Connecting your fitness tracker with a smart home
Did you know there is a way to integrate your fitness tracker or other health gadget with a smart home
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Wearables
Polar H9 is an affordable heart rate monitor for entry level users
Polar have expanded their heart rate monitor portfolio with the launch of the new H9. It joins the company’s best-selling
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Apple’s wearables business is now the size of a Fortune 150 company
Apple’s Q1 2020 financial results show that wearables raked in all-time record revenue of $10 billion during the all-important holiday quarter.
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The second Apple Watch challenge of 2020 starts on February 8th
Apple is issuing the second challenge of 2020. This one will kick off on February 8th and run until Valentine’s
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Vi wants to gamify your exercise routine with new app
Vi wants to gamify your exercise routine with a new free app called Torch. The software has just launched into public
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Suunto 3 Fitness becomes Suunto 3, gets new case material & colorways
In a rebranding exercise, Suunto 3 Fitness is now simply called Suunto 3. This is more in line with the
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Year of the Rat Garmin Connect badge
For those of you that like to collect Garmin activity badges, there’s a new one to be picked up today,
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Apple launches incentives program to reward gym-goers
Apple has today announced that it has launched an Apple Watch Connected initiative that rewards regular gym-goers. Essential reading: Top fitness
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Under Armour ends software support for its HealthBox collection
Under Armour has announced it is ending direct software support for its HealthBox collection. Users were informed they will need
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Garmin enables optical heart rate for swim on Vivoactive 4 & Venu
Garmin has enabled optical heart rate for swimming on Vivoactive 4 & Venu. This comes with the latest firmware update
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Upcoming Amazfit GTS/GTR firmware update helps resolve GPS issues
A new software update for Amazfit GTS and GTR smartwatches focuses on resolving slow GPS positioning speed and inaccurate readings.
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A high VO2Max adds many healthy years to your life, one study says
Vo2Max is an important indicator of a person’s aerobic physical fitness. And while boosting endurance capacity may or may not add more
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Merging fashion with fitness, ten activity trackers for women
Not too long ago, activity trackers started off as chunky and unattractive devices aimed at fitness freaks and techno-buffs. Thankfully, those days
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Xiaomi Wear app finally gets Apple Store reveal
Xiaomi Wear app for iOS is finally available on the Apple Store in some countries. At the moment the software
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Xiaomi Mi Watch update adds Body Battery & all day stress tracking
Xiaomi is releasing the second firmware update for Mi Watch starting tomorrow. This slaps on the Body Battery function, all
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