Wearable Technology

Home isn’t the only place things can be “smart.” With the help of a few wearables, you can definitely use the power of today’s technology to help enhance your work day as well. Let’s take a look at a few devices out there, from something for your presentations to even a pair of earphones for your lunch breaks that help measure your heartrate.

Wearable technology has blown up in the past few years, and this past week my husband and I got to see just how far fitness trackers have come when we tested out the Hexoskin Biometric shirt. From badminton to mountain biking, we wore Hexoskin for them all, so read on to see why this is the only fitness tracker we’ve tried that tracks every type of activity easily and accurately.

Hey Team! It’s Debra! Your Best Buy Canada Wearable Technology Minx! (Not my official title … YET!) Well, spring is in the air (we hope) and of course that means BASEBALL season starts soon! (My dad told me) So, this week it’s the BLAST Baseball Swing Precision Motion Sensor. The Blast is indeed “wearable technology,” except the person wearing it is a baseball bat. AND—one size fits all! (How often is that true?)  

We’re a day away from Best Buy Canada’s Life and Tech Wearable Tech Expo and Fashion Show. The high-tech, high fashion show takes place twice throughout the day and features an exclusive capsule collection for Best Buy, designed and made by Canadian fashion designer, Sunny Fong. Here’s an advance peek at all the brands that are a part of Fong’s Best Buy collection.  

Sometimes two products work together so well that they mesh into an extension of one another and become that much better than either is on its own. Each might be pretty cool, but together, they becomes something special. That’s the case with Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone and its Galaxy Fit fitness band. I had a week to try out these Samsung flagship devices and came away impressed with how well the two combine into what’s currently one of the best experiences out there for someone with an active, connected lifestyle.

Fitness trackers are a great gift to open up on Christmas morning, whether they're a gift to you, from you, or both. A fashionable fitness tracker is a gift that's appreciated all year long, so why not tuck one under the tree?

Right out of the gate, there are 3 things to really like about the LifeTrak Zone C410 fitness tracker – it tracks your activity level and gives you detailed and useful fitness information, it measures your heart rate just by touching it, and it’s one of the easiest to use fitness trackers I’ve ever tried. It does what it sets out to do and it does it so simply that anyone, even people who find fitness watches and fitness trackers complicated, can pick up and use the device within minutes. 

If you're in the market for a new fitness tracker or smartwatch, you're in luck. I've tried three fitness trackers over the past few weeks and have compared them all here.

Best Buy and RW&CO are making Father's Day special for Canadians with a great coupon offer and a great contest with amazing fashion and smart tech prizes.

A smartwatch’s purpose is to both induce informed activity and keep you connected, but the Fitbit Versa 4 forces you to make lasting choices.