This saves you $20, or 20%, on the Fitbit fitness tracker. Plus, you can pick it up in Black, Pink, or Yellow color options.

Why Buy the Fitbit Inspire 3 Fitness Tracker?

Fitbit’s Inspire 3 (review) is one of the best-recommended fitness trackers, and for good reason. First, it’s relatively affordable, making it accessible to most users. In terms of features and specs, the Google-owned company didn’t skimp, meaning you’re getting a high-quality tracking experience comparable to pricier Fitbit wearables.

The Fitbit Inspire 3 is a compact and lightweight tracker, weighing just about 20 grams, making it suitable for extended wear, even during sleep. It has 50-meter water resistance, and even when wet, you can still navigate using the touch-sensitive keys. It also supports touchscreen functionality for normal use.

More importantly, it features an upgraded display that now incorporates AMOLED technology, a significant departure from LCD. This also enables an always-on mode for continuously displaying the clock, date, and metrics without needing to wake the tracker.

In terms of tracking, it offers continuous heart rate and SpO2 (blood oxygen saturation) monitoring. You also get extensive sleep and stress tracking and management, along with menstrual cycle tracking for women. Similar to pricier Fitbit smartwatches, the Inspire 3 boasts a Daily Readiness Score, Active Zone Minutes, and automatic exercise tracking with over 20 modes.

Another major advantage of the Inspire 3 is its long battery life, rated for up to 10 days. When paired with a smartphone, you can utilize notifications, profile modes, and Find My Phone, among other features.

What are your plans this spring and summer? Do you think the Fitbit Inspire 3 will be a solid buy at this price? Let us know in the comments below.

Gold’s Gym SoCal’s flagship location is getting a revamp with new equipment and modern upgrades

Gold’s Gym SoCal is upgrading its original North Hollywood location with new equipment and facility improvements, part of a broader push to upgrade key clubs across the region.

Members of the North Hollywood gym can expect refreshed interiors, modernized locker rooms, a full suite of Life Fitness equipment, squat platform stations, a glute bridge machine, updated leg press machines, iron plates, a brand-new hack squat machine and more.

The North Hollywood club opened 36 years ago as the franchise’s first location. Its renovation comes as Gold’s Gym SoCal prepares to open its new Beverly Center gym, bringing a full-service fitness facility to the upscale shopping mall.

“We are pumped to introduce a refreshed and elevated space for our loyal North Hollywood community,” Brian Morris, Gold’s Gym SoCal senior VP of sales and marketing, said. “We’ve been part of the fitness scene here for almost 40 years, and through it all, our focus has stayed the same — helping members hit their goals. This renovation is just another way we’re showing up for them. The space may look different, but we’re still keeping it classic — iconic plates and all.”

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Consumers are lashing out at fitness technology company Whoop after it backtracked on promises of a free upgrade.

Whoop marketed itself and its fitness trackers with a fairly unique subscription model. Users pay a monthly fee, from $199 to $359 a year, and receive free hardware updates when new models are released. However, with the recent launch of the Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG, the company is requiring users to pay a $49 to $79 upgrade fee, or extend their subscription by 12 months, to get a newer device, according to the company’s FAQ page.

This seems to contradict a now-deleted blog post on the company website, which said, “Whoop members receive the next-generation device for free after having been a member for six months or more.” The post was taken down in late March, Bloomberg reports.

In a statement, Whoop told Bloomberg that “like any company, we from time to time update our commercial policies.”

The Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG add features like hormone tracking for women, irregular heart activity detection, and revamped sleep tracking functionality.

On Reddit, Whoop customers dubbed the move “a slap in the face.”

“What is the point of this subscription-based model if you don’t get to reap the benefits of the new devices?” one asked. On X, someone who said they’d been a subscriber for four years said the latest development “feels like extortion.”

Other social media users are calling on Whoop’s customers to report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or equivalent bodies in other countries.

