IDC reported this week that wearables shipments “surged” in Q3, thanks mostly to an expanding market for so-called hearables.

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IDC reported this week that wearables shipments “surged” in Q3, thanks mostly to an expanding market for so-called hearables.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 32 Comments
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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Fitbit posted strong earnings for the quarter ending June 30, but sales of its Versa Lite smartwatch were weaker than expected.
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A new report from IDC claims that the wearables market grew 55 percent in the first quarter year-over-year. But Huawei grew by 282.2 percent.
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Fitbit announced better-than-expected revenues for the quarter ending March 31 thanks to a 117 percent increase in smartwatch sales.
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This morning, my Fitbit Charge 3 band broke at the buckle. But getting it replaced under warranty was an even worse experience.
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Fitbit today announced four affordable new wearables, including an inexpensive new version of its Versa smartwatch.
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The latest marketshare data from IDC suggests that smartphones aren’t the only market about to be dominated by the Chinese.
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Fitbit today announced that it sold 5.6 million wearables in the fourth quarter, up 3 percent year-over-year.
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I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but I've always been frustrated by technology that doesn't work.
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Fitbit introduces improved logging features, 10 new third-party apps and more.
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As part of an earnings announcement, Fitbit announced that half of its revenues now come from smartwatch sales.
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The Fitbit Charge 3 sits in an interesting space between a basic fitness wearable and a true smartwatch.