"Fitbit" news, interviews, and features

News about Fitbit

• Google's $2.1B Fitbit deal poses potential competition threat

  ACCC will announce the outcome of a review on August 13

• Google taps fitness tracker market with $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit

  Google sees an opportunity to introduce its own wearable devices and invest more in digital health

• Australian smartphone market to fall without 5G iPhones

  Smartphone sales decline continues as smart wearables rise

• Fitbit concedes it misrepresented customers' rights

  Consumer watchdog launched investigation after receiving more than 100 complaints

• Samsung Pay connects Four

  First 'smartphone wallet provider' to launch with Big Four banks; CBA, NAB, Westpac and ANZ

• Smartwatch market swells thanks to Apple, but competition remains

  Vendor shipped 2.8 million Series 1 and 2 units in Q3 2016, but analysts smell competition.

Features about Fitbit

• ​Somewhat unsurprisingly, Apple wears Samsung down in smart watch market

  “Cashing in on holiday sales, Apple managed to rack up over five million shipments in the fourth quarter."

• Invasion of the body snatchers: wearable devices are coming for you

  Privacy and form-factor are some of the big questions for this emerging category