Subj : UNA Watch celebrates $330,000 in Kickstarter backing as consumers
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue May 06 2025 11:15:08

UNA Watch celebrates $330,000 in Kickstarter backing as consumers and 
developers clamor for a sustainable alternative to the Apple Watch

Date:
Tue, 06 May 2025 09:59:46 +0000

Description:
UNA Watch has closed its Kickstarter campaign after securing more than 
$330,000 in backing.

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Watch is a new sustainable smartwatch The Edinburgh-based company just closed 
its Kickstarter campaign More than 1,200 people have backed its first watch 
to the tune of $330,000, including a host of potential developers 

Sustainable wearable outfit UNA Watch has secured more than $330,000 in 
funding from its Kickstarter campaign in just over four weeks, ahead of the 
planned launch of its first watch. 

As we've previously reported, UNA Watch is a sustainable wearable with a 
unique, modular design , and features GPS, health monitoring, and 10-day 
battery life. 

The USP? It can be put together like Lego, and its modular design means it's 
both repairable and upgradeable in a way that owners of the best Apple Watch 
models can only dream of. 

Edinburgh-based UNA Watch has now closed its Kickstarter, having garnered 
support from 1,249 backers and raised a cool 251,276 (about $335,000). 
Developers flock to UNA Watch (Image credit: UNA) 

As well as proving popular with smartwatch fans, the UNA Watch has also 
generated excitement among developers, who are flocking to be first in line 
to buy one. UNA Watch offers both a Software Development Kit (SDK) and a 
Hardware Development Kit (HDK), which will let developers code their own apps 
and create new sensors and hardware modules. 

It's a similar open-source approach to the one that made Pebble popular back 
in the day, and UNA has confirmed to TechRadar that one in six backers has 
bought the company's Development tool, suggesting that a high percentage of 
backers are developers. 

UNA is targeting an estimated delivery date of August 2025 for its first 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/una-watch-celebrates-usd
330-000-in-kickstarter-backing-as-consumers-and-developers-clamor-for-a-sustai
nable-alternative-to-the-apple-watch


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