Wearable Technology

From face masks to sanitizing tech, the health, wellness, and wearables categories look a lot different at CES 2021 as the market shifts

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. 

Wearable technology is one of the trendiest fitness products on the market, but they tend to be marketed to people that do traditional cardio activities, like running. What about people who stay healthy in other ways? Yoga is a fantastic way to increase strength and flexibility and decrease anxiety but is there any wearable tech that can help you track your yoga activity and help your practice?

Now's the time to upgrade your workout tech, thanks to a deal at Best Buy where you can bring in your old fitness tracker for recycling and get $20 off a Fitbit Charge 2 or Alta HR.*

 Interchangeable bands are one of the most desired features for smartwatches.Which smartwatches make it easy to mix up style and function?

The Pebble watch pairs with your smartphone to run apps right from your wrist. See that important email or text or who is is calling without having to pull your phone out.      

Buying a fitness device is the easy part…sticking to your fitness goals is the hard part! Stay on track by linking your Polar Loop with the Polar Flow mobile app for Apple and Android. This allows you to break down your activity, analyze your results and track your progress throughout the day!  

Motorola just unveiled the latest generation of Moto 360 devices at IFA in Berlin, and the whole family of new and improved fashion and health focused Android Wear devices are coming to Best Buy this fall.

Smartwatches, augmented reality glasses, fitness trackers –any compact extension to your smartphone or tablet– is firmly in Google’s sights with the announcement of Android Wear. What is Android Wear? It’s a push to extend Android to those smartwatches and wearable devices, using a standard API and developer tools so Android apps for smartphones and tablets can be ported to, or seamlessly integrated with those wearables. Google is working with developers and hardware partners like Samsung, Fossil and LG on the Android Wear Initiative. And you’ll see two Android Wear-powered smartwatches at Best Buy Later this year: the Moto 360 and LG’s G Watch.  

Samsung got a head start on most of its consumer electronics rivals with the launch of the Galaxy Gear smartwatch in 2013. While the Galaxy Gear had many fans, it missed the mark in terms of mainstream acceptance. Samsung was obviously taking notes because when it announced the replacement —only five months after introducing the original— most of the issues noted with the Galaxy Gear had been addressed. A day before the start of the Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled a pair of new smartwatches: the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.