Fortune January 8, 2021
Editors

Thanks to the double whammy of holiday feasting and pandemic-related pounds, New Year’s resolutions to get into shape were extra-big going into 2021. So that means it’s time for strapping on shiny new Fitbits, Garmins, and Apple Watches that loved ones exchanged in December.

But in recent years, wearable manufacturers have been pushing devices that go far beyond the step-counters of old. “Over the last couple years, we’ve rolled out a lot more analytic tools, a lot more insights, [and] we’ve been proactively trying to tell people how to interpret their data and how to make it actionable,” says Fitbit cofounder and CTO Eric Friedman.

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