Wearables can now track everything from heart rate variability to stride length. But access to so much data does not always mean better health.
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Wearables can now track everything from heart rate variability to stride length. But access to so much data does not always mean better health.
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Activity trackers come with a variety of functionalities. While some are important, others you can pay less attention to.
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Smartwatches weren’t great for runners but now they’re everywhere. Here’s how Apple changed the game for athletes and amateurs.
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An Apple Watch or a Garmin can draw incorrect conclusions about your health, but the broad trends may be more valuable than the numbers.
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Researchers find that wearing a fitness tracker doesn’t necessarily give people the motivation to change their behavior. And for some, it might have the opposite effect.
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Dispatchers for 911 are being inundated with false, automated distress calls from Apple devices owned by skiers who are very much alive.
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When fitness technology and social media interfere with our enjoyment of exercise, it might be time to stop using them.
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Australian insurers can’t discriminate against clients on the basis of their health. So why are they doing everything they can to have people feed them sensitive health and fitness data?
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The launch of Fitness+ was perfectly timed for the pandemic. But how loyal will Apple users be to their Watch workouts in our new (old) world.
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The fitness apps used to monitor or log activity may be doing a lot more than passively recording, according to a new study. The study looked at many trials and found that using a program to monitor movement increased weekly activity and daily steps.
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From a trip down memory lane with celebs to adventures in remote Scotland: if you’re looking for company on your next walk, there’s a podcast for that
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Building “workout fall detection” into the latest Apple Watch took years, and thousands of people, to develop. Is it worth switching on?
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The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors.
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Apple’s Julz Arney says getting a watch to know when you start and stop cycling, and how many calories you’re burning, was no easy feat.
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A guide to help you figure out if a smartwatch can fit into your daily life.
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The popular fitness trend sounds brutal. But a simple tool can make it speed by.
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The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors.
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The Apple Watch has been approved to collect ECG readings in Australia, but there are plenty of other ways to keep tabs on what your heart is doing.
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Don’t want to pay $1,900 for a Peloton bike, plus a subscription fee for classes? Here are ways to reduce the cost of using tech to exercise at home.
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As fitness trackers, in the form of apps and wearables, grow in prevalence, new Australian research has examined just how effective they are at motivating us to move.
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Like all things Apple, on-demand workout service Fitness+ looks beautiful and works seamlessly. But is it worth the price, or should you stick to your regular gym?
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Both the Apple Watch Series 6 and Fitbit Sense have new blood-oxygen apps. They’re mostly useless.
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Over the past week, the company has made a splash in the city-state by unveiling a shiny new "floating" store and a new partnership with the government aimed at boosting the use of its smartwatch.
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The tech firm also showed off new smartwatches with blood-oxygen sensors and new iPads.