While Fitbit has branched out
from wearable fitness trackers before with its Aria smart scale (the Aria 2 launched Monday as well), headphones are a totally new wearable for the company.
Not exact matches
Wearable fitness trackers like FitBit could be used to evaluate and help treat cancer patients, according to new researcher
from the University of Texas Southwestern.
And people have latched on: According to data
from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly
Wearable Device Tracker fact sheet, total shipment volume of
fitness trackers in the first quarter of 2016 saw an increase of 67.2 percent
from the 11.8 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2015.
What's driving the demand for
fitness trackers and what can you expect to see
from wearables in the coming months?
Meretz.com takes your physical activity
from your
fitness wearables, apps or other
trackers and turns it into points.
Activity
trackers, whether standalone devices like the Fitbit or as a feature of other
wearables like Apple Watch, are a popular health and
fitness trend among consumers, and scientists and doctors have increasingly been using activity
trackers in their research or to monitor patients away
from the office.
While Fitbit has branched out
from fitness trackers before, headphones are a totally new
wearable for the company.
Other companies didn't want to stay away
from all this, as we saw Sony too jumped into the
wearable tech category, announcing the Sony SmartBand, a wristband which would have a Sony Core
tracker device, keeping the log of your
fitness and activity.
The narrative surrounding Fitbit's
fitness trackers has transitioned
from users not really needing or wanting a smartwatch, to embracing the fact that the future of the
wearable industry is the smartwatch.
After months of rumors of its first smartwatch and being absent
from the
wearable market for quite some time, Fitbit today unveiled its Ionic smartwatch and
fitness tracker.
From smart watches to
fitness trackers to smart clothing, we've rounded up five great Christmas bargains on
wearables that you should snag this holiday season.
Apart
from that talking about the company's latest
wearable offerings, they recently launched the new
fitness trackers i.e. the Fitbit Charge 2 and the Fitbit Flex 2, both of which are readily available in India as well.
While the Wear 1200 is clearly not designed for smartwatches, you can expect the new chip to power a wide range of
wearable devices ranging
from trackers for pets and elders to
fitness bands.
The official release of the
wearable in Samsung's home country mimicked its IFA announcement
from earlier this month when the Seoul - based original equipment manufacturer described the Gear Fit2 Pro as an evolution of a contemporary
fitness tracker meant to accompany its users throughout the day and assist them with a wide variety of tasks and activities with the ultimate goal of improving their quality of life.
The latest study
from the gurus at Juniper Research has found that «the
wearables market has begun to shift away
from wrist - based devices such as smartwatches and
fitness trackers, with other device categories forecast to grow much faster».
On the lower side of the spectrum, you get some good
wearable fitness trackers like the Mi Band 2 and others
from Intex which do a really good job but can't be really called a smartwatch.
From new devices running Android Wear 2.0, to new companies entering the
wearable space completely, here are the best smartwatches and
fitness trackers of CES 2017.
GymKit could certainly come in handy for those who are fastidious about tracking all their workouts; while I'm keen to stay on track with my exercise routine, my
wearable fitness trackers don't help much because they don't let me sync or input data
from the machines I use at the gym.
The FCC listing references a new smartwatch /
fitness tracker from Samsung that goes by the model number of SM - R600, but other documentation and a diagram of the
wearable indicates that the retail name will be the Samsung Gear Sport.
When it comes to
wearables, most people think of
fitness trackers like the Fitbit options or those
from Garmin and any number of other device brands or smartwatches.