Victoria Song is a senior reviewer for The Verge and author of Optimizer, a weekly newsletter that cuts through the hype to uncover what tech actually makes your life better.

She specializes in emerging technologies in wearables, health and fitness, and XR. Before coming to The Verge, she’s been reporting on consumer tech for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. In another life, she worked on the business and breaking news desk for The Yomiuri Shimbun. When not nerding out, she can be found swearing while running or on the couch binging the latest K-dramas. You can reach her on Signal: @vicmsong.14

Victoria Song

Amazon Halo View review: the Fitbit clone no one asked for

Peloton really wants you to know that what happened to Big isn’t because of its bike

Samsung’s working on a rollable smartwatch with a camera

Looks like Louis Vuitton is planning to launch another smartwatch

What Peloton’s growing pains mean for at-home fitness

The Moto Watch 100 won’t run on Wear OS

Peloton is suing its rivals over its on-demand classes

Samsung hasn’t completely forgotten its Tizen smartwatches

All I want from my smartwatch is to give me a break

is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine.

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