smartwatches
Garmin’s new apps allow people using the Dexcom G6 CGM to see glucose levels and trends on their smartwatch.
Its device for senior folks can now predict a fall by triangulating all the user's data in real-time.
Despite some wins across its various business efforts, Fitbit's mounting losses provide some insight as to why the company was looking to sell.
According to Google's blog post announcing the acquisition, we can expect to see more "Made by Google" wearables alongside Fitbit devices running Wear OS.
The company has brought on an investment firm to investigate options for a potential sale of its business, Reuters reports.
The company anticipates some earnings losses and a gross margin contraction in the earlier part of 2019, but hopes its health business will exceed $100 million before the end of the year.
The HeartGuide watch uses a flexible synthetic band to inflate and maintain its shape to comfortably take an oscillometric wrist blood pressure on the fly.
First announced in March, the program allows participants to pay off the device's cost by meeting daily fitness goals.
In its Q3 2018 earnings call, the company said that diversifying its business model has help stem losses from the declining fitness tracker market.