Called AS7000, it measures heart rate by shining light into blood vessels, which expand and contract as blood pulses through them, and analysing scattered reflections – which is called ...

It’s not surprising that it's catching on, with many riders relishing the opportunity to ditch the stinky sweat encrusted heart rate strap. But are wrist-based sensors accurate enough? Of course, the ...

While at CES 2016, I got a sneak preview of the MAX30102 optical sensor. I met with Maxim Integrated and saw a really neat optical heart rate IC for the wrist, finger, or even the ear. Any reasonably ...

Numerous consumer device manufacturers have sought to profit from market demand for convenient, 24/7 heart rate measurement (HRM). Today, consumers can choose from dozens of models of fitness bands, ...

Fitbit has something up its sleeve this year which is a new product named Fitbit Alta HR. This is more of an update to the previous Alta. It is touted to be the world's slimmest wrist-based device, ...

Outdoor and fitness watchmaker Suunto has announced a new addition to its popular line of Spartan watches. At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, the company revealed the Spartan Wrist HR, its ...

When Starla Garcia, 32, a runner based in Houston, Texas, was training for the 2019 Grandma’s Marathon, she noticed the data provided by her Garmin Forerunner 235 watch often seemed skewed, giving her ...

Suunto is well known for its sports and adventure watches, but it’s only now revealing its first to include an optical heart rate sensor – the Spartan Sport Wrist HR. Partnering with biometric sensor ...

Apple this week updated a support page for the Apple Watch, revealing that the ink found in some tattoos on the wrist can in fact affect the heart rate monitor, and associated wrist detection feature, ...

Called AS7000, it measures heart rate by shining light into blood vessels, which expand and contract as blood pulses through them, and analysing scattered reflections – which is called ...