Tag: Health & Fitness

Strava is finally adding Dark Mode, AI analytics, family plans and more

Strava revealed an impressive roadmap of features coming to the platform by the end of 2024, including Dark Mode, artifical intelligence-powered analytics, and safety features aimed at vulnerable cyclists and runners.  After years of asking, users of one of the best fitness apps will finally be able to use Dark…

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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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Google might’ve just teased its new Smart Glass project but don’t call it Google Glass

In a blink-and-you-missed-it moment, Google teased what appears to be its upcoming Smart Glasses project, one it may be building with the help of Samsung and, perhaps, even Qualcomm. You can be forgiven for not hanging on until the very end of Google I/O’s three-hour keynote to see a Gemini…

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No thanks Google, I don’t want an AI yoga bestie

Like many TechRadar readers, I’ve just finished up watching Google IO 2024, and seeing all the new stuff that the Gemini AI is capable of. As I was listening, I was very interested from a layman’s point of view, but as TechRadar’s Fitness and Wearables Editor, I didn’t think there…

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Amazfit’s new low-cost wearable packs in a big display and 26 days of battery life

Fitness tech brand Zepp Health has quietly launched a new, low-cost smartwatch: the Amazfit Bip 5 Unity. As the name suggests, it resembles the previous Bip 5 model with a few design changes and most of the same features. A few were cut from the mid-range wearable. The Bip 5…

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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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