 Hey, I'm Lauren Good with The Verge. And I'm Nicola Famo with Racked. And we're here at CES in Las Vegas. One thing we've seen a lot of this year are brand new wearables, but one thing that we've noticed is that they're not particularly attractive in a lot of cases. Which isn't necessarily a news story, but we did find three that we think look pretty dang good. They do not look like celibacy bands. Let's go check them out. All right, so first up is Mira. This is a $169 activity tracker that launched earlier this year, or last year. Last year. God, we're in 2016. Just ignore me. And then this one is coming out this year. Which is just a new housing for the same guts, basically. What do you think of it? I... What is your expert opinion? Okay, when I... This... I saw this like a couple of months ago, and I really liked it because it just looks different and like it is made of like jewelry-like materials. But I love this because the whole thing is hidden, and it really doesn't look like an absurd bracelet to be wearing. Like there's a lot of times where these companies try to meld fitness trackers into jewelry or do like a jewelry closure on a sport band, and it just doesn't make any sense. But this just hides the whole thing. This is definitely a bracelet that happens to have a tracker in it. Yeah, it doesn't look weird at all. Like this does not look strange on my wrist at all. But the one thing that I don't love about the Mira is that currently you can share the data to the mobile app, which is cool. So like if you're wearing something like that, that's where you might see your data. But the mobile app doesn't share with things like HealthKit and Google Fit. So if you are also using other health and fitness apps, right now all of your data is trapped in the Mira app. And I don't know anything about the Mira app. You seemed to like it when you looked at it. You said it was cool how it personalized. Yeah, it asks prompts that weren't just like, what's your height, what's your weight? It asks you that stuff too. But then it asks you things like, realistically, how much time do you have for activity in a day? When do you have the most energy in a day? Things like that. So it's about like a little bit more of a personality lifestyle opener than the average just like, how tall are you? How much do you weigh? Yeah. This is the new Fossil Q Dreamer. This actually came out late last year, but these are new versions of it from what I understand. And it costs $145. So I mean, Fossil's known for lifestyle watches, somewhat accessible, not super expensive, right? And what do you think of these? I lost my mind when I saw these. Really? Yeah, I got so excited because the material combination is like nothing else. I mean, I don't know about you, but I've never seen anything that looks even remotely like this. The leather band feels really nice. And it doesn't- I did actually wear another one for like three or four weeks and the leather got a little bit dinged up after a while. Yeah. It started to discolor a little bit. You have to be really careful not to get water on it. Patina. Patina. Is that what it is? Yeah. Is that $145 for this? Well, I would want to know more about what it does, of course, before I made a choice like that because I'd want to know if I like the app, if it's something I would want to live with. But if I was like satisfied with that, I'd be like, yeah, sure. One of the things I found in the app, it's called the Q Dreamer app. And it doesn't just work with this, it also works with some of their smart watches. There's this section of the app called Q Curiosity where, so you've got the health tracking section and it's like, oh, you walk all these steps and then in the curiosity section it says, it gives you these challenges. It says, take a selfie and post a photo and create something today. Do origami. I don't know, it's crazy stuff. And I was in the app and I was like, I'm never going to use this. And this is something that I've noticed for sure in apps that are particularly like if they're kind of like designed for women, they have a lot of this kind of like motivation that goes beyond just like today you walked 8,000 steps, but it'll have kind of a like, great job. Today you walked 8,000 steps, that's 133 more steps than you walked last Tuesday. You know what I mean? You can have another glass of wine and go gay with your friends at brunch. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that gives you the trade off or like, you've been sitting for three hours, you should get up and move because your mood is going to be better and then you'll be happy and it's Monday. So this one's the Misfit Ray, which incidentally Misfits now owned by Fossil. They were acquired by them last year. So we just looked at Fossil, here's another one. But this was in development before the acquisition. So what do you think of this one? Okay, you wrote about this before I got to CES, so I looked at it online and I was so excited, so excited. Which is funny because as I tell more like technology people that they're like, really? It looks like something you made at camp or like it looks like a battery on a strap. I love it. But I love the one that has the leather strap