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Week in Review–September 2nd, 2018

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Thursday: Hands-on: Garmin Vivosmart 4, now with Pulse Ox and Body Battery…

Garmin Adds 25+ New Features to Fenix 7/Epix/Instinct 2, Shifts to Quarterly Features Updates

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- Added prompt when accessing PulseOx glance when wrist heart rate is turned off.

Garmin Vivosmart 5 In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/garmin-vivosmart-5-in-depth-review.html

In the case of heart rate (and many other stats like breathing rate, PulseOx, stress, and more), it’s leveraging that optical heart rate sensor on the back, which will show a green LED 24x7, except also showing a red LED when gathering PulseOx information.

Scosche RHYTHM+ Dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart Optical HR Band In-Depth Review

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It’s during this initial phase that the sensor tends to get a ‘lock’ on your pulse.

Week in Review–Jan 27th, 2018

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7) Nokia Removes Pulse Wave Velocity Feature: I can’t decide whether I’m surprised they removed this due to supposed regulatory concerns, or surprised they even bothered to remove it.

Whoop Exporting to Apple Health: Here’s how it actually works

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- Blood Oxygen: This is your blood oxygen levels, sometimes known as SpO2 or pulse oxygen levels…

Winter 2017-2018 Sports Technology Recommendations

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/11/winter-technology-recommendations.html

Seriously – they’re near identical scales (exempting the more advanced Withings Body Cardio with advanced metrics like Pulse Wave Velocity).

Strava Upload Insights: Ironman World Championships 2017

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Thanks to Strava, we can now put our finger pretty closely on the pulse, literally, of Kona athletes.

ROTOR 2INpower In-Depth Review

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While charging, the unit will slowly pulse the light, which is somewhat soothing.

CES 2012 Health and Fitness Gadget Roundup: Part I

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Of note though was the (lack) of wireless Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth Smart) and HR pulse-sensing headphones (via your ears).

My Winter 2016-2017 Sports Gadget Recommendations

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Seriously – they’re near identical scales (exempting the more advanced Withings Body Cardio with advanced metrics like Pulse Wave Velocity).

CES Roundup Part 1: Sony, Geonaute, Contour, VOXX, Jaybird, Kreyos, Aftershokz, Reebok, Magellan, Moxy

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For example, the Jaybird Reign won’t record – or even display – your heart rate (pulse), nor will it record any HRV information that you can access.

Polar M600 Android Wear GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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Sure, you can take your pulse at any given time using the Google Fit app, but it doesn’t save/record that to the Polar Flow platform.

Garmin’s Connect IQ Platform Updates: A Round-Up

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/10/garmins-connect-iq-system-5-platform-updates-a-round-up.html

Health Snapshot: This two-minute manually triggered snapshot includes the snapshot data including heart rate, HRV, Pulse Ox, respiration rate, and stress.

Hands on with the new Garmin Vivofit & Vivoki Activity Monitors

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The Polar Loop is $99 (without strap), as is the FitBit Flex and Withings Pulse.

COROS Linx Smart Helmet In-Depth Review

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It’s pretty well protected in there from water: While charging the unit will pulse a reddish color, and once fully charged it’ll illuminate green.