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Google ends third-party app installs on older Fitbit Versa and Sense watches Nov. 28

Google announced that starting November 28, users of Fitbit Versa, Versa Lite, Versa 2/3/4, Sense, and Sense 2 smartwatches will no longer be able to install or update third-party apps and clocks. Existing third-party apps will keep working, but once removed they can't be reinstalled. Fitbit- and Google-made apps and clocks will remain supported.

zdnet.com · 2026-11-10

FIU study finds smartwatches overestimate calories burned by up to 25%

Florida International University researchers tested the Apple Watch Series 8, Fitbit Sense 2, Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Garmin Forerunner 955 against a Cosmed K5 metabolic device and ECG chest strap during controlled workouts with 58 participants. All four smartwatches overstated calorie burn, with margins of error ranging from 15% to 25%, meaning a reported 200-calorie burn could really be closer to 160-174 calories. Apple Watch was the most accurate, while Samsung and Garmin overestimated more, and Fitbit had enough tracking glitches that some of its data had to be excluded.

cnet.com · 2026-09-02