Source: Google plans to release a screenless Fitbit band later in 2026 that will include basic features and require a subscription to unlock more functionality
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is developing its own fitness band, aiming to compete with screenless wearable devices from upstarts like Whoop Inc. and Oura Health Oy.
Amazon acquires Bee, which sells a $50 device that resembles a Fitbit, is always listening, transcribes conversations, and serves up daily AI summaries
Bee is a Fitbit-like device that transcribes your conversations and serves up daily summaries. … Amazon is acquiring Bee, a startup that puts AI on your wrist.
Apple announces watchOS 11, adding a training mode that analyzes personal workout data, live activities, a new Vitals app, new safety features, and more
Apple Watch is finally getting the fitness feature I've been waiting for Andy Boxall / Digital Trends : The Vitals app could make the Apple Watch an Oura Ring killer X: Juan / @juanbuis : RIP @whoop →...
Google plans to remove the ability to download third-party apps and watch faces for all Fitbit smartwatches in the EU in June, citing “regulatory requirements”
Google plans to remove the ability to download third-party apps and watch faces for all Fitbit smartwatches in the EU in June, citing “regulatory requirements”
Google has announced that, in a few months, third-party apps and watch faces will be removed from all Fitbit smartwatches used in the European Union.
Fitbit is working with Google Research to create an LLM based on Gemini to provide Fitbit mobile app users with personalized data and health recommendations
Google is training Gemini on health data, and it's creating a new AI model for the Fitbit app that can give advice tailored to your needs.
Google quietly refreshes its Fitbit branding from “Fitbit by Google” to “Google Fitbit” and updates the watermark font to match Google Pixel and Google Nest
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Google reorganizes its Devices & Services teams responsible for Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest; Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google
Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams responsible for Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware.
Fitbit Charge 6 review: practically a “Pixel band” with good fitness and health features but the side button is haptic and the Fitbit-Google transition is bumpy
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Google stops selling Fitbit products in 29 countries, including those where the company doesn't offer Pixel alternatives, to “align” its hardware portfolio
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :