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Google just added insulin resistance and blood pressure trends to the Fitbit Air and Edge, taking these devices beyond basic fitness monitoring and sleep tracking and into deeper health insights. The new features are part of Google’s “Health Guardian” suite of proactive safety tools for the Pixel Watch and Fitbit.

A metal mesh band might not be right for every watch or wearable, but I can’t say I don’t love using it on the Fitbit Air.

What would happen if you combined the Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air? You’d get the Fitbit Edge. Google’s latest tracker gets a lot right, offering an extremely comfortable design, a quality display, and long battery life. But it’s missing one too many features and not priced competitively enough to be as easy a recommendation…

Screenless trackers are all the rage right now, even though they’ve existed for decades. For instance, Whoop launched its first tracker in 2015, launching as among the first, if not the first of the category. In March, Whoop raised $575 million, garnering itself a $10 billion valuation, signaling increased interest in the space. But Whoop is now…

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Chicken, meet egg. Google has clarified why it didn’t include NFC and, in turn, Google Wallet support on the Fitbit Edge, and it just boils down to the fact that hardly anyone was using the feature.

Google Health 5.11 is rolling out this week as a rather big update for Fitbit trackers and the Pixel Watch.

The Fitbit Versa 4 bundle drops to $159.99 on Amazon, with GPS, heart-rate tracking, and useful extras included. By •

Samsung has a new Galaxy Fit 4 fitness tracker in the works, and it looks just a bit more like an Apple Watch this time around.

Fitbit Air owners who were disappointed to discover that Google’s new sleep breathing quality feature wasn’t supported on their trackers finally have something to look forward to. After weeks of confusion over the missing health insight, Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the feature is indeed coming to the Fitbit Air. Better still, the…