Thanks to wearable technology, the next frontier of tech may be as small as a ring or a wristwatch. Healthtech applications for wearables include tracking body functions like heart rate, exertion, steps and sleep patterns — with additional applications in gaming, retail and fashion. In India, wearable tech is a growth market, with fitness trackers representing a particularly robust niche of the sector — there are over 100 wearable tech startups in Bengaluru alone. Read on to learn about Bengaluru’s leading wearables companies.
Wearable Tech Companies in Bengaluru
- Samsung Electronics
- Wicked Technology
- Wagr.ai
- Stellapps
- Bluarmor
Top Wearable Technology Companies in Bengaluru
Stellapps is an IoT company that works on the dairy side of the agricultural industry. Its connected devices can assess milk quantity and quality, both incidentally and as trends over time — as well as manage tanker storage and transportation. Wearables for dairy cows, which help with herd management, estrus detection and preventative healthcare, are part of the Stellapps system.
Wagr.ai is a pet care startup that provides retail pet nutrition and products, AI-powered pet care advice and virtual veterinarian consults. One of its products is the Wagr Tracker, a precision-GPS-enabled wearable for animals that attaches to a collar and tracks location and movement patterns. Designed for pet owners who are at work or traveling, Wagr can track walks and prevent pet loss.
Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology. Its wearable offerings include several kinds of smart watches, including one designed specifically for kids. Huawei operates in more than 170 countries and employs 180,000 people around the world.
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi designs and sells home appliances, smart phones, speakers, household hardware and wearables. It makes smart watches, smart bands and earbuds. Xiaomi has both a retail store and an office building in Bengaluru, and it employs 1,000 people across India.
Samsung Electronics is a multinational electronics company. It makes smart phones, tablets, audio and video equipment as well as wearable technology. Its primary wearable product, the Galaxy Watch, is a smartwatch that can track the wearer’s heart rate, sleep patterns and exercise sessions, including a total “physical readiness” score that is based on the previous day’s sleep, steps and heart rate.
boAt Lifestyle is a consumer electronics company selling audio products and accessories. It is India’s number one audio brand and in the top three global earware companies. boAt Lifestyle is headquartered in Gurgaon and maintains an R&D facility in Bengaluru.
Wicked Technology makes biometric and wearable products for athletic training. Designed for use by coaches and athletes of all levels, its product line includes MotionLink-G — a program that pairs a wearable device with a machine learning-enabled app to offer analysis of form, effort and performance.
Health-monitoring company Ultrahuman makes a smart ring called the Ring AIR that monitors sleep, heart rate, movement, stress and sleep cycles. It can be paired with the company’s M1 glucose monitor to provide a comprehensive personal health summary. Ultrahuman is based in London, with additional locations in Bengaluru and Abu Dhabi.
OnePlus makes smartphones, TVs, earbuds and fitness trackers. Its OnePlus Watch has a Google-based operating system, a battery that lasts up to three days, and quick recharging capabilities. Founded in 2013 as an Android smartphone designer, OnePlus is headquartered in China with additional offices in Texas and Bengaluru.
Bluarmor is a retail tech company that makes connected cooling helmets for bicyclists. Using connected helmet communication devices with universal intercoms, the helmet’s headsets can provide connected communication with up to twenty riders. A noise-measuring algorithm assesses wind noise to keep channels clear, and cooling water is circulated throughout the lining of the helmet to control the rider’s body temperature.
