Getting old sucks, might as well have a nice bike
I like my fēnix 6, but I’ll be the first to say that it’s overkill for most, and even the medium sized one is massive on my boyish wrists. The smaller “S” version mostly exists “for the ladies” but it’s still clearly not a style accessory (unless “outdoor recreation” is the look you’re going for). The Lily is Garmin’s play for that market. The best way to think of something like the…
Fitbit has been eaten by Google. Held up for ages now by regulators, I wasn’t sure if it was ever going to happen, but obviously today, is the day. Oh happy day. Hopefully this is a good thing for Fitbit’s customers, personally I have a hard time seeing it as such. Google has a way of devouring companies and expelling their dried, and empty, husks into the toilet of history. On a…
The recently announced Fitbit Sense includes all the sensors, and when I say all, I literally mean all: ECG, EDA, GPS, HR, SpO2, HRV, accelerometer, etc. It also includes all the good stuff you see on other Fitbit wearables, like advanced sleep tracking, contactless payment, step counting, etc. but I really have to wonder if Fitbit will solve the transparency/data issues that got me off its platform. My guess is no, and…
About five years ago, someone created a feature request on the Fitbit forums requesting that they allow the device to act like a BTLE heart rate (HR) monitor. Simple enough, Fitbit devices have BTLE (that’s how they sync with your phone), and they track heart rate (at least most of them). Adding this feature, which many other HR tracking watches can do, should have been pretty easy. Obviously not a massive priority,…