Xiaomi introduced the Mi Band 3 along with the Mi 8 in China last month, and the fitness tracker when on sale on June 5th. Now the company’s CEO Lei Jun has announced that the company has sold 1 million units of the Mi Band 3 in just 17 days. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 3 sales cross 1 million in just 17 days”
Myntra today has debuted into the wearable segment and has built the software platform that will power its wearable devices as well as the ones developed by the third-party device makers. The platform is called ‘Myntra Wearable Platform’, and is developed by the company’s innovation labs unit. This platform allows wearable devices to discover and communicate with each other. Continue reading “Myntra launches Blink Go water-resistant fitness tracker with heart rate sensor; announces Wearable Platform”
Xiaomi has finally announced the most expected Mi Band 3 at the Mi 8 event in China, as it had promised. It has a 0.78-inch OLED display, compared to 0.42-inch in the Mi Band 2 so that it can display more characters including WhatsApp, Facebook or SMS messages, Weather info, caller ID and more. It also 5ATM water proof so that you can take it for swimming under 50 meters.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 3 with 0.78-inch OLED display, 50-meter water resistance announced”
Smartron has launched tband, the company’s first wearable device. It has ECG (Electrocardiography) and BP (Blood Pressure) monitoring to measure a Unique Fatigue & Stress Factor in addition to the ability to continuously measure heart rate as well as resting heart rate. The thealth app gives the user an overall Health Index score which is a combination of activity tracking, calorie count, sleeping patterns, stress & fatigue levels as well as Blood Pressure and Heart Health.
Chinese smartphone maker iVOOMi has launched FitMe, a fitness band that has option to indicate Air Quality Index (AQI) or pollution, which tells you how clean or unhealthy the air around you is, so that you can take necessary steps to prevent the associated health hazards. This feature provides information on AQI across all Indian cities. The FitMe Health Band also provides information about the weather conditions. Continue reading “iVOOMi FitMe fitness band with pollution tracking, heart rate sensor launched for Rs. 1999”
Garmin just launched vivofit 4 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 3. It was introduced at the CES 2018, has an always-on color display for the first time in the vivofit series, comes with one-year battery life and the Move IQ captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect.
Huawei’s Honor brand launched Honor Band A2 in India. It was introduced in China back in May last year, has a 0.96-inch OLED touch display and heart rate sensor with continuous heart rate tracking during fitness activities. In addition to fitness, it also has sleep tracking that offers suggestions based on the sleep data to help improve their sleep quality. Continue reading “Honor Band A2 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2499”
Garmin has announced the vivofit 4 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 3, ahead of CES 2018. It has an always-on color display for the first time in the vivofit series, comes with one-year battery life and the Move IQ captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect. Continue reading “Garmin vivofit 4 activity tracker with always-on color display, over one-year battery life announced”
A year after launching the Mi Band 2 in the country, Xiaomi launched the Mi Band HRX Edition in India in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan back in September. This has the same OLED display and a similar design, but doesn’t have a heart rate sensor. I have been using it for over a couple of months now. Let us find out how good is the fitness band in the compete review.
Garmin today launched Vivosport, its latest smart activity tracker with built-in Elevate wrist-based heart rate sensor that monitors heart rate 24×7. It was introduced back in August and comes with Chroma color touchscreen display with built-in sports apps to track both indoor and outdoor workouts such as strength training, cycling, cardio and more.
Samsung launched the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker, successor of last year’s Gear Fit2 in India last month for Rs. 13,590. We recently unboxed it, check out the video below. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro Unboxing”
Samsung just launched the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker with a new watch-style clasp and the Gear Sport smartwatch in India. Both these were introduced at the IFA 2017. The Gear Fit2 Pro has a 1.5-inch Curved Super AMOLED screen and built-in GPS and runs Tizen OS, similar to the predecessor The Gear Sport has a 1.2-inch Circular Super AMOLED Always On display and comes with GPS, Heart rate sensor and NFC for Samsung Pay. It has easily changeable standard 20mm straps.
Fitness bands are a dime and a dozen. With their growing popularity, the entire category has become commoditized to a degree. The Riversong Wave Fit is yet another fitness band that claims to have all the features you’d expect, accurate tracking and some smartwatch functionality at a price that shouldn’t pinch the pocket. Does it deliver on any or all of its promises? We find out in our review. Continue reading “Riversong Wave Fit Fitness Band Review”
Timex today launched the BLINK activity tracker in India in association with Indian consumer technology start-up BLINK. The activity tracker combines signature elements of a traditional watch with sophisticated technology for tracking your daily activities. Continue reading “Timex BLINK activity tracker with OLED Display launched starting at Rs. 4495”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Band HRX Edition in India earlier this month in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan. We recently unboxed the fitness band, check out the video below.
