The Apple Watch Series 11 is on sale for a record-low price of $299, offering a 25% discount, with features like sleep tracking, hypertension notifications, and support for 5G networks, making it a highly recommended buy especially for iPhone users.
Garmin has added food and nutrition logging to its paid platform, Connect+, replacing some features of MyFitnessPal, with integration directly within Garmin devices and app, offering barcode scanning, photo recognition, and customizable meal tracking, making it a compelling option for users already invested in Garmin's ecosystem.
Smart rings are becoming mainstream, with a projected 49% increase in shipments in 2025, offering discreet health and activity tracking with longer battery life and more accurate readings than smartwatches. Leading brands like Oura, Ultrahuman, RingConn, and Samsung are innovating with features like sleep analysis, bloodwork integration, and AI insights, making smart rings a popular choice for continuous health monitoring. Oura remains a top contender due to its accuracy and design, as the category continues to grow and diversify.
The article highlights seven top third-party apps for Apple Watch that enhance its functionality beyond built-in features, including fitness tracking with Strava and Nike Run Club, outdoor navigation with AllTrails, mindfulness with Calm, music with Spotify, and navigation with Google Maps, offering users a versatile smartwatch experience.
Garmin has discounted its Vívoactive 5 smartwatch to $192, offering a feature-rich device with a bright AMOLED display, extensive health and fitness tracking, built-in GPS, and a long battery life, making it a versatile option for fitness enthusiasts at a reduced price.
Amazon is offering a $50 discount on the Google Pixel Watch 4, reducing its price to $349.99 from $399.99, making it an attractive option for Android users seeking a feature-rich smartwatch for fitness, communication, and productivity as they start the new year.
The article highlights the powerful features of the Apple Health app, emphasizing its integration with Apple Watch, third-party fitness trackers, medical records, and accessories to comprehensively monitor health metrics, organize data, and support healthier living in 2026.
The Amazfit Active Max is a sports-focused smartwatch priced at $169, offering nearly a month of battery life, a bright 1.5-inch AMOLED display, extensive fitness features, and cross-platform compatibility, making it a competitive option in the sports watch market ahead of CES 2026.
In 2025, Wear OS saw significant updates with new hardware like Pixel Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 8, improvements in health features, and better third-party support, though some brands like Mobvoi and OnePlus faced delays and setbacks. Google and Samsung made notable strides, but overall, the platform's ecosystem remains fragmented with ongoing update and hardware challenges.
An Apple doctor reveals nine hidden health features of the Apple Watch, including apps for vital signs, noise monitoring, ovulation tracking, fall detection, heart health alerts, daylight exposure, mental health logging, sleep apnea detection, and handwashing reminders, with instructions on how to set them up to enhance personal health and safety.
Google is rolling out a public preview of Fitbit Coach, an AI-powered personal health assistant integrated into a redesigned Fitbit app, offering fitness, sleep, and wellness guidance, with full launch expected next year.
Fitbit is launching a new Gemini-powered AI health coach as part of a completely redesigned app, initially available to US Android Premium users, offering personalized fitness plans and interactive health guidance, with plans to expand to iOS later this year.
Amazon is offering the Google Pixel Watch 3 45mm for $199.99, which is $200 off the original $400 price and $100 less than the current MSRP, making it a highly discounted option compared to the newer Pixel Watch 4, especially appealing for Android users interested in fitness features and performance.
The article highlights the impressive new feature of the AirPods Pro 3—built-in heart rate tracking—which the author suggests other brands like Google and Samsung should copy, as it offers reliable workout monitoring directly from earbuds, rivaling dedicated fitness devices in accuracy and convenience.
The author compares the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Series 11, favoring the slimmer, more comfortable design of the Series 11 for everyday wear and fitness tracking, despite the Ultra 3's superior battery life and dual-band GPS. The Series 11 offers most features at a lower price but lacks some advanced sports features like a lap button and dual-band GPS, which are important for serious athletes. Overall, the Series 11 is a great value for most users, but Ultra 3 remains the better choice for extended outdoor activities.