Sentences with phrase «firm as a smartwatch»

Fitbit's latest wearable device, the Versa, is positioned by the San Francisco - based health tech firm as a smartwatch, with a completely new, lighter design, more personalization options, and with a battery life of over four days.

Not exact matches

If you look at this late - December report from IDC, which is usually a good place to start, the firm broadly establishes the category as «wearables,» makes separate mentions of the «smartwatch» and «fitness band» categories, and then lumps companies like Xiaomi, Garmin, and Apple in the same group.

Fitbit lost $ 277.2 million in 2017 and is hoping to bounce back with a larger commitment to smartwatches and its digital health division that's seeking to grow its paid subscriber base, as per the firm's latest fourth - quarter report.

Perhaps this should have been expected from Nixon, a firm known for creating good - looking watches since they hit the scene in the 90's, but the Mission is the only Android Wear — or smartwatch that is — that shrugs off knocks and bumps, as well as laughs at the dangers of water, all the while looking better than most.

Fitbit shaved off another roughly 10 % of its value in trading today after a downgrade from a Wall Street firm, which will once again throw on more skepticism as to whether or not Fitbit can be a viable business in the smartwatch market.

The Gear Sport, as we noted in our hands - on coverage, is a watch - like activity tracker that was created to bridge the fitness - shaped gap between the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier, two offerings from the firm's flagship smartwatch range.

It's the company's second smartwatch (as you can tell by its name), and it's the firm's first to ship with Android Wear 2.0.

Fitbit broke a lot of hearts when it acquired smartwatch firm Pebble's team and software platform, effectively shutting down the once - budding indie brand as we knew it.

The firm has come out of nowhere over the past few years to make some excellent fitness trackers and now smartwatches, and the Forerunner 235 has all the things you'd need from a smartwatch such as the overall fit and finish, as well as heart rate monitoring and smart notification support.

Samsung's battery is smaller, though, at 300 mAh, but you do get a heart rate sensor as we've seen on other smartwatches from the firm.