We’ve seen examples of grassroots initiatives getting results. Music-streaming giant Spotify received a hefty dose of backlash in late 2024 after saying it would brick its “Car Thing,” a clip-on accessory that offered users a seamless music-listening experience regardless of the vehicle’s year or model. Users were eventually able to obtain refunds.

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.

Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling away our rights and freedoms.”

“In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law.” Paxton said in a statement. “For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won.”

The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data. The state argued Google was “unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data.”

Paxton claimed, for example, that Google collected millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, through such products and services as Google Photos and Google Assistant.

Google spokesperson José Castañeda said the agreement settles an array of “old claims,” some of which relate to product policies the company has already changed.

“We are pleased to put them behind us, and we will continue to build robust privacy controls into our services,” he said in a statement.

The company also clarified that the settlement does not require any new product changes.

Paxton said the $1.4 billion is the largest amount won by any state in a settlement with Google over this type of data-privacy violations.

Texas previously reached two other key settlements with Google within the last two years, including one in December 2023 in which the company agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store.

Meta has also agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used users’ biometric data without their permission.

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The world of wearable tech has exploded in recent years, with fitness watches and rings offering increasingly in-depth data about all aspects of our health. But is this new launch from Whoop the most advanced yet? Say hello to Whoop 5.0: the futuristic watch that promises to help people live longer.

Whoop 5.0: Everything You Need To Know

What Is Whoop?

First launched in 2015, Whoop is a screen-free, wearable fitness tracker designed to be worn on your wrist 24/7. It’s the brainchild of Will Ahmed, who was studying at Harvard when he began his mission to launch an exciting new tech company. The mission? ‘To unlock human performance,’ he said in a podcast. ‘We believe every individual has an inner potential that you can tap into if you can better understand your body and your behaviors.’ 

The company’s origins lie in the professional sports world: basketball legend LeBron James and swimmer Michael Phelps were among the users of the very first Whoop strap – and soon after it was distributed to every player in the NFL. Over time, it developed into a consumer brand, but its watches are still popular with athletes, attracting fans like footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and golfer Rory McIlroy, as well as royals, with Prince William spotted donning a Whoop last year.

Whoop straps work in tandem with an app, which offers an abundance of personalised data on numerous health markers, including sleep, strain, recovery, stress and calories. Over the years, it has become increasingly high-tech, with the fifth iteration of the watch just launched.

What’s New With Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG?

This week, Whoop announced two new products: Whoop 5.0 and an MG version, which stands for medical grade. The main difference between the two is the MG has the option to conduct an ECG, which analyses the rhythm of the heart.

In terms of upgrades from the Whoop 4.0, there are some hardware differences: both new trackers are seven percent smaller, and offer a higher power efficiency, with an estimated 14 days of battery life. However, it’s the claims that the wearable can reverse aging that have caught our attention.

One of the most significant new features is the longevity metric called Healthspan, which will show users how well they are aging compared to their chronological age, and present users with a ‘Whoop Age’. Developed in partnership with the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, this will be calculated using nine biomarkers, including sleep duration, number of steps per day, average heart rate and VO2 max. All this data is then fed back to users through the app, which will provide real-time insight on how your daily habits are impacting your aging – alongside tips for slowing the process.

Another key new metric is Women’s Hormonal Insights, which will take cycle tracking a step further, exploring how hormonal shifts affect sleep, stress and performance, with the option to take into account the impact of your birth control. 

You’ll still be given daily Whoop scores, but there are more in-depth insights, particularly surrounding sleep performance – plus a new monitor to assess your stress levels. And if all this data feels a bit overwhelming, the new Whoop also features an AI assistant, who can help make sense of it all. 

How Much Is A Whoop Subscription?

Whoop works using a subscription model, and there are now three options to choose from. The entry level tier, Whoop One,  is £169 a year, which is ideal for first-timers, while Whoop Peak costs £229 a year, offering more in-depth insights including access to the healthspan stress monitor features. The top tier, Whoop Life, is £349 a year and includes full access to all the features including medical-grade data such as blood pressure tracking.

How To Buy

Visit shop.woop.com