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Wearable computing devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers and smart rings from makers like Apple, Google, Samsung and Oura.
Google's Fitbit Edge starts at $179.99 and ships Oct. 27, with Gemini coaching requiring a paid Google Health Premium subscription. For anyone buying it for the coaching, $179.99 is only the starting cost.
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Google confirmed an October 12 launch for the Fitbit Edge, a tracker that leaks price at about $180. That sits well under the $400 Pixel Watch 5, 9to5Google noted, so buyers who want health sensors at tracker prices get a Google option to check on Monday.
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Google will sync cycle data from Flo Health, used by more than 80 million women a month, into Google Health and its coach from early next year. The coach sits in the $10-a-month Premium tier, so the deal's value to Google depends on how many users subscribe.
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Google will raise automatic workout recognition on the Fitbit Air, Edge and Pixel Watches 3, 4 and 5 from 10 types to over 100 later this month. Health Guardian on the Air and Edge needs a Premium subscription.
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Ultrahuman signed a two-year memorandum with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop and validate a biological-age model. Its typical users are 25 to 43, a narrower group than a national rollout would reach, CEO Mohit Kumar said.
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Google is selling the Fitbit Edge at $179.99, $80 more than the screenless $99.99 Fitbit Air, with shipping from Oct. 27. The extra $80 covers more than a display, and a year of the optional Google Health Premium subscription costs more than the gap.
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Natura's $99 Interface ring sends finger-press voice requests to AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT and Meta's Muse. A monthly fee follows a free period, so the ring tests whether people will pay a subscription to reach their agents without picking up a phone.
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Apple released watchOS 27.0.1 to six older Apple Watch models on the day it shipped iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS updates. MacRumors says the watch build lists no security fixes, so iPhones and Macs should set the order of any combined pass.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s department has asked people who believe mobile phones, Wi-Fi or wearables harmed them to write in, and a University of Pennsylvania bioengineer says a health agency should run a systematic review instead.
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Oura is selling 13.5 million of the 50 million shares on offer, so about $594m of the base deal reaches the company and 73% of it goes to people who already own stock. The subscription is what is being priced.
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Apple will add a Health Age number later this year to a category where Whoop, Oura, Withings and Garmin each compute their own. Verge reviewer Victoria Song has collected age scores from six products, and they do not agree.
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Apple will put a 0-to-10 readiness score on the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, a metric Oura has kept central since its 2015 Kickstarter. The score depends on battery life, and that is where Oura still leads.
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Apple, Samsung and Google fix support windows when a watch launches, not when it wears out. Eight working models stop getting fixes on a schedule that was set years ago.
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