the best. I think the mixture of having like low shine leather with like medium shine polished brass together is really beautiful. One thing I also like about this too is that the top of it is pretty unembellished. You just have that little LED light at the top and then the Misfit logo is on the back, but it's hidden. There's no, you know, glaringly obvious logo anywhere. Which is actually a signature Misfit thing. They make coin shaped wearable trackers as well and they don't put anything anywhere on them. And I've always been attracted to them just for that reason because I like like clean lines, simple like I don't want jewels. I don't want jewels on my smart watch. I don't want jewels on things. And that seems to be the common theme where it's like, how to solve for women, put jewels on it. No, no. You can do everything. Oh my god, that's another rant though. But this like speaks to me because this is like truly, truly like genderless. It just looks good. I mean it seems like there are still those trade offs. Like we're looking at really nice, you know, bracelets if you want a connected bracelet. But the technology is still pretty limited, pretty basic in them. And then when you get into more high powered stuff, the high powered stuff still isn't really that attractive. So those were three wearables I was really impressed by. I did not think I was going to come to CES and really like much of anything aesthetically. But those guys really, really blew me away. So like we said earlier, looks matter because you have to want to wear the device. But if you don't like the way that it works, then there's no point in wearing it. Which is why I need you here to let me know about the guts of these things. Well I definitely need your fashion sense because sometimes I feel like I have no idea what looks good and what doesn't. I think the biggest thing for me is not just the looks and not just the feature set because a lot of feature sets are the same now. It's the software. It's not only do I want to wear this thing, but I also want to open the app every day because I want that experience too. And I think it can be really tough for companies to get all of those things right. The looks, the technology, and the software. Maybe we'll see better stuff in 2016. I don't know. Just hoping. For more coverage on CES 2016, be sure to go to TheVerge.com or subscribe to our YouTube channel, youtube.com forward slash The Verge.
 Hey, I'm Lauren Good with The Verge.
 And I'm Nicola Famo with Racked.
 And we're here at CES in Las Vegas.
 One thing we've seen a lot of this year are brand new wearables, but one thing that we've
 noticed is that they're not particularly attractive in a lot of cases.
 Which isn't necessarily a news story, but we did find three that we think look pretty
 dang good.
 They do not look like celibacy bands.
 Let's go check them out.
 All right, so first up is Mira.
 This is a $169 activity tracker that launched earlier this year, or last year.
 Last year.
 God, we're in 2016.
 Just ignore me.
 And then this one is coming out this year.
 Which is just a new housing for the same guts, basically.
 What do you think of it?
 I...
 What is your expert opinion?
 Okay, when I...
 This...
 I saw this like a couple of months ago, and I really liked it because it just looks different
 and like it is made of like jewelry-like materials.
 But I love this because the whole thing is hidden, and it really doesn't look like an
 absurd bracelet to be wearing.
 Like there's a lot of times where these companies try to meld fitness trackers into jewelry
 or do like a jewelry closure on a sport band, and it just doesn't make any sense.
 But this just hides the whole thing.
 This is definitely a bracelet that happens to have a tracker in it.
 Yeah, it doesn't look weird at all.
 Like this does not look strange on my wrist at all.
 But the one thing that I don't love about the Mira is that currently you can share the
 data to the mobile app, which is cool.
 So like if you're wearing something like that, that's where you might see your data.
 But the mobile app doesn't share with things like HealthKit and Google Fit.
 So if you are also using other health and fitness apps, right now all of your data is
 trapped in the Mira app.
 And I don't know anything about the Mira app.
 You seemed to like it when you looked at it.
 You said it was cool how it personalized.
 Yeah, it asks prompts that weren't just like, what's your height, what's your weight?
 It asks you that stuff too.
 But then it asks you things like, realistically, how much time do you have for activity in
 a day?
 When do you have the most energy in a day?
 Things like that.
 So it's about like a little bit more of a personality lifestyle opener than the average
 just like, how tall are you?
 How much do you weigh?
 Yeah.
 This is the new Fossil Q Dreamer.
 This actually came out late last year, but these are new versions of it from what I understand.
 And it costs $145.
 So I mean, Fossil's known for lifestyle watches, somewhat accessible, not super expensive,
 right?
 And what do you think of these?
 I lost my mind when I saw these.
 Really?
 Yeah, I got so excited because the material combination is like nothing else.
