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From mobile ECGs to tele-rehabilitation to defibrillator delivery drones, a range of new data was on display at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019.

The Belgium-based company's app can render heart rhythm irregularity readings in roughly 60 seconds.

The OnePulse smartwatch is the first such device to achieve the certification, and includes an open API as well as built-in sensors for continuous monitoring.

Both the Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Fit automatically detect and begin tracking a user's activity, with the former boasting a blood pressure monitoring feature courtesy of a UCSF research partnership.

The deal includes undisclosed intellectual property as well as some R&D personnel.

It was a bit of a bumpy start, but it’s beginning to look like Fitbit’s push into the smartwatch market is bearing fruit.

Smartwatch popularity continues to be on the rise, but traditional fitness trackers aren't going anywhere either, according to new market research from International Data Corporation (IDC).

Apple has risen to the top of the competitive global wearables market, according to an IDC report that came out at the beginning of this month.

When Fitbit acquired indie smartwatch maker Pebble at the end of 2016, it was clear from the beginning that it would be the end of the line for Pebble devices.

Following on its acquisition of Pebble, and the company's announcement just this week that it would be developing an app store, Fitbit has announced another smartwatch acquisition: Vector, a year-old Romanian startup that boasts a smartwatch with a 30-day battery life.