Fitbit unveils stress-tracking smartwatch with Google deal pending
- Fitbit Inc on Tuesday unveiled a fitness tracker and two smartwatches, including one that purports to help monitor users stress levels, as the companys pending sale to Alphabet Incs Google remains mired in antitrust reviews globally.
It also is the first to measure electrodermal activity, or how well skin conducts electricity, which varies with sweating and can indicate stress.
About 5% of wearables shipped last year globally came from Fitbit, behind leader Apples 32% share, according to tracker IDC.
But competition regulators in the UK, United States and many other jurisdictions are weighing whether the acquisition would unfairly deepen Googles data about users habits.
Sense and Versa 3 by late this year will allow users to communicate with the Google Assistant helper, similar to Fitbits existing integration with Amazon.com Incs Alexa.
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