 I mean, I don't know about you, but I've never seen anything that looks even remotely like
 this.
 The leather band feels really nice.
 And it doesn't-
 I did actually wear another one for like three or four weeks and the leather got a little
 bit dinged up after a while.
 Yeah.
 It started to discolor a little bit.
 You have to be really careful not to get water on it.
 Patina.
 Patina.
 Is that what it is?
 Yeah.
 Is that $145 for this?
 Well, I would want to know more about what it does, of course, before I made a choice
 like that because I'd want to know if I like the app, if it's something I would want to
 live with.
 But if I was like satisfied with that, I'd be like, yeah, sure.
 One of the things I found in the app, it's called the Q Dreamer app.
 And it doesn't just work with this, it also works with some of their smart watches.
 There's this section of the app called Q Curiosity where, so you've got the health tracking section
 and it's like, oh, you walk all these steps and then in the curiosity section it says,
 it gives you these challenges.
 It says, take a selfie and post a photo and create something today.
 Do origami.
 I don't know, it's crazy stuff.
 And I was in the app and I was like, I'm never going to use this.
 And this is something that I've noticed for sure in apps that are particularly like if
 they're kind of like designed for women, they have a lot of this kind of like motivation
 that goes beyond just like today you walked 8,000 steps, but it'll have kind of a like,
 great job.
 Today you walked 8,000 steps, that's 133 more steps than you walked last Tuesday.
 You know what I mean?
 You can have another glass of wine and go gay with your friends at brunch.
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that gives you the trade off or like, you've been sitting for three
 hours, you should get up and move because your mood is going to be better and then you'll
 be happy and it's Monday.
 So this one's the Misfit Ray, which incidentally Misfits now owned by Fossil.
 They were acquired by them last year.
 So we just looked at Fossil, here's another one.
 But this was in development before the acquisition.
 So what do you think of this one?
 Okay, you wrote about this before I got to CES, so I looked at it online and I was so
 excited, so excited.
 Which is funny because as I tell more like technology people that they're like, really?
 It looks like something you made at camp or like it looks like a battery on a strap.
 I love it.
 But I love the one that has the leather strap the best.
 I think the mixture of having like low shine leather with like medium shine polished brass
 together is really beautiful.
 One thing I also like about this too is that the top of it is pretty unembellished.
 You just have that little LED light at the top and then the Misfit logo is on the back,
 but it's hidden.
 There's no, you know, glaringly obvious logo anywhere.
 Which is actually a signature Misfit thing.
 They make coin shaped wearable trackers as well and they don't put anything anywhere
 on them.
 And I've always been attracted to them just for that reason because I like like clean
 lines, simple like I don't want jewels.
 I don't want jewels on my smart watch.
 I don't want jewels on things.
 And that seems to be the common theme where it's like, how to solve for women, put jewels
 on it.
 No, no.
 You can do everything.
 Oh my god, that's another rant though.
 But this like speaks to me because this is like truly, truly like genderless.
 It just looks good.
 I mean it seems like there are still those trade offs.
 Like we're looking at really nice, you know, bracelets if you want a connected bracelet.
 But the technology is still pretty limited, pretty basic in them.
 And then when you get into more high powered stuff, the high powered stuff still isn't
 really that attractive.
 So those were three wearables I was really impressed by.
 I did not think I was going to come to CES and really like much of anything aesthetically.
 But those guys really, really blew me away.
 So like we said earlier, looks matter because you have to want to wear the device.
 But if you don't like the way that it works, then there's no point in wearing it.
 Which is why I need you here to let me know about the guts of these things.
 Well I definitely need your fashion sense because sometimes I feel like I have no idea
 what looks good and what doesn't.
 I think the biggest thing for me is not just the looks and not just the feature set because
 a lot of feature sets are the same now.
 It's the software.
 It's not only do I want to wear this thing, but I also want to open the app every day
 because I want that experience too.
 And I think it can be really tough for companies to get all of those things right.
 The looks, the technology, and the software.
 Maybe we'll see better stuff in 2016.
 I don't know.
 Just hoping.
 For more coverage on CES 2016, be sure to go to TheVerge.com or subscribe to our YouTube
 channel, youtube.com forward slash The Verge.