This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. With all the things a dad has to keep track of, getting fit, staying healthy and eating better can easily drop off his to-do list. Here are a few gift ideas to help Dad stick to an …
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Have you found yourself envying Samsung’s latest range of Galaxy Watch Active smartwatches? If you own an older model of Samsung watch, you might be getting a lot of its best features tonight. Samsung’s pushing software updates to several of its older wearables that add improvements to battery life, fitness, and add new watch faces and interface extras. The updates …
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There’s nothing worse than a big life transition to throw off your fitness routine and put a wrench in your healthy habits. Whether the recent grad in your life is transitioning from home to college life, or college to the real world, here are a few gift ideas to help them stay fit and keep them off the takeout food …
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At this year’s Google I/O, Google’s smartwatches aren’t invisible like Daydream VR, but they’re definitely laying low. One domed demo space has a number of Wear OS watches running the latest software feature, Tiles, which I had a chance to finally use. But that’s not what things were like last year. A year ago, Google seemed to have big plans …
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This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Mother’s Day is finally here, and if you haven’t bought your mom anything yet, you’re probably frantic. Maybe you’re planning on buying the last of the $30 flowers at the local market, but let’s be honest, you can do better than …
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This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Tick tock, time is running out on your chance to line up a Mother’s Day gift. If you plan to skip the flowers this year and go the tech route, splurging on the latest Apple Watch for dear ol’ Mom …
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After being a dedicated Fitbit wearer, I decided to switch to an Apple Watch for its prettier display, superior design and extra features to continue my step-counting ways. But after spending so much time with a Fitbit, I was disappointed to discover that the Activity app deemphasizes step counts. I quickly grew accustomed to checking my current step count with …
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Garmin has rejiggered its Forerunner smartwatch line with a greater emphasis on the needs of runners — tracking stats and analyzing them to understand your performance, training history and goals. The new line consists of five models: the Forerunner 45, 45S, 245, 245 Music and 945. The entry-level Forerunner 45 and 45S series will ship in May starting at $199.99. …
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In a bid to make further inroads into the Apple ecosystem, Google announced Wednesday that its fitness-tracking platform, Google Fit, would be available in Apple’s App Store beginning today. The app, which until now had been the provenance strictly of Google wearables and Android mobile devices, now works with Apple devices running iOS 12 or later. (Google Fit will aggregate data …
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Fancy GPS watches for running are expensive, right? Probably at least $200? Yes, but take “fancy” out of the equation and you can get something for a steal. For example, the entry-level Garmin Forerunner 35 is currently on sale for $100, down from its regular price of $170. And the Cheapskate-favorite Amazfit Bip, which includes some runner-friendly features, runs just …
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