FitBit news

Google has revealed plans to acquire wearable company Fitbit in a deal worth US$2.1bn (€1.88bn, £1.62bn). The sale, which is expected to be finalised in ... More

Wearable tech giant Fitbit is partnering with FibriCheck, a health screening and monitoring app, to allow users to monitor their heart rhythm for irregularities. The ... More

Wearable tech giant FitBit has launched a premium service which will utilise users' own data in order to provide them with personalised wellness programmes. The ... More

The Singapore government is creating a "comprehensive digital health platform" based on the use of wearables, as part of a new nationwide health initiative designed ... More

The Global Wellness Institute has released its first report on wellness real estate and communities, Build Well to Live Well. The organisation estimates that the ... More

Wearable technology giant Fitbit has announced the global launch of its first smartwatch, as it steps up its expansion beyond the activity tracker market. The ... More

Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi has overtaken Apple to become the world’s largest wearables vendor, capturing 17 per cent of the global wearable tech market. According ... More

Total Fitness has boosted its customer offering by launching a free app for its members. Features include booking fitness classes, exercise challenges, and syncing workout ... More

The latest report charting the wearables market has suggested that the sector is in “good health” – and that there are signs that the focus ... More

Innovative solutions to the world’s physical inactivity crisis will be discussed and debated by fitness, technology, business and health professionals at ActiveLab Live! in March. ... More

The main reason first-time buyers consider purchasing wearable technology is so they can track their health, according to new data released by YouGov. A study ... More

The wearable technology sector grew by 3.1 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2016, with basic wearables - mainly fitness bands ... More

Huffington Post founder, Arianna Huffington, has launched a new media business focused on wellness. Called Thrive Global, the new venture aims to offer corporations and ... More

Physical activity trackers are more likely to motivate people to get physically active if their use is coupled with wellness coaching – according to a ... More

The first 12 physical activity disruptors to benefit from the ActiveLab startup mentoring scheme have been named. Set up by not-for-profit health body ukactive, ActiveLab ... More

The US city of Chicago is installing “fitness trackers” on lamp posts and to the sides of buildings in a bid to improve both the ... More

Wearable tech firm Fitbit has launched its latest fitness wristbands – Charge 2 and Flex 2. Charge 2 features a heart rate tracking tool, has ... More

Fitbit reported sales of US$505m for the first quarter of 2016 – a 50 per cent increase on Q1 2015 – prompting the fitness tracking ... More

Tottenham and England star striker Harry Kane is to head up a new summer physical activity campaign to get Britons moving. The partnership between Kane ... More

Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over claims that its heart rate monitors are inaccurate and place ... More

Having been named the biggest fitness trend of 2016 by the ACSM recently, wearable tech is continuing to dominate proceedings at the annual CES technology ... More

The burgeoning wearable tech market is expected to triple in value over the next 10 years, according to a research forecast by IDTechEx. The company, ... More

Another day, another US fitness IPO. Following the news this week that budget chain Planet Fitness is to go public, US-based boutique cycling studio operator ... More

Low cost US chain Planet Fitness has announced it is to go public as it bids to turbocharge growth and ultimately reach 4,000 sites. The ... More

Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the ... More