8.0 Apple Watch Series 6 Like Always-on display looks bright even after it’s timed-out Measures blood oxygen levels automatically Better battery life during runs Don’t Like SpO2 data is hard to interpret Still requires daily charge with sleep tracking and always on display The Apple Watch Series 6 feels like it has perfected many of …
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The Amazfit Bip S beats out every other smartwatch we’ve tested when it comes to price and battery life, earning it CNET’s Editor’s Choice Award for 2020. It isn’t the best smartwatch I’ve ever tested — not even close. But it’s definitely the longest-running one. I wore it for almost 10 days straight without having to charge it once, and …
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Amazon on Monday unveiled new fitness features for its Alexa-powered Echo Buds. You can say “Alexa, start my workout” when you have your earbuds on, and Alexa will track information including calories burned, workout distance, step count, average pace and overall time. The features are available for customers in the US and UK. To enable tracking, open the Alexa app, tap More, …
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Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR platform has continued adding updates over the past year and a half, but its latest one could turn it into a full-fledged workout ecosystem for the winter. The Oculus Quest 2 is also getting visual upgrades to support 90Hz refresh rates in games and for PC use. It’s all part of a software update announced today. …
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Hey, you with the wrist. Wouldn’t you like to strap on something that could count your steps, track your runs, remind you of meetings, notify you of incoming text messages and, oh yeah, tell time? Sounds like you’re in the market for a fitness tracker. Or smartwatch. What’s the difference? That’s just one of the questions we’re tackling in this …
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The Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE were both just introduced last month. To date, we’ve only seen discounts of about $15 or $20 on each. But that changed late last week with sales at Target and Walmart. Both sizes of the Apple Watch SE are marked down by $50: That discount has the GPS versions of the …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple Watch ($349 at eBay) learned some new tricks in WatchOS 7. Apple announced its latest software updates in June at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference and gave a sneak peek at the new features coming to its Apple Watches, then released the new …
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The Apple One service bundle is launching Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the tech giant’s quarterly earnings report on Thursday. That confirmation came shortly after Apple CFO Luca Maestri revealed the news to Bloomberg in an interview, during which he also said Fitness Plus is coming later this quarter. Apple One bundles together multiple services from the company, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple …
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Update, Oct. 15: Amazon’s Prime Day sale officially ended at midnight PT. We’re keeping track of the best Prime Day deals still available, however, and we’ve identified the best Walmart “Big Save” deals, which remain available through the end of today. Amazon Prime Day has officially ended, but some deals have remained. Rivals of the retail giant, including Best Buy, Target and Walmart, also have some …
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As you might expect, from here on out it’s going to be all Prime Day all the time. For now, one last batch of “standard” deals before the madness begins. First up, an interesting (semirelated) discovery: This is unconfirmed, but I’ve heard from a few folks that Amazon Prime subscribers who purchase a Wyze Band or Wyze Scale ($30 and …
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