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The latest health tech and wellbeing wearable tech news, including stress busting devices, heart rate monitors and more.

​Withings Sleep Analyzer launches to fight sleep apnea

Withings Sleep Analyzer fights sleep apnea

Snoring detection and advanced sleep tracking served up from under your mattress
​Samsung gets blood pressure approval – and it's coming to new smartwatches

Samsung new feature gets medical approval

It's coming to Active 2 and new devices
Oura Ring CEO on the future of illness detection and self-isolation

Oura Ring and the future of self-isolation

We speak to the Oura CEO on becoming an illness early-warning system
Garmin data reveals how the world is working out during the lockdown

How the world is working out in the lockdown

Garmin users are still getting sweaty
How Ava is attempting to solve the Covid-19 testing crisis

Wearables and the Covid-19 testing crisis

Solving the problem of overwhelming demand for testing
Fitbit Premium is now free to help you stay healthy in the lockdown

Fitbit Premium is free – here's what you get

Workouts, insights and mindfulness for these isolated times
Sleep monitors explained: Rest longer and feel better

Sleep monitors explained

Are you normal? We interpret your sleep data so you can rest easier
Fitbit Sleep Score: what it is, how it works and which features may come soon

Learn about Fitbit Sleep Score

Everything that goes into Fitbit's latest sleep metric
​Get paid to get fit with the Apple Watch Connect fitness rewards program

Get paid to get fit with your Apple Watch

Apple has signed up gyms to offer fitness perks
Second coming of sleep tracking: Why sleep wearables mean business in 2020

Second coming of sleep tracking

Sleep tech is set to shake off past problems
Amazfit T-Rex and Bip S smartwatches land at CES 2020 – with a big health focus

4 Amazfit wearables land at CES

Big specs and low price – is it time to take Amazfit's health creds seriously?
Muse S is designed to help you sleep, but the price could give you nightmares

Muse S headband is designed for sleep

CES 2020: Guided sleep journeys for the hard of slumber
​Withings launches new ScanWatch with ECG and advanced heart features

Withings launches ScanWatch

CES 2020: Withings puts itself at the top table of health watches
How to use your fitness tracker (or smartwatch) to actually get fit

How to smash your fitness goals

Expert advice in goal setting and tracking
The Apple Research app is live – and there's three studies to jump in with

Apple Research app lands with three studies

Hearing, women's health and heart disease all on the hit list
Fitbit buyout explained: What Google really bought for its $2.1bn

Why Google paid $2.1bn for Fitbit

It's the last big chance for Google's health vision
Kokoon makes its sleep-aiding headphones available to buy after a long wait

Kokoon's sleep headphones are out

The headphones have been one of the most delayed crowdfunding products ever
TicWatch Pro is now better at tracking your sleep with new TicSleep app

TicWatch Pro gets its own sleep app

New app rolling out for all Pro models first
Forget the Pixel Watch, Google should make its smart wristband a reality

Google should make its health band a reality

The big G should explore other wearable ideas it's already given us a taste of
Apple Watch heart rate guide: How to use all of Apple's HR features

Apple Watch heart rate guide

We answer how it works, how accurate it is and what's new with the Series 5
Apple Watch Sleep app gets name-dropped inside another smartwatch app

Apple Watch Sleep app is coming

Alarms app may have let the cat out of the bag
How to use Apple Health: Everything you need to know about the platform

How to use Apple Health

We explain how to view your data, sync from your apps and more
Wearable tech and regulation: What laws do wearables need to follow?

Wearable tech and regulation

We ask the experts about whether wearables should be judged more strictly
Moodbeam One is a smart bracelet that wants to track how you feel

Moodbeam One is a mood-tracking bracelet

We speak to the UK startup behind the mood-tracking wearable
Serious health monitoring features are driving smartwatch sales says report

Smartwatch sales get health tracking boost

Paying from the wrist is also convincing people to pick up a connected timepiece
Fitbit has completed its clinical trials for sleep apnea

Fitbit completes sleep apnea trials

But won't say when apnea detection will come to its devices
The best smart blood pressure monitors: Arm and wrist monitors to use at home

Best smart blood pressure monitors

We round up the top connected devices and explain how it all works
Fitbit Aria Air is a smart scale that won't break the bank

Fitbit Aria Air budget smart scale unveiled

More affordable Fitbit connected scale launches in October
Sixty's smart band knows you're not drinking enough water

Sixty band knows when you're dehydrated

We talk to the startup about its wearable hydration tracker and teaming up with Britvic
Tapping into the brain: Neuroscience wearables explained

Explained: Neuroscience wearables

The lowdown on the rise of brain-altering wearables
The wearable tech that’s boosting women’s health and fitness

Wearables to boost women's health

All the connected ladies, all the connected ladies
The NHS will hand wearables to thousands of people at risk of diabetes

NHS to give out fitness trackers

Digital scheme will see 8,000 people receive devices initially
Withings BPM Core is ready to cut down those visits to the doctors

Withings BPM Core launches in Europe

BPM Core joined by more affordable BPM Connect smart blood pressure monitor
Health tech startups to look out for in 2019

Health tech startups to look out for

Meet the startups building life-changing wearable tech
Livongo wants to make Apple Watch a better health companion for diabetics

Apple Watch to work with Livongo health app

Nudging you at the wrist to make healthier decisions
The holy grail: What you need to know about wearables and glucose monitoring

Glucose monitoring state of play

It's what everyone is shooting for, but is it possible?
Sleep trackers could actually be making your bedtime worse

Sleep trackers could affect sleep quality

The unhealthy obsession to achieve perfect sleep
Jawbone Health: Everything we know so far about the new premium health platform

Complete guide to Jawbone Health

With hardware ambitions in the past, the focus is now on preventing lifestyle diseases
L'Oréal's UV-detecting wearable is ready to keep more people safe in the sun

L'Oréal's UV wearable launches in UK

MySkin Track UV launches outside of the US
Flow headset is now approved to use neuroscience to treat depression

Flow headset is ready to treat depression

Brain zapping wearable gets thumbs up in the UK
Sleep tracking explained: How a sleep tracker can help improve your slumber

Sleep tracking explained

Night-time monitoring is changing – we explain how your wearable is keeping up
I tried using Doppel's vibrating wristband to keep calm and stay focused

Living with Doppel's calming wristband

Are this wearable's good vibrations the key to a more relaxed you?