📊 Industry Moves
Screenless health trackers like the Oura Ring 4 are winning at their actual job—continuous 24/7 monitoring without battery drain—while sports watches like the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro own GPS training. The market finally quit pretending one device should do both.
Marty’s Take:
The “invisible wearables” trend has a real ceiling: discretion trades away actionability. Oura Ring 4 nails sleep and recovery, but try pacing a marathon without glancing at your wrist. The Garmin Fenix 8 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra 2 aren’t fighting a losing battle—they’re serving a different user entirely. The best fitness tracker is still the one that fits how you train, not how invisible it looks at brunch.
Shop mentioned gear: Garmin Fenix 8 Pro | Oura Ring 4
Source: ZDNET
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