Amazon’s $80 Halo View addresses one of my biggest complaints about Amazon’s first fitness band: its lack of a screen. As its name implies, Amazon’s latest wearable has a color touchscreen for showing health statistics and the time, along with other things like text messages. It’s a big departure from the distraction-free approach Amazon took with …
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The Apple Watch Series 7 has some new features, a bigger screen and upped durability. It charges a bit faster, apps load quickly and is fitted with WatchOS 8. But as I flick through it and its watch faces, I have to ask myself: Has anything really changed? Of course things have changed, a bit. But the newest Apple Watch …
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Fall often comes with a number of cliched attributes — pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks, flannel shirts and taking perfectly timed photos with friends at pumpkin patches. But that doesn’t change the fact that many people are looking for recipes, crafts, hikes and outdoor activities to get into the fall spirit. No matter what autumn looks like to you, these …
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What’s the price of convenience? It’s $119 a year, if you pay for Amazon Prime annual subscription. (Otherwise, you pay $13 a month. And students get a discount.) The benefits are definitely worth paying for. Of course, you’re probably familiar with Amazon’s free two-day shipping option. But depending on where you live, you can also get free one-day delivery, same-day delivery …
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The Apple Watch product line made its debut in 2014, initially trumpeted as a companion to the iPhone and a fashion accessory — one that started in price at $349, heading upwards to an eye-popping $17,000 for an 18-karat gold watch. Now, barring any Black Friday discounts, the Apple Watch line starts at $199 for the Apple Watch Series 3 …
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The Amazon Halo View, the online retail giant’s latest foray into fitness tracking, is now available for preorder. The $80 fitness tracker is discounted to $50 for people who want to snag the wearable ahead of its release on Dec. 8. The Halo View was first announced in September and is the first Amazon fitness device with a color screen. …
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Fitbit devices already provide loads of data about our activity and sleep. Now certain Fitbit smartwatches and trackers will indicate when it’s time to rest, too. The Google-owned wearable company on Tuesday began rolling out its Daily Readiness Score, a feature that gives you a grade suggesting whether you should exercise or recover. Fitbit generates the score by examining how your …
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Nov 2021 Editor’s note, Nov. 9: Fitbit has updated the Charge 5 with features promised at launch, including the electrocardiogram app (ECG or EKG) and the Daily Readiness Score. With great fitness-tracking, a bright screen, long battery life and compatibility with Android and iOS, we’ve awarded the Charge 5 an Editors’ Choice. Our review, originally published in September, follows. The Fitbit …
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Peloton is continuing its expansion beyond stationary bikes and further into strength training with the Peloton Guide. It’s a TV set-top-box device equipped with a wide-angle camera and AI technology that provides feedback and helps bring you through home workouts via your TV. The device will be available in the US and Canada in early 2022 and will retail at $495 — …
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We’ve been programmed to keep our favorite gadgets away from water at all costs, especially if it’s an expensive piece of tech. But with most Apple Watch models, you don’t have to worry about getting it a little wet while washing your hands or if you forget to take it off before jumping into a swimming pool. Heck, all of …
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