Samsung just launched two new devices that we have been looking forward to for quite some time now, one of which is the Samsung Gear Fit 2, a new
wearable fitness tracker which improves on the very robust original Gear Fit tracker.
Adidas is also making its mark in the wearable market by releasing miCoach Fit Smartband, which is
a wearable fitness tracker which is based on the combination of Nike's Fuelband and Adidas» own miCoach Smart Run.
Not exact matches
The next phase for
wearables is «internables,»
which are
fitness trackers implanted in a patient's body.
Fitbit,
which makes products such as the Flex 2
fitness tracker and Blaze smartwatch, is looking for new ways to keep pace with chief rival Apple in the competitive
wearables market.
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.
Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi,
which recently made its entry into India, is all - set to unveil its very own
fitness tracker, as the
wearable race truly kicks off.
It now offers six
wearable health and
fitness trackers (
which collect data about things like steps taken and calories burned), as well as web and mobile apps, plus premium services like virtual coaching.
Wearable maker Misfit started off on Kickstarter with its unique and versatile Shine fitness tracker, which is still one of the most popular and attractive pieces of wearable tech currently on the
Wearable maker Misfit started off on Kickstarter with its unique and versatile Shine
fitness tracker,
which is still one of the most popular and attractive pieces of
wearable tech currently on the
wearable tech currently on the market.
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.
Last year, Fossil acquired
fitness tracker and
wearable maker Misfit in an attempt to supercharge its own
wearables,
which include a number of
fitness trackers like the Q Dreamer and Q Reveler.
The watchmaker,
which recently announced its Android Wear - based smartwatch, the Founder, will acquire the
fitness wearable tracker company Misfit for $ 260 million, with the deal expected to close by the end of Fossil's 2015 fiscal year.
The device,
which Fitbit hopes will become the ultimate health and
fitness smartwatch, aims to bridge the gap between the
fitness tracker, an area the company excels at with its numerous
wearables, and the smartwatch, an area it hasn't entered properly until now.
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.
Leaker @evleaks has tweeted a render of LG Lifeband Touch
which looks similar to some popular
wearable fitness trackers.
That doesn't mean that it won't be similar to the smartwatch variants in the company's current lineup, but it could be much more closely related to another device that has been previously been reported on and
which falls more into the category of a
fitness wearable, so there is every possibility that this could be a new device that falls in line more with Samsung's Gear Fit series of activity
trackers.
Fitbit, a company
which is primarily well - known for its
wearable fitness trackers that are sold to consumers, will be branching out into new avenues through acquiring Twine Health and will be able to «expand on» its offerings for health plans and health systems.