- Google has unveiled the Fitbit Edge. It is priced at 179.99 and adds an OLED screen to the thin band of the Fitbit Air. According to the source, the screen can show turn-by-turn navigation, notifications, weather, and music controls.
- The health coach uses Google Health Coach, which is based on Gemini, and requires a Google Health Premium subscription. It reportedly builds weekly routines and exercise plans based on fitness, health, and medical information, and adjusts them to fit the user's schedule.
- Google says it automatically recognizes and records up to 100 activities, including running, cycling, and walking. The company claims its built-in GPS is 40% more accurate than the previous generation, and that sleep stage detection is 15% more accurate. These are company claims, and the measurement conditions are not stated in the source.
- Battery life is up to 7 days on a single charge, and water resistance is 50 meters. Pre-orders are open on the Google Store, and in-store availability starts October 27. Colors are Obsidian, Fog, Olive, and Canyon, and the Stephen Curry special edition is priced at 219.99.
The first thing that stands out is the subscription fee attached to a list price of 179.99. The subscription amount is not in the original, so the actual monthly cost needs to be checked separately. The GPS 40% improvement and the sleep 15% improvement are figures the company itself reported, so it is hard to know the measurement conditions. For those who have worn an existing device and run the same course every day, I wonder whether you compared the records of the two devices side by side.