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Fitbit Versa 3 now with GPS, built-in mic/speaker, Google Assistant

Vernon — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:38:13 +0000

While the new Fitbit Sense stole the show at Fitbit’s fall product launch, the smartwatch and fitness tracker maker also introduced practical upgrades to its popular Fitbit Versa and Inspire series. The Fitbit Versa 3 now features a built-in GPS and Active Zone Minutes, as well as the ability to answer calls, thanks to a […]

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Fitbit Sense is Fitbit’s most advanced health smartwatch yet

Vernon — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:36:39 +0000

Fitbit has revealed Fitbit Sense, its most advanced health smartwatch yet–featuring the world’s first electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor on a smartwatch to manage stress, alongside several other new sensors to track health and wellbeing. The company also introduced the refreshed Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatch and Fitbit Inspire 2 fitness tracker, and continues to push its […]

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Study: Fitbit devices may be able to provide real-time flu prediction

Vernon — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:43:10 +0000

A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health journal demonstrates the potential of data from wearable devices like Fitbit to improve real-time prediction of influenza-like illnesses. Influenza results in 650,000 death worldwide annually. Approximately 7 percent of working adults and 20 percent of children aged under five years get flu each year. Researchers from […]

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Google offers to buy Fitbit

Vernon — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:21:33 +0000

Google owner Alphabet has made a bid to acquire wearable maker Fitbit, Reuters reports. The move may be to fast track the company’s entry into the fitness tracker and smartwatch hardware market. Google currently develops and markets Wear OS, its smartwatch operating system; it does not have its own branded wearable. Apple is the current […]

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Fitbit users can now use Cardiogram

Vernon — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 07:52:32 +0000

Fitbit announced today that it has partnered with Cardiogram to bring Cardiogram’s suite of health monitoring features to Fitbit users across the globe. This is in line with it goal to improve care management, empower users and potentially save lives. The Cardiogram app, previously available on iOS, Wear OS, Garmin and Android Wear, is a […]

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