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The Fitbit Edge may be the Google band from September's FCC filing
The Google band in September's FCC filing had no Wi-Fi or cellular radio, and the leaked Fitbit Edge looks like a match.
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GARMIN
Some Fenix 8 owners lose heart rate after Garmin's 23.39 update
Fenix 8 owners say update 23.39 killed their heart-rate sensor, and a 90-second power-off only brings it back for some.
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Garmin buys Moxy, the muscle oxygen sensor maker, and Muscle Battery suddenly has hardware
Garmin bought the company that's been feeding its watches muscle oxygen data since 2014. Muscle Battery just got its engine.
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Polar's app now names a Loop Gen 3, barely a year after the Gen 2
Polar's app already knows about Loop Gen 3 and 360 Gen 2 before Polar does.
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Garmin's Venu 4 can now keep fall detection on all day
Until now it only watched for falls during some outdoor workouts. Version 17.25 could take a few weeks to reach every watch.
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Amazfit's new T-Rex charges from the sun on its back
Amazfit's new T-Rex runs 180 days on sunlight alone and can resurrect a dead battery without a cable.
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Tapping End can delete your Garmin CIRQA workout
Garmin's CIRQA deletes your entire workout if you tap End, tap Resume instead and pray you remember next time.
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Russian paperwork names the unreleased Garmin tactix 9 and Enduro 4
Russia's regulatory database named the tactix 9 and Enduro 4 weeks before Garmin does, same database that outed the fēnix 9 early.
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A new FCC filing looks like the Fitbit in Google's ads
Google's next Fitbit turns up as model G8BL6 at the FCC, built by the same Goertek plant that made the Fitbit Air.
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Fitbit Air's promised health features are already built into Google Health
Google buried blood pressure trends, insulin resistance, and sleep breathing quality inside a Health app update. Fitbit Air's September launch just got harder to deny.
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Garmin's app names a Cirqa Smart Band Pro with two buttons
Garmin's own app code names a CIRQA Smart Band Pro with two buttons and spoken stats, so a screen-free band would talk to you.
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Garmin registered ten model numbers for an unannounced ring
Ten sizes turned up in the filings. Garmin isn't testing a smart ring, it's stocking shelves for one.
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Whoop will estimate your max lift without you lifting it
WHOOP's new one-rep max feature estimates your ceiling without you ever actually lifting it.
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Amazfit is building live location sharing into its watches
Amazfit's LiveShare auto-activates during GPS workouts and shares your live location by email or link, starting with the T-Rex 3 Pro.
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Amazfit's T-Rex Dual Solar puts the larger solar panel against your wrist
There's a solar panel on the back of the watch, bigger than the one on the face.
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Amazfit has one or two launches left this year
Zepp Health grew 7% and says it has one or two Amazfit launches left in the whole year.
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Google's Pokémon Fitbit Air changes the band, not the tracker
Google's selling a sleeping Pikachu Fitbit Air for $129.99, but won't sell the strap alone, existing owners can repurchase the whole tracker.
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An unannounced Whoop sensor arrived with one radio missing
Whoop's unannounced WM50 is MG hardware with the NFC stripped out and no explanation why.
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Whoop's $149 Meridian band blocks its own wireless charger
Whoop's $149 titanium band costs more than most people's entire fitness tracker.