EditorialDeveloped with Fitbit, Google’s first smart watch takes a page from Apple’s playbook by requiring loyalty to its brand. (Glenn Harvey/The New York Times)
EditorialKatelin Cruz uses a phone and FitBit to submit data about her mood and other metrics to Harvard researchers studying suicidal tendencies. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialOne of the promises of digital life is that more data can help us make better choices. But we also need to be mindful of the economic and human costs of putting a Fitbit on every aspect of being human. (Vince Ibay and Jessica Miller/The New York Times)
EditorialMaybe you own a Fitbit or an Apple Watch, but that category of digital devices hasn’t been as momentous as Tim Cook and many other tech optimists hoped. (Shira Inbar/The New York Times)
EditorialStudents monitore cows equipped with Fitbit-style collars at Hectar, a farm near Coignières, in the Yvelines region of France, that serves as a training ground, on Sept. 28, 2021. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialJeff Williams, chief operating officer of Apple, talks about the electrocardiogram features on the Apple Watch Series 4, at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif., Sept. 12, 2018. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)