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The market researchers at IDC say that global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7 percent during the first quarter to 72.6 million units.
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Wearables are ubiquitous in today’s society. Such devices have evolved in their capabilities from step counters to devices that measure calories burnt, sleep, and heart rate. It’s pretty common to meet people using a wearable or two to track their fitness goals. However, a big question remains unanswered. How accurate …read more
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The latest Fitbit Charge fitness wearable provides a new personalized heart rate metric that tracks activity beyond steps.
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Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable brands in health and fitness wearables, and it just launched its first new hardware product for more than six months: the GPS-enabled, Spotify-ready Fitbit Charge 4.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Techno… Continue reading Fitbit Charge 4 tracker adds onboard GPS and Spotify control
Fitbit is enabling a blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring feature on its Versa and Ionic smartwatches and Charge 3 wearables.
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IDC reported this week that wearables shipments “surged” in Q3, thanks mostly to an expanding market for so-called hearables.
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Google is acquiring Fitbit for a total of $2.1 billion as the company looks to expand its investment on Wear OS and the wearables business.
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Reuters reports that Google is in talks to acquire struggling wearables maker Fitbit, and has made an offer to do so.
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For the past two and a half weeks, I’ve been using testing a Samsung Galaxy Fit against the Fitbit Charge 3 I normally wear.
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Fitbit today announced the Alexa-powered Versa 2 smartwatch, a more affordable Aria Air smart scale, and Fitbit Premium.
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