns on and off automatically when user rotates wrist as a result of installed motion-sensing algorithm. As LG assures about it, the wrist-band is supposed to be “lightweight and simple-to-use,” and will be available in- M, L, and XL – three sizes to some extent differing  weights and band-lengths.

The LG Heart Rate Earphones exercise a peculiar kind of service to its consumers. They showcase PerformTek sensor technology which calculates the blood-flow into the exterior part of user’s ear. Hence, user’s heart-rate and maximal oxygen consumption is derived through it. LG has utilized a “flexible ear piece design” to make the buds relaxing, and a clip-on Bluetooth “medallion” which takes care of data between the earphones, smartphone, and Lifeband Touch. LG has not come solid with the play-time with the complete 200 mAh battery of the Heart Rate Earphones.As far as Lifeband Touch is concerned,it claims up to five days between two charges for the  the 90 mAh battery, which is quite impressive and can be a genuine choice to the current smart-watch series.

 

LG"s Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones will be released in US on this 18th

LG"s Lifeband Touch And Heart Rate Earphones

On this year’s CES, LG announced that it would start making fitness wearables. LG’s first products in this category are the Heart Rate Earphones and the Lifeband Touch wrist-band. These devices connect to each other, and they can also connect to Android & iOS smartphones that are running fitness apps. LG has its own app called LG Fitness, and you can also use apps like Runkeeper, MyFitnessPal, and MapMyFitness with the Heart Rate Earphones and the Lifeband Touch. Both the Heart Rate Earphones and the Lifeband Touch are scheduled to be released in the US on May 18th, 2014, and the price has not been announced yet.

The Lifeband Touch has a 0.9 inch OLED display which shows time, biometric data, notifications, and music controls. The band has a built-in accelerometer and altimeter which measure number of steps taken, calories burned, distance covered, speed, and other data. The screen is programmed to turn off when you turn your wrist. The wristband is Lightweight and simple to use. Its available in three sizes, M, L, and XL. Different sizes have different weights and lengths.

The LG Heart Rate Earphones have PerformTek sensor technology built into them which allows them to measure vital signs like your heart rate and even measure maximal oxygen consumption through your ears. Since blood flows through your head, they can measure the blood flow into the external part of your ear to get this information.

LG has used a flexible ear piece design to make it fit in your ears comfortably. There’s also a clip-on Bluetooth device that handles the flow of data between your Lifeband Touch, smartphone, and the earphones.

The Lifeband Touch is supposed to run five days after being charged and has a 90 mAh battery. The Heart Rate Earphones have a 200 mAh battery and the play time has not been specified yet.

LG"s Lifeband Touch And Heart Rate Earphones