Wahoo KICKR RUN, Peak Zwift Day, COROS Updates, WearOS in 2024, and Garmin takes a jab at Apple?
Feb 2, 2024
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DC Rainmaker and DesFit discuss the new Wahoo KICKR Run treadmill, Peak Zwift Day, COROS updates, Fossil quitting smartwatches, the whereabouts of WearOS, and Garmin's playful taunt at Apple.
Fossil is exiting the smartwatch market, shifting focus back to traditional timepieces.
Garmin teased Apple by highlighting the SPO2 monitoring feature after Apple's removal of blood oxygen monitoring.
Coros smartwatches now offer daily stress monitoring, wellness check, and a running form test.
Deep dives
Fossil exits the smartwatch game
Fossil has announced that it will be leaving the smartwatch market, ending its production of Wear OS watches. The company has been making smartwatches since 2015, but has decided to shift its focus back to traditional timepieces.
Garmin takes a jab at Apple's removal of blood oxygen monitoring
Garmin has cheekily highlighted its SPO2 monitoring feature in its social media posts, following Apple's removal of blood oxygen monitoring from its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches due to a legal dispute with Masimo.
Coros introduces new features for its watches
Coros has added daily stress monitoring, a wellness check feature, and a running form test to its smartwatches. The running form test provides users with an evaluation of their running form, while the wellness check and stress monitoring features allow users to assess their overall health and stress levels throughout the day.
Garmin takes a jab at Apple's removal of blood oxygen monitoring
Garmin has cheekily highlighted its SPO2 monitoring feature in its social media posts, following Apple's removal of blood oxygen monitoring from its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches due to a legal dispute with Masimo.
Coros introduces new features for its watches
Coros has added daily stress monitoring, a wellness check feature, and a running form test to its smartwatches. The running form test provides users with an evaluation of their running form, while the wellness check and stress monitoring features allow users to assess their overall health and stress levels throughout the day.
In this episode, DC Rainmaker and DesFit talk about the new Wahoo KICKR Run treadmill, Peak Zwift Day, New COROS Features, Fossil quits smartwatches, Where is WearOS?, and did Garmin take a jab at Apple?
0:00 Intro 1:37 Wahoo KICKR Run 21:40 Peak Zwift Day 30:30 COROS 2024 Feature Updates 40:58 Fossil Quits Smartwatches 44:05 Where is WearOS? 54:17 Garmin takes a jab at Apple? 57:26 We hit the Top 20 Tech Podcasts on Spotify!
