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Week in Review–June 21st, 2020

5) Tomorrow we’ll find out what’s in store for Apple Watch: Each June as part of WWDC, Apple announces what’s coming to the next version of Apple Watch OS.

Wahoo Headwind Fan In-Depth Review

I’ve written many in-depth reviews over the years. … Trainers, GPS watches, action cams, drones…and yes, even a blender once (I still have the blender, it’s awesome).

Samsung and Fitbit Announce Next Watches To Be Wear OS

In the case of Samsung, they confirmed they’ll launch their next Galaxy Watch on Wear OS, while Fitbit confirmed they’ll be bringing “premium smartwatches” to Wear OS.

Strava Abruptly Ends 3rd Party Data Sync to Apple Health

And with that, killing off many people's ability to ‘complete their rings’ on Apple Health, especially Apple Watch users that primarily used other devices for sport/fitness for their workouts.

Huge Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sports Tech Deals Tracker!

That's because typically Black Friday deals are for ‘older’ things, rarely the ‘just announced’ stuff that often comes in the late August to October timeframe (especially cycling trainers and watches).

Week in Review–November 17th, 2019

1) Apple releases ‘Research’ app with Apple Watch studies available to enroll: Out of all the things Apple has done with the Watch, I think by far the coolest is the ability to get massive data collected for medical/academic studies quickly and efficiently.

Hands-on: WatTeam’s New Gen3 PowerBeat Power Meter

If you look at all of the comments of my past WatTeam PowerBeat reviews, when things go wrong, it’s usually during the installation. … This really only matters if you want to capture data on your ANT+ head unit (like a Garmin watch/device) at the same time as broadcasting to Zwift or similar app on iOS via Bluetooth Smart.

The Massive Holiday 2019 Deals Listing!

I'll tidy up the above listings to actual reviews/etc in the coming days. … This covers anything you can wear that’s watch-like or activity band-like.

Week in Review – Oct 27th, 2024

2) COROS Hints At New Watch: Based on the screen in that video, the assumption would be AMOLED.

COROS VERTIX 2 Deep-Dive User Interface Video Posted

In the video I walk through all the pieces of the watch from a feature standpoint, piece by piece and at a slower (but far more detailed) pace than I could within my full review video (‘11 New Things to Know’).

Huge Sports Tech Amazon Deals List!

#2) Garmin Forerunner 955 for $319: This is an awesome deal for a high-end multisport watch with mapping.

Week in Review–November 8th, 2020

1) Full presentations from Garmin Developer Virtual Conference Now Available: You can watch most of them, and while I haven’t yet had the opportunity to listen to them all, there’s usually some solid behind the scenes nuggets in these presentations.

The Challenges Ahead for Zwift and ESports

If a sport isn’t entertaining people won’t watch it.

Ice Skating, GPS Watches, and Other Tidbits

At this point, I readied my watch to record my skating.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

With that – hope everyone has a good (and safe) week ahead! Reviews incoming!… Oh, and you can watch the short video of that up on my Instagram page within my ‘Pinned stories’ by choosing Cargo Bike Wows archive.

TrueKinetix TrueBike In-Depth Review

You’ll see the same list formatting on all my indoor bike reviews. … Be it a bike computer or watch, or an app – it’ll be supported.

Hands-on: CORE’s New Skin/Body Temp Sensor with Garmin/Wahoo integration

Thus, I was able to track my core temperature within 0.1°C on my Garmin Fenix 6 watch just the same as my Wahoo ROAM bike computer, and my smartphone as well.

Strava App Sensor Pairing Is Now Dead: My Last Workout Taking Out The Trash

And if you record your running power on your multisport watch, that’ll still dork up your cycling power curves on Strava - just like before.

Garmin Rolls out New Features to Forerunner 245/745/945 in Beta: Workout ratings, FirstBeat Sleep Tracking, Trail Running and more

Now, most of these things are ones that we’ve seen before on other watches.

Strava Launches Activity Video Flyover Feature: Hands-on

Which, umm…is forever to watch a small blue dot haphazardly move along a line.

Muoverti’s Tiltbike Looks Cool: But It’s A Long Ways Away

One only needs to read the comments section of any of my smart bike reviews to see that people are still finding issues with some new off-the-line indoor bikes. … However, I’d say their 89-second video is worth a watch, if not for the technical info, then just for the videography.

Bryton Gardia R300 Cycling Radar In-Depth Review

Finally, it’s worth pointing out that while you’re seeing an influx of media reviews released today due to a review embargo, the reality is that Bryton has been selling these units in Europe and Asia for months. … For those unfamiliar, a cycling radar detects overtaking vehicles (or cyclists/mopeds/etc…), and warns you on your bike computer/watch.

The Smart Trainer Recommendations Guide: Winter 2019-2020

Note that I do get mixed reviews from folks on BKool service, so I’d probably be more likely to recommend this to someone that’s confident in their retailer (and their return/support policies). … GPLama/Shane Miller has tested this in a video, and it’s definitely worth a watch.

Sunday Tidbits: Polar’s new Vantage V Titan + Roadmap Updates, Suunto Updates, and Xert iOS App

While this was a busy week when it came to new product reviews, there was a small undercurrent of notable sports tech news this past week that my brain couldn’t quite squirt onto the page. … Most (all?) of these are really focused on matching features that were previously offered on existing watches (e.g.

A Look at Sony’s New HDR-AS50 Action Cam