Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]
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Today, Apple announced the new Apple Watch 3 will be rolling out several health and fitness features including smart activity coaching, new features for swimmers, Gym Kit and an enhanced heart rate monitor. The Apple Watch 3 will enhance the hear...
Apple’s Watch 3 rolls out heart health and smart fitness ...
Apple’s latest Watch was met with great applause when the company announced in September the thing could take a dive in the pool and keep on ticking. But the price and other bells and whistles of the Watch might be too much for those just looking for a simple way to track steps, laps and calories. Enter Fitbit’s Flex 2, which starts shipping tomorrow morning. It’s a… Read MoreThe Fitbit Flex 2 can go in the pool with ...
There’s really only so much you do with your analog fitness watch before it turns into something else. Withings already has one of the nicer offerings in the space in the form of the Steel – a solid time keeping device with step and sleep tracking baked in. As the name implies, the Steel HR brings heart-rate (not human resources) monitoring to the equation. It accomplishes that… Read MoreWithings adds heart rate monitoring to its analog fitness watch
TechCrunch first caught wind of Lumo’s smart pants with the running sensor last October. It was a breakout product from its posture trainer Lumo Lift and a first step into both connected garments and the running industry. You can check out our video review with Lumo co-founder Monisha Perkash here. Lumo’s pants needed the sensor to go in a special pocket to work when we last caught… Read MoreLumo Run’s new jogging sensor launches today – here’s how ...
Nutrition has been something of a missing link in the world of heath wearables. At best, some devices feature a system that requires users to manually enter what they’ve eaten over the course of a day. On a whole, however, what we eat doesn’t get nearly as much scrutiny as the ways in which we attempt to burn it off. STYR Labs is offering an interesting take on issue,… Read MoreSTYR Labs’ wearable fitness system features customized vitamin deliveries
Misfit is back with another swim-focused fitness device, the Speedo Shine 2, which combines all of the hardware capabilities of the Shine 2, which the Speedo-branding and swim tracking of its predecessor. The Cullen Jones endorsed wearable counts...
Misfit introduces a new Speedo-branded swim tracker
What if your reflection in the mirror could tell you to get your lazy butt back to the gym? We have the technology. A San Francisco startup called Naked Labs began taking preorders for its 3-D body scanning system today. CEO and co-founder Farhad Farahbakhshian says the company’s Naked 3D Fitness Tracker was designed for individuals or families who want to measure their progress on… Read MoreNaked Labs enters the fitness tech fray with body-scanning mirror
Wearables maker Misfit, now owned by Fossil, is following up on yesterday’s news of Ray, a slimmer alternative to its flagship fitness tracker the Misfit Shine, with the launch of its first set of in-ear wireless headphones. Called “Spector,” Misfit says the idea was to create a “smart hearable” product – meaning, a set of headphones that actually work like… Read MoreMisfit Debuts Spector, “Smart” Headphones That Double As A Fitness ...
Wearables had a varied year in 2015, with a lot of hype and a few big winners streaking ahead of the field, leaving plenty of also-rans struggling to stand out. It’s fair to say that the entire category is yet to prove whether it offers lasting utility or mere faddish novelty… Read More