google fit
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Google Just Turned Your Phone’s Camera Into a Weirdly Advanced Health Tracker
As wearable devices like smartwatches become more sophisticated, with sensors that can do everything from detecting atrial fibrillation to measuring blood oxygen levels, smartphones have been left in the dust. And yet phones are far more ubiquitous, which is why Google has developed two new health-tracking features that use just a phone’s camera.
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Google’s Big Wear OS Revamp Has Started Rolling Out
While it doesn’t have a grand, overarching designation, you can think of Google’s recently announced revamp to its smartwatch platform as the third version of Wear OS (though officially, it’s 2.1). It has an all-new UI, updated health and fitness tracking, and better app integration, and it all should be headed to your device starting…
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How To Use Google Fit To Track Your Life
One of the smaller battles being played out in the fight between iOS 8 and Android 5 is the Apple Health(Kit) vs Google Fit bout. Although Apple has the more comprehensive platform (designed to handle medical data as well as track activity), Google Fit can still be considered as a direct rival. It’s still early…
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Report: ‘Google Fit’ Is Coming Soon, Because Of Course It Is
Google I/O is just around the corner, and according to a report from Forbes it will bring a new Google service called “Google Fit”. This is after Samsung announced its nebulous SAMI concept and Apple announced its HealthKit. It only makes sense Google would be working on its own fitness thingamajig.