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Apple Watch Competition to Grow as Google Plans Its Own Wearables Following Fitbit Acquisition
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Careful, you’re going to start getting ads for exercise equipment and deodorant, because they’re going to see that you’ve become very sedate & stinky.
Google today announced it plans to release its own "Made by Google" wearables following its $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit. The deal is expected to close in 2020 pending regulatory approvals.Fitbit confirmed that it will continue to support both Android and iOS, and that Fitbit health data will not be used for Google ads.
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I have no idea what to think about this
. My Fitbit is a superb device but is directly involved in my health measurement. We have seen a lot of promises from Google after acquisitions that they would not change anything but broke it very often. Now that it involves my personal health data, I think I have to ditch my precious and beloved watch. Sorry Fitbit, I love(d) you to death but I won't let Google measure that 👻!
Something else to end up in the Google graveyard...
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Some good stuff in the hardware there... Nexus for one. And people moan about Apple stuff not getting any love!
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The Fitbit doesn't do anything near the Apple Watch, so comparing battery lives is completely silly.
I’m not sure this is going to give Apple Watch any real competition. As is, the AW3 is a Fitbit killer. Google will probably finish the kill in a couple years and sell the brand name to a Chinese company for a few million ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess they realized fitbit’s big play of a $10/month subscription service, launched in September, wasn’t going to bring enough “transformation to its business model”. Not a surprise, is it?
I guess they realized fitbit’s big play of a $10/month subscription service, launched in September, wasn’t going to bring enough “transformation to its business model”. Not a surprise, is it?
Apple sells hardware. Now they are selling services to cover the slowing hardware sales.
Apple doesn’t sell ads as their primary method of profit. Google does.
The data Apple does collect is used to make their products better. Google collects data to sell advertisements.
Google is not the same as Apple.
Apple Watch day 0 user here.
Is there currently an easy way for FitBit users to request / delete their data (ie before Google get their hands on it)?
And, is there any way for such users to move their health data to Apple iOS/watchOS?
So if you have an iPhone, the natural choice would be the Apple Watch, and it’s grown exponentially, and its marketing is just about everywhere. But I think what really helped Apples success with the watch, is now they sell the Apple Watch through carriers and retailers versus just Apple alone. Fitbit has been around a long time, but it’s mainly just used as a ‘fitness tracker’ aspect, where the Apple Watch is really a ‘computer’ on its own that can do so much more.
But the future for the Apple Watch isn’t necessarily just all these side capabilities, it’s the health features Apple keeps implementing. Sleep tracking is the next feature to be introduced next year.
But the future for the Apple Watch isn’t necessarily just all these side capabilities, it’s the health features Apple keeps implementing. Sleep tracking is the next feature to be introduced next year.
Clever wording. Not google ads, but ads from companies contracting with google; companies selling insurance, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, fitness equipment, gyms, and on and on.
** by not using Fitbit."Fitbit confirmed that it will continue to support both Android and iOS, and that Fitbit health data will not be used for Google ads."*
* If you opt out.
Well Justice is a little preoccupied at the moment, not that they would care about this anyway.
If T-mo can buy Sprint, I can’t imagine they’d object to this.
Competition? LOL
Google had a head start on wearables, yet they failed. Google has zero vision in wearables. They cannot even decide what UI they want on WearOS.
The competitions are Samsung (minor) and Xiaomi (upcoming) with their own interpretations as Google is not doing anything useful in wearables other than tricking some watch brands to use WearOS.
Google had a head start on wearables, yet they failed. Google has zero vision in wearables. They cannot even decide what UI they want on WearOS.
The competitions are Samsung (minor) and Xiaomi (upcoming) with their own interpretations as Google is not doing anything useful in wearables other than tricking some watch brands to use WearOS.
Editorial: Google's acquisition of Fitbit looks like two turkeys trying to make an eagle | AppleInsider
Google is acquiring American wearable maker Fitbit in a $2.1 billion dollar move that looks a lot like the ad-search giant's previous attempts to buy its way into a hardware business.
Sell us more caffeine, more drugs, more relaxation spas, more vacation getaways, more more more when that endorphin rush sets in...instead of completed rings, people will get tiny Google Ads for better running shoes.
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Rather than just ditch the “Do no evil” mission statement, they could have come clean and changed it to “We are evil”. But I guess they didn’t want to get into a trademark dispute with facebook
Not to mention, ‘Tizen’ that’s run on some of the galaxy watches, it is absolutely garbage. Choppy with a poor U.I.
There are apps that can sync your data out of fitbit. They can usually get day-level data, but the minute-by-minute stuff is usually via approved partners only, and it's unclear who actually is part of that program.
We stopped being Fitbit customers when the devices failed on two fronts - connectivity and durability.
Now we are using wrist devices that cost under $30.
Now we are using wrist devices that cost under $30.
Which isn't anywhere as near as accurate as what Fitbit did. I tried again this week and it said I had 9:30 hours of sleep on Wednesday night. It was actually 6:58 according to my withing sleep.
I have no luck with any of the sleep apps for apple watch being accurte.
Hang in there, native sleep tracking for the Apple Watch is coming in 2020. Don’t worry, it will debunk pretty much anything else that you’re using for sleep tracking once it’s here. 😁
And data will help them provide better services. Also they will share this data with third party partners (like movie studios that make content for ATV+ or game developers that make content for Apple Arcade). Like Google collects data to help advertisers target you with better ads and boost sales of certain products.
If you don't think that Apple will grab all the data they can and use it to make as much money off you as they can (just like Google) that's ok. Meanwhile China is allowing Apple to make all their hardware over there and sell some of it to Chinese consumers without snooping at the data collected from those devices because Apple won't let them. The country that completely pulled off from TV the most popular sport enjoyed by it's citizens because of a single tweet from a coach kneels in front of Apple's might. The one step procedure to avoid the surveillance of the Chinese government over there is to buy an iPhone.