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Recent coverage focuses on Fitbit-related wearables and accessories: a DIY-style idea of strapping a Pebble watch to a Fitbit Air, and a new UV-tracking necklace launched by a former Fitbit executive. Together, the headlines highlight ongoing experimentation around health/environment sensing in wearable form factors.

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Key Takeaway Fitbit’s influence is extending beyond bands, with new sensing wearables and experimental cross-device setups making the rounds.
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Wearable hacks UV exposure tracking Fitbit legacy
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Fitbit’s influence is extending beyond bands, with new sensing wearables and experimental cross-device setups making the rounds.

Recent coverage focuses on Fitbit-related wearables and accessories: a DIY-style idea of strapping a Pebble watch to a Fitbit Air, and a new UV-tracking necklace launched by a former Fitbit executive. Together, the headlines highlight ongoing experimentation around health/environment sensing in wearable form factors.

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Fitbit model mentioned Fitbit Air (in a Pebble-watch strap experiment)
Accessory type Necklace that tracks UV exposure
Founder detail Former Fitbit executive unveils the UV-tracking necklace

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  • Look for more details on the Pebble-on-Fitbit Air setup in follow-up coverage from 9to5Google. 9to5Google
  • Track updates or availability announcements for the UV-exposure tracking necklace from the unveiling details. Engadget

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  • Former Fitbit executive unveils new necklace that tracks UV exposure Engadget
  • I strapped a Pebble watch to my Fitbit Air, and now I want that to be a real thing [Gallery] 9to5Google
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Should you buy the Fitbit Air?

The Fitbit Air is not a smartwatch replacement. It can't ping your phone, surface texts or let you tap to pay for your coffee, and it falls short for those in-the-moment workout insights. If those things are important to you, you may have to move on or double up. And the $100 price tag means you feasibly can without breaking the bank. I'd probably wear both if I didn't have a looming backlog of wearables to test on my wrist once my testing period of the Fitbit Air is over. Yet it's the most accessible entry point into screenless health tracking so far, and a logical companion for existing smar

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What is the best fitness tracker overall?

The best fitness tracker overall is the Fitbit Charge 6, which functions primarily as a fitness tracker but offers a few bonus features, too. Its SmartTrack function tracks your activity, supporting more than 40 types of exercise and keeping tabs on metrics such as steps, heart rate, calories burned and VO2 max.

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