Tag: fitness trackers
The RingConn Gen 2 is smashing Kickstarter records ahead of its big Galaxy Ring rivalry
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring launch has started to get more people paying attention to this area of wearables tech, with one possible effect being a new smart ring Kickstarter that’s smashing funding records – though there are other, better reasons to pay attention to this campaign. The RingConn Gen 2, which…
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Google takes a break from destroying Fitbit by rolling out a surprisingly big software update
It hasn’t been a great time for Fitbit fans since the great Google takeover in 2021, with the recent axing of the brand’s popular web dashboard feature being the latest in a list of many blows. But in the first positive news for a while, Google is now rolling out…
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Samsung’s legal battle with Oura over Galaxy Ring similarities tells me the smart ring era has officially arrived
Who’s got the fastest trigger finger – or should that be ring finger? For months, Samsung and Oura have been eyeing each other from 20 paces. Now it’s finally high noon, and outside the Smart Ring Saloon, tumbleweed drifts across the road between the combatants while zoomed close-ups show their fingers…
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Garmin’s best adventure watches finally get Messaging feature, plus more fixes
There’s nothing quite like getting something for nothing, and Garmin‘s latest big update to its range of adventure watches gives its premium adventure watches new features such as Messenger, plus some incremental fixes. The update to Garmin’s watch software has already begun rolling out, two months after the last update,…
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Google confirms Wear OS 5 will have better battery, new features, new running metrics & more
We’ve been counting down the days until Wear OS 5 makes its debut, and following on from Google’s IO’s Wear OS panel today (May 15), we have a much better idea of what to expect from the wearable platform. Wear OS 5, based on Android 14, will see several headline…
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Another Fitbit feature bites the dust as Google forces owners to switch to Wallet
Fitbit owners are used to seeing features redesigned or scrapped completely since Google‘s takeover in 2021, but the latest change could ultimately be a good one. Google is shutting down Fitbit Pay and forcing users to switch to Google Wallet. As spotted by Droid Life, Fitbit has sent emails to…
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