Samsung has announced the release of three new wearable devices. Gear Sport, Gear Fit2 and Gear IconX are versatile by nature and aim to help users live a well-balanced, healthy life.
Gear Sport, a fitness-based smartwatch, and Gear Fit2, a GPS fitness band, have many of the same capabilities. Both are water-resistant and offer real-time heart rate monitoring. The devices also offer the ability to create your own wellness plan — and they help you stick to it with goals and alerts.
Thanks to a collaboration that began in earlier this year, Gear Sport and Fit2 support Under Armour fitness apps like UA Record, MyFitnessPal, MapMyRun and Endomondo. Together, the apps provide an greater picture of overall health.
Gear IconX are Bluetooth-enabled, wireless earbuds. They bring plenty of features such as voice controlling for your music and phone. By simply tapping the earbuds you can connect to your phone or enable a standalone Running Coach that provides exercise updates in real-time.
The device offers 4GB of internal storage so you can enjoy your music and other features without your phone.
“At Samsung, we celebrate the everyday athlete – whether you’re going for a light jog, or training for your next triathlon. We have a long history of embracing choice and innovation, and our wearables are designed to help consumers of varying fitness levels meet their goals and aspirations. We want to help remove the stigma that fit can only mean one thing and that fitness trackers are complex and for only the most intense of workouts,” Samsung