{"id":4715,"date":"2017-08-29T19:19:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2017-08-29T19:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:19:51","slug":"fitbit-launches-ionic-smartwatch-wireless-bluetooth-headphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/fitbit-launches-ionic-smartwatch-wireless-bluetooth-headphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit launches Ionic smartwatch, wireless Bluetooth headphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health and fitness wearables firm Fitbit has officially introduced Fitbit Ionic\u2014its long-awaited smartwatch with built-in GPS and wireless Bluetooth headphones called Fitbit Flyer.<!--more-->The Ionic smartwatch would cost $299.95, while the Fitbit Flyer wireless headphones will cost $130. Both would be up for sale starting October.<\/p>\n<p>Fitbit Ionic features water resistance of up to 50 metres, all-day heart rate sensor, contactless payments and an application platform.<\/p>\n<p>The smartwatch also promises up to four-day battery life with features such as sleep tracking and includes a relative \u201cSpO2\u201d sensor which is missing from the Apple Watch, a report in 9to5Mac said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new \u2018SpO2\u2019 sensor measures blood oxygen levels and could be used to discover sleep apnea in the future,\u201d the company was quoted as saying by 9to5Mac.<\/p>\n<p>The smartwatch also includes 2.5GB of local storage for syncing around 300 songs for offline playback.<\/p>\n<p>The new Fitbit Ionic smartwatch features a touch display with brightness up to 1,000 nits for outdoor use.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also swap the bands to change the style.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to how Apple partnered with Nike and launched Apple Watch Nike+ version of its smartwatch, Fitbit would partner with Adidas on a \u201cspecial edition\u201d version of the Ionic in 2018 along with specialised training programmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Picture courtesy: Alamy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health and fitness wearables firm Fitbit has officially introduced Fitbit Ionic\u2014its long-awaited smartwatch with built-in GPS and wireless Bluetooth headphones called Fitbit Flyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4717,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions\/4717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}