Meta hasn’t even finished rolling out AI features for its smart glasses everywhere, but Stefano Grassi, the CFO of Ray-Ban parent company EssilorLuxottica, said during an earnings call that the smart glasses were the best-seller in 60 percent of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Last month, Meta extended its contract with EssilorLuxottica through 2030.
If you’re worried about damaging your Pixel Watch’s glass screen, Google now sells a Zagg “flexible polymer hybrid” screen protector, as 9to5Google spotted.
It works for all three generations of the watch, the glass of which held up poorly in Victoria Song’s Pixel Watch and Watch 2 reviews.
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Google’s been absorbing Fitbit at a steady rate over the 18 months or so and now, it’s also retiring the OG Fitbit Twitter — er, X — account. It’s not at all surprising, but something about this really underscores that Fitbit is Google now.
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Oura furthers its lead among smart rings with hardware and software refinements, but its subscription is still its biggest downside.
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The Fenix 8 adds smarter features, but they don’t quite make up for the price hike or lack of LTE.
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I’m in a love-hate relationship with these smart shades. This’ll be the second time I’ve returned a pair! I gave them another chance because the see-through model looks fantastic... I’d use them almost every day if I could ditch these dealbreakers.
Here’s what the tool will do, according to Fitbit:
The first lab, an insights explorer, uses Google’s Gemini models and will test the ability of AI to understand users’ health and wellness questions and give personalized answers about some Fitbit data types. For example, you could receive interesting explanations about how your activity impacts your sleep, with a chart that helps you visualize the connection.
Fitbit Labs is an opt-in program available to “select users.”
