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A new report from Counterpoint Research shows Apple ceding 10 percent of its market share in the wearables market to Samsung.

The Fitbit Charge 5 is the first Fitbit device to be released under Google and it features a color display and a thinner design.

Google said that it would open a retail store location in New York City where fans can buy Pixel phones, Nest products, Fitbit devices, and more.

Google announced today that it is collaborating with Samsung to bring the best of Wear and Tizen into what it calls a single, unified platform.

Fitbit is set to launch its first new product after being acquired by Google, a fashion-forward fitness and wellness tracker called Fitbit Luxe.

About a month ago, my wife and I began plotting our first real travel in well over a year. We decided to start small, and semi-local, with a drive. To Washington D.C.

The market researchers at IDC claim that the wearables market grew by 28.4 percent last year, with Apple in first place by a wide margin.

Fitbit announced today that it has added blood glucose logging to its mobile app and is opening the doors to blood glucose tracking meters and apps.

14 months after it announced that it would acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion, Google announced today that it has finally finalized the deal.

Six months later, the European Union (EU) has finally approved Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of struggling wearable maker Fitbit.

Fitbit announced today that Fitbit OS 5.1 is now available for its Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches with Google Assistant support, Bluetooth calling, and more.

In an interview, Fitbit CEO and founder James Park revealed that his firm’s premium health and fitness service has over 500,000 paying subscribers.

Two weeks ago, I finally switched from a Fitbit Charge 3 tracker to a Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatch. I don’t know why I waited so long.

Just a day later, I can tell that the Fitbit Versa 3 is going to work well for my needs, assuming that the battery holds up.

After a lot of back and forth, I decided to upgrade from my two-year-old Fitbit Charge 3 to a Fitbit Versa 3. Here are some initial thoughts.

Given enough time between announcement and release, I’ll preorder a product, cancel the preorder, and then preorder it again.

Fitbit today announced the Versa 3 and a new offering called Sense that adds stress management and ECG, SpO2, and skin temperature sensors.

Fitbit said this week that its fitness wearables could detect COVID-19 in their users before they show any sign of symptoms.

Google said today that it would work with EU antitrust regulators to overcome any obstacles to its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit.

In a major setback to Google and its desire to jumpstart its wearables business, the EU will reportedly investigate the Fitbit acquisition.

With its $21 billion acquisition of Fitbit hanging in the balance, Google agreed not to use personal data from the devices for advertising.

The European Commission has sent out questionnaires asking Google’s rivals whether its Fitbit acquisition would harm competition.

The market researchers at IDC say that global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7 percent during the first quarter to 72.6 million units.

The latest Fitbit Charge fitness wearable provides a new personalized heart rate metric that tracks activity beyond steps.

Fitbit is enabling a blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring feature on its Versa and Ionic smartwatches and Charge 3 wearables.

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

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.