Time for Apple smartwatch

THE world gets a first proper look at Apple’s latest gadget tonight when the company l aunches its first smartwatch.

With a price tag of about £220, the Apple Watch boasts a range of lifestyle functions – promising to open your car door, buy a coffee and even track your heart rate.

The company hopes it will have a winner on its hands, even though sales of rival products by Samsung, LG and Sony have been sluggish and many smartwatches have a notoriously short battery life.

Technology experts say the gadget, designed by Britain’s Sir Jonathan Ive, could ‘supercharge’ a new era of wearable technology. Its ‘Apple Pay’ software will allow users to avoid the need to use cash by simply waving the watch over a till point scanner.