Tag: Fitbit
Growing Hearables Market Lead Worldwide Wearables Shipments, Surging 94.6% in 3Q2019
A total of 84.5 million units of wearable devices were shipped in the third quarter of 2019, a year-over-year increase of 94.6% and a...
Fitbit OS Update Improves Heart Rate Tracking, Sleep Tools, On-Device Watch Face Adjustments
Fitbit has updated its Fitbit OS operating system for its popular smartwatches and Fitbit Premium membership service. The release of OS 4.1 brings major...
Google Acquires Wearable Giant Fitbit for $2.1 Billion
Google announced that it is buying Fitbit, the world's leading maker of wearable fitness activity trackers. The deal values Fitbit around $2.1 billion, making...
Validic’s High Frequency Data Support Will Enable Wearables to Deliver Minute-to-Minute Readings
Validic, a provider of solutions for personal health data, announced the support of high-frequency data, enabling organizations to receive standardized activity, heart rate and...
Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit Collaborate on AFib Diagnosis
Wearable device maker Fitbit and pharmaceutical giants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have signed a multiyear partnership to speed up the detection and diagnosis of...
Top 5 Health Tech Companies That Are Developing Wearable Medical Devices
Not too long ago, the only way for people to precisely check their health status was to go to the doctor’s office and undergo...