Fitness: How smart is your smartwatch? – Montreal Gazette

The wearables market is one of the leading growth industries among the active crowd with worldwide sales in 2024 estimated to be US$78.40 billion, writes columnist Jill Barker. Above: Fitbit smartwatches are displayed in 2019 in San Rafael, Calif. Photo by Justin Sullivan /Getty Images Article content The first version of the Apple Watch, launched a decade ago, revolutionized the wearables market for fitness enthusiasts. Using a built-in heart-rate sensor, accelerometer and gyroscope, the wrist-worn device allowed users to monitor their fitness stats in real time. But that wasn’t the biggest bonus of the Apple Watch. It was one of the first activity trackers worn all day, allowing an unprecedented collection of data on movement patterns, calories burned and physical activity over days, weeks and months. So instead of capturing individual workouts stats like previous activity trackers, the Apple Watch’s always-on feature gave one of the first objective looks at how active you are outside of deliberate exercise. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY There with you then. Here with you now. As a critical part of the community for over 245 years,The Gazette continues to deliver trusted English-language news and coverage on issues that matter. Subscribe now to
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