Garmin just debuted its latest fitness tracker, the Cirqa Smart Band, and it looks a lot like a Whoop. When the Oura Ring launched, it unleashed a barrage of competitors coming out with their own smart rings. Now, Whoop is getting that same treatment. First, there was the Fitbit Air, and now, Garmin's Cirqa Smart Band is the latest screen-free health tracker to hit the market. The band is designed for round-the-clock wear, able to do so with 10 days of battery life. Data collected populates in the Garmin Connect app, where users access all their biometrics, including heart rate, Body Battery energy monitoring, Pulse Ox, stress, and skin temperature. Similar to Whoop and Oura, it provides insights into women's health and cycles, compatible with the Natural Cycles app. Even without a screen, the Cirqa detects and records activity. The fabric band is designed for all-day comfort, coming in citron gray, mauve, French gray, dark olive, captain blue, French blue, and black. Plus, it's designed to be worn around the wrist or as an arm band. It comes in two sizes, small/medium and large/extra-large. But unlike the OG screen-free tracker, Whoop, the Cirqa is subscription-free. That means al
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Is Garmin's new option worth $100 more than the Fitbit Air? A new Whoop competitor has entered the villa: the Garmin Cirqa, a new screenless fitness tracker that's designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. It joins the lineup of recent…
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Is Garmin's new option worth $100 more than the Fitbit Air? A new Whoop competitor has entered the villa: the Garmin Cirqa, a new screenless fitness tracker that's designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. It joins the…
Read original at Engadget →Screenless fitness bands like the Garmin Cirqa and Fitbit Air are cheaper and less distracting alternatives to the Apple Watch, and their popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed. Bloomberg reports that Apple is working on a…
Read original at Gizmodo →Oura isn't the only one with a new smart ring. RingConn, a subscription-free alternative, just dropped its Gen 3 smart ring. It measures all the essential biometrics you want in a smart ring, and works around the…
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Read original at Gizmodo →Garmin just debuted its latest fitness tracker, the Cirqa Smart Band, and it looks a lot like a Whoop. When the Oura Ring launched, it unleashed a barrage of competitors coming out with their own smart rings. Now, Whoop…
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Is Garmin's new option worth $100 more than the Fitbit Air? A new Whoop competitor has entered the villa: the Garmin Cirqa, a new screenless fitness tracker that's designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. It joins the lineup of recent…
View source →Screenless fitness bands like the Garmin Cirqa and Fitbit Air are cheaper and less distracting alternatives to the Apple Watch, and their popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed. Bloomberg reports that Apple is working on a major rethink of its…
View source →Oura isn't the only one with a new smart ring. RingConn, a subscription-free alternative, just dropped its Gen 3 smart ring. It measures all the essential biometrics you want in a smart ring, and works around the screen-free design with a…
View source →All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Garmin will make live heart rate data available for free to owners…
View source →Garmin just debuted its latest fitness tracker, the Cirqa Smart Band, and it looks a lot like a Whoop. When the Oura Ring launched, it unleashed a barrage of competitors coming out with their own smart rings. Now, Whoop is getting that…
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