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Fitness tracker manufacturer Fitbit has admitted that it provided misleading information to Australians about their customer guarantee rights under Australian Consumer Law.

Brisbane-headquartered Internet of Things vendor MOVUS has secured $4.8 million in Series A funding to be used for growing its business in international markets.

The iconic Ionic, Fitbit’s new smartwatch, is the company’s play and foray into conquering the smartwatch world, as it has done with wearables in general – can it step up?

Looking a bit like a very upgraded Blaze, Fitbit’s previous “almost” smartwatch, the Ionic promises “multi-day battery life”, apps, workouts, personalised guidance, contactless payments, music and plenty more.

Fitbit Ionic is the company’s first “true” smartwatch, and in its attempt to mimic some of the features of existing smartwatches, contactless payments and “Fitbit Pay” is on that list, with Mastercard tapping and going.

If a $27 fitness band outsells a smartwatch costing several hundred dollars and with a vastly higher profit margin, has the fitness band truly won No.1?

Fitbit continued to lead the worldwide wearables market in the fourth quarter of 2016, with Xiaomi and Apple making up the top three.

Fitbit is the official high-tech wearable partner of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team. More than 100 coaches, swimmers, and staff now wear its devices to enhance overall athlete performance and training.

Seniors and baby boomers have joined the younger, healthy set in using fitness tracking devices, according to new research which shows that the older brigade in Australia are emerging as a major market for fitness tracking devices as they take up health technology and devices as rapidly as young people.

Fitstar by Fitbit is a new paid app that can be used on iOS, Android or via a browser to harness the data collected by a Fitbit.

Fitbit, the world’s largest fitness wearable company, has acquired luxury brand smartwatch start-up Vector. This comes shortly after its acquisition of Pebble smartwatches.

Fitness bands now dominate 85% of the wearables market – they do a great job tracking your fitness without pretending to be anything more.

Pebble, one of the first and perhaps best known “smartwatch” brands, is dead. The potential Fitbit acquisition turns out to be “key Pebble assets – it would no longer operate as an independent company".

The Fitbit Surge was introduced in early 2015, so it is one of the first fitness trackers with some limited “smart” benefits.

Fitbit, the leader in the connected health and fitness market, today introduced two new fitness wristbands – Fitbit Charge 2 and Fitbit Flex 2.

If you want to be fit, building a solidly hearty foundation is a good idea, so Fitbit and the Heart Foundation have started a new charity: FitForGood.

Samsung’s next-generation fitness tracker has the market leader Fitbit to defeat before it can take the fitness crown, but the Gear Fit2 is its attempt to do just that.

Kantar’s inaugural March 2016 wearables report revealed more than 1 in 10 US consumers own either a fitness band or smartwatch, nearly double European wearable ownership.

Fitbit, one of the industry leaders has released the Alta designed for 24/7 use. It compliments its range of eight other fitness wearables sitting below the flagship Blaze and Surge.

Fitness wearable company Fitbit has launched new colours into the Australian market and has issued a new app update.