What hazardous competition ?
Apple Watch is the leading smart watch maker by more than a mile.
You then have Samsung, Garmin, Oppo etc. with their own OS
Fitbit would be so miniscule.
sounds like BS to me.
Fitbit would be so miniscule.
sounds like BS to me.
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Some of the better fitness trackers do now have a "track run" activity mode which will use the known shapes of running tracks to smooth out the errors in GNSS signals. That gives a nice perfect oval shape on the map and ensures the distance is accurate. But that's still just for training and bragging rights, it doesn't really count for anything.
If you give Google your wearable data they will have an even more extraordinary advantage when it comes to targeted advertising.
This maneuver to acquire Fitbit should be blocked at all costs. Google should not be allowed to obtain this data.
But OK, lazy Internet person, I'll go first. Targeted search results and advertisements are very valuable time savers in my life. I strong prefer local results, results in my language, results relevant to my age and marital status, results relevant to my past purchase and shopping habits, results related to my upcoming calendar appointments, and so forth. All of these are quite valuable to me. If Google were to target ads for me based on my resting heart rate and number of miles I run every week, that seems fine to me. God only knows what Garmin and Strava are already doing with that data.