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We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity…

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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…

Google’s latest health upgrades give Pixel Watch owners more ways to track their well-being, from blood pressure and insulin resistance trends to how well they breathe while sleeping. The company also promised to extend some of these insights to the Fitbit Air, albeit behind a Google Health Premium subscription. But it turns out Fitbit Edge…

Smart health hardware these days has increasingly leaned on recurring software subscriptions to further monetize the user base, but Withings’ latest move is now crossing a line. If you pick up a Withings smart scale or hybrid smartwatch today hoping to route your health metrics into Apple Health or Google Health Connect for broader health…

With Friday quickly coming to a close, what’s your weekend looking like? Will you be camped out on the couch, catching up on some all-important reality TV? Or will you be out and about, staying active and working up a good sweat? If your idea of good weekend leans a little more towards the healthy…

At the launch of the Pixel Watch 5, Google announced Health Guardian, a suite of features that detect trends from your health data and predict concerning physiologic changes, such as hypertension, diabetes, or sleep apnea. Google promised to roll it out “in fall,” and it’s now delivering on that commitment.

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