The Masimo Freedom has all the tech Apple can't use
  • Masimo, the company that sued Apple over patent infringement, has unveiled its own blood oxygen monitoring smartwatch called the Masimo Freedom.
  • The Masimo Freedom is a health-focused device that can track blood oxygen levels, hydration index, respiration rate, pulse rate variability, pulse rate, steps, and detect falls.
  • The smartwatch is currently in prototype stage and will be available for sale later this year at a price of $999.

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  • nevemsenki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    5 months ago

    Garmins (or most of them) also last for a month with a single charge, unlike most smart watches. For me that’s worth a little premium.

    • originalfrozenbanana@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Yeah I laughed when I saw the battery life on a smart watch. I have to charge by Garmin every a week with regular use and I still think that’s too frequent.

    • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      I’ve never gotten more than a week tops from my Garmin watches, a handful of runs and it needs a recharge. And I need to fully charge it if it’s a long run or risk it dying on me while I’m running.

      • nevemsenki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        5 months ago

        Depends on the model and your settings I guess. I use a Fenix5, and it lasts like 18-20 days with a run every second day (tho I keep pulse ox off). Could be more if I had gotten a solar one, but those were pricey back when I got mine…

        • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          21·
          5 months ago

          I’ve only used the upper end of the forerunner line. But getting 18+ days from the fenix with regular sports use seems well above spec, they spec it with up to 57h in GPS mode and 18d in regular smart watch mode without sports activities.

          • nevemsenki@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            Hum , weird. Either I charge it rarely enough that I’m fooling myself, or I turned off some off some features garmin didn’t think people would…