Fitbit

Fitbit Announces Two New Smartwatches

Fitbit today announced the Versa 3 and a new offering called Sense that adds stress…

Fitbit Claims COVID Detection Success

Fitbit said this week that its fitness wearables could detect COVID-19 in their users before…

Fitbit Announces Charge 2 and Flex 2 Fitness Wearables

Google Reiterates Fitbit Data Pledge as EU Launches Major Investigation

Google said today that it would work with EU antitrust regulators to overcome any obstacles…

Report: EU to Investigate Google Acquisition of Fitbit

In a major setback to Google and its desire to jumpstart its wearables business, the…

Fitbit Launches More Affordable Smart Watch and Tracker

Google Pledges to Meet EU Data Demands for Fitbit

With its $21 billion acquisition of Fitbit hanging in the balance, Google agreed not to…

EU Questions Google Rivals About Fitbit Acquisition

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

Wearables Market Grew 30 Percent, IDC Says

The market researchers at IDC say that global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7 percent…

Fitbit Announces Fitbit Charge 4

The latest Fitbit Charge fitness wearable provides a new personalized heart rate metric that tracks…

Fitbit Enables SpO2 Monitoring on Newer Wearables

Fitbit is enabling a blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring feature on its Versa and Ionic smartwatches…

Report: Wearables Shipments Surged, Thanks to Hearables

IDC reported this week that wearables shipments “surged” in Q3, thanks mostly to an expanding…

Google Acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 Billion

Google is acquiring Fitbit for a total of $2.1 billion as the company looks to…

Google Wants to Acquire Fitbit

Reuters reports that Google is in talks to acquire struggling wearables maker Fitbit, and has…

Samsung Galaxy Fit Mini-Review

For the past two and a half weeks, I’ve been using testing a Samsung Galaxy…

Fitbit Launches Alexa-Powered Versa 2, Plus a Smart Scale and Subscription Service

Fitbit today announced the Alexa-powered Versa 2 smartwatch, a more affordable Aria Air smart scale,…

Fitbit Posts Strong Gains, But Smartwatch Sales Stumble

Fitbit posted strong earnings for the quarter ending June 30, but sales of its Versa…

Report: Huawei Saw Huge Growth in Wearables, Too

A new report from IDC claims that the wearables market grew 55 percent in the…

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