Fitbit News and Articles

Wearable Tech Apple

Apple replaces Fitbit as the world's top wearables vendor

Thanks to the Apple Watch Series 2

By Rob Thubron, May 8, 2017, 2:30 PM 5 comments

Electronics Wearable Tech

Fitbit smartwatch, earbuds spied in leaked images

By Shawn Knight, May 1, 2017, 4:00 PM

Electronics

Fitbit Flex 2 allegedly exploded on woman's wrist

Incident is under investigation

By Cal Jeffrey, April 25, 2017, 7:45 PM 3 comments

Wearable Tech

Fitbit unveils new Alta HR activity tracker

Heart-rate monitoring in a slim form factor, more detailed sleep tracking too

By Jose Vilches, March 7, 2017, 9:15 AM

Industry

Fitbit paid just $23 million for Pebble, financial report reveals

By Shawn Knight, February 23, 2017, 1:00 PM

Wearable Tech Industry

Fitbit to jettison six percent of global workforce following three major acquisitions

By Shawn Knight, January 30, 2017, 12:30 PM

Wearable Tech

Fitbit makes second major acquisition in as many months

By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2017, 5:21 PM

Wearable Tech Apple

Latest IDC wearables report shows Fitbit dominating as Apple falls 71%

Tim Cook disagrees with the figures

By Rob Thubron, December 6, 2016, 6:15 AM 7 comments

Industry Wearable Tech

Pebble brand likely to be phased out as Fitbit closes in on $40 million acquisition

This could be bad news for Pebble fans

By Rob Thubron, December 1, 2016, 10:45 AM 8 comments

Wearable Tech Electronics

Fitbit refreshes two of its most popular fitness trackers

By Shawn Knight, August 29, 2016, 12:30 PM 4 comments

Industry Wearable Tech

Fitbit share value continues to plummet following Blaze smartwatch announcement

By Shawn Knight, January 11, 2016, 7:15 PM 6 comments

Wearable Tech

Fitbit announces Blaze, it's first-ever color touchscreen fitness watch

By Shawn Knight, January 5, 2016, 6:30 PM 7 comments

Wearable Tech Industry

Fitbit narrowly staves off Apple for top spot as wearables market grew nearly 200 percent in Q3

By Shawn Knight, December 4, 2015, 3:45 PM

Industry Wearable Tech

Jawbone slashes 15 percent of global workforce, closes NYC office

By Shawn Knight, November 20, 2015, 7:15 PM

Wearable Tech Security

Researcher shows how it could take hackers just 10 seconds to wirelessly upload malware to a FitBit

By Rob Thubron, October 22, 2015, 1:15 PM 3 comments

Software Microsoft

Fitbit launches universal app for Windows 10

By Gabe Carey, August 14, 2015, 3:00 PM

Electronics

Meet the Moov Now, a cheaper, more versatile fitness wearable

By Devin Kate Pope, July 16, 2015, 6:15 PM

Tech Deals Wearable Tech

Win a Fitbit Surge from the TechSpot Store

By TechSpot Deals, July 1, 2015, 10:15 AM

Industry Electronics

Jawbone lawsuit alleges Fitbit, ex-employees stole trade secrets

By Shawn Knight, May 28, 2015, 10:00 AM

Industry Electronics

Nice-to-have instead of need-to-have: A fresh look at wearables

By Bob O'Donnell, May 5, 2015, 2:30 PM 3 comments

Mobile Electronics

Fitbit suggests rash sufferers take a break from the wearable

By Shawn Knight, February 12, 2015, 6:45 PM

Industry Science

FDA issues preliminary guidelines regarding wearables making health claims

By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2015, 4:15 PM 3 comments

Wearable Tech

Fitbit unveils Charge and Charge HR fitness bands, Surge fitness 'superwatch'

By Himanshu Arora, October 28, 2014, 10:45 AM 4 comments

Wearable Tech

Fitbit Surge is a $250 fitness tracker with basic smartwatch capabilities

By Shawn Knight, October 20, 2014, 11:15 AM

The Web

Netflix hack uses Fitbit data to determine when you've fallen asleep, pauses playback automatically

By Shawn Knight, February 28, 2014, 4:45 PM