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				<name>Victoria Song</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Wearables are getting a taste of much-needed minimalism]]></title>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. During my summer vacation, I went in on the screenless wearable life. These past two weeks, I wore the Fitbit [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This is </em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/optimizer-newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Optimizer</a><em>, a weekly newsletter sent from </em>Verge<em> senior reviewer</em> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Victoria Song</em></a><em> that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for </em>Optimizer <em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</em></p>
<p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">During my summer vacation, I went in on the screenless wearable life. These past two weeks, I wore the Fitbit Air and the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/968551/garmin-cirqa-smart-band-fitness-tracker-wearables">Garmin Cirqa</a> on my right wrist. My right index finger was home to the Oura Ring 5. In my right arm, a Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. If I did whip out a pair of smart glasses, I opted for the display-free Meta Glasses. The wearable data generated? A metric crapton. The number of times one of these wear …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/column/978295/optimizer-screenless-wearables-fitness-trackers-smart-rings">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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