Polar Flow best for user data privacy Fitbit and Strava the worst
Most people just grab a fitness app and never think twice. But dig into the App Store and you’ll see
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Smartwatch
Exclusive: Amazfit T-Rex Ultra 2 shows up in Zepp Health app code
A new watch name has appeared in the latest version of the Zepp Health app. Strings referencing the Amazfit T-Rex
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Garmin’s new quatix 8 Pro is built for the sea and ready for land
Garmin has unveiled a new high-end smartwatch aimed at mariners, the quatix 8 Pro. It adds satellite messaging, LTE voice
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Why wearables cannot hide behind short support cycles anymore
A new EU regulation is about to change the way wearable tech companies think about updates. The Cyber Resilience Act
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Anthropic brings Claude to Apple Health and Android Health Connect
Claude’s health data integration is entering beta this week for Apple Health and Android Health Connect. The new tools will
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Garmin got there first but Apple is building its own food tracker
Apple is preparing to add native food logging to its Health app in the upcoming iOS 26.4 update. Garmin introduced
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CES 2026: Wearable tech products stealing the show this year
CES 2026 served up another round of innovation in the health and fitness space. From metabolic tracking and smart rings
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Strava files for IPO as fitness apps chase subscription growth
Strava has filed confidential paperwork for a US IPO, and it’s doing it with some momentum. Subscriptions are up, revenue’s
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CES 2026: Mobvoi pivots from fitness wearables with TicNote Watch
Mobvoi showed off its new TicNote Watch at CES 2026, and it’s all about voice. You can record notes, translate
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Fitbit preps major app refresh with new Fitness and Sleep tabs
Fitbit is laying the groundwork for a deeper recovery focus in its app, based on our teardown of version 4.60.
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Apple and Garmin face a new kind of pressure from ChatGPT Health
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Health, a new way to pull together your health data and actually talk to it. It’s
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Amazfit T-Rex 3 gets smoother navigation and voice memos in new update
Version 4.3.8.2 of the Amazfit T-Rex 3 firmware is making its rounds, and it’s a fairly big one. The update
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Missing BioCharge on your Amazfit Bip 6 or Active 2? A fix is coming soon
Firmware updates for the Amazfit Active 2 and Bip 6 recently introduced BioCharge, Zepp Health’s readiness-style metric that replaces the
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CES 2026: FDA eases rules for wearables that avoid medical claims
Fitness trackers, sleep monitors and AI health tools just got a clearer runway in the US. The FDA has introduced
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Fitbit prepares sleep need and debt metrics for launch
Our teardown of the newly released Fitbit app version 4.6 has uncovered two upcoming sleep metrics, Sleep Debt and Sleep
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