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Whoop members can now follow friends and family and share sleep, recovery and strain from their Whoop band, and choose exactly what each person sees.

WHOOP agreed to pay $11 million to settle a California class action over how it disclosed automatic membership renewals. A judge still has to approve it, and it covers only California buyers who renewed through WHOOP's website.

Photos seen by Gadgets & Wearables put the name Suunto Flex Band on the screenless HR264 tracker, with a reported €179 price and a launch late this year.

Update Google Health and a Pixel Watch 3 or newer or a Fitbit Air will log a swim or a gym session without you pressing start, as long as your heart rate stays up long enough.

QALO launched the $199.95 SL-1 Smart Band, pairing with its existing smart ring in one app, without the ECG and blood pressure sensors its own FCC filing described.

Apple hasn't decided to ship it, and Bloomberg's reporting puts any release in 2028 at the earliest, so the Apple Watch stays Apple's only fitness wearable for years yet.

Live Rewind, Siri Recap and Readiness all arrive later, so the watch on sale today is a better sensor and a step counter.

Whoop's November update guesses your one-rep max from sets you already log, and finally lets the Journal track behaviours it never thought of.