Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech
Victoria Song reviews all things wearables and fitness tech for The Verge.
Before coming to The Verge, she'd been yammering on about this space—and other consumer tech—for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. When not nerding out over gadgets, she can be found on the couch binging the latest K-dramas.
The best fitness trackers to buy right now
From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get.
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The Galaxy Ring keeps you in Samsung’s orbit
It’s not so much a standalone health tracker or a smartwatch alternative as an accessory for your Galaxy Watch.
Fitbit published a study in Nature Medicine using 6.5 million nights of sleep data from users that shows that sleep quality impacts long term health. In a nutshell, the worse your sleep quality, the more likely you are to have conditions like sleep apnea, obesity, migraines, high blood pressure, etc. You get it.
I won’t blame you for thinking “Duh” but this stuff can be helpful for researchers as it gives hard data to what we already know.
The watchOS 11 beta slowed me down, in a good way
Fitness tracking on the Apple Watch is finally moving away from the blanket approach of ‘always do more.’
This was announced a while back. (Along with a new Dark Mode which also recently went live.) Basically, four people can now share an annual Strava premium subscription. The caveat is everyone has to live within the same country and you’ve got to be a new subscriber. The new Family plan is available in 32 countries, and pricing will depend on where you live.
[press.strava.com]