Activity and Fitness Trackers are electronic devices that monitor your overall health and wellness. They come in many different sizes, shapes, forms, and colors, but all have – to a varying degree, senor technology that tracks and computes data from your behaviors. The most common type of data that these trackers monitor are activities from almost any sport like walking, running, biking, hiking, swimming, sleeping, and calorie consumption. They monitor and report data on how far you walked or run, how fast and at what elevation, heart rates, blood pressure, how well you slept, the time, and how many calories you burned.
Activity and Fitness trackers work while they are worn on your body and can take the form of anything from a band or necklaces that you wear on your wrist, neck, or simply put in your pocket. There are new types of sensors and monitors that come in your clothing that you can wear safely as you work out. They help motivate you to by informing a user about how they are doing and allow you to set performance and workout goals too.
Technically, these monitors and trackers are very sophisticated devices that come with either LED or OLED screens for easy reading of your everyday data. Many come with batteries of varying degrees of charge and life-spans, and are made from Lithium-ion batteries, coin cell batteries, or cylindrical cell types. Most trackers and monitors also come with a built-in GPS, pedometers (measures how far you have traveled), accelerometers (how fast you travel), and Bluetooth or WIFI capability.
Most trackers or monitors also come with accompanying apps that are compatible with your device and that you can download to your smart phone – whether it’s an Apple (IOS), Android, or other type of phone. These apps are designed to sync with your specific tracker while making it super easy and convenient for any user to interpret the data. Share with your friends your latest fitness accomplishments, analyze your own progress, and personalize your workouts and set goals that you never thought were possible.
Smart watches have been around for a long time, but now due to advanced and emerging technologies they have never been as sophisticated or feature diverse for consumers, providing a truly unique experience. One of the first smart watches was created back in the 1970’s and had a digital calculator in it, but by today’s technological standards that watch now seems very antiquated as these new devices include features like voice, text, apps, GPS tracking ability, and much, much, more.
Smart watches come in many different colors, sizes, styles, forms, and pricing, while all have varying degrees of features that make them a small computers for your wrist. Some main features of most smart watches are that they not only tell time, but also answer telephone calls and alerts, send text messages, take pictures, and control many types of apps. Did you ever think you can check the weather, book a flight, post on Facebook, take a picture, and talk on your watch? Now you can!
Technically, smart watches come with Bluetooth and/or WIFI compatibilities, along with other very small and sophisticated microprocessors that run your watch. Many smart watches have accompanying apps that you can sync just like you do on your smartphone, tablet, or computers. Smart watches – like activity trackers and monitors, also calculate your biometric data and daily activity, but they are different because they have many more features. Most all smart watches also come with batteries that have varying degrees of life-span and charge, are also either water-resistant or water-proof, and have LED, OLED or touch-screens. They are tough and tested to withstand the everyday rigors of an active lifestyle, and are fashionably designed to impress even the most discerning of critics!
Tired of carrying your phone around all the time and worried about missing that call or date on your calendar? Now you can go hands-free all the time with your very own smart watch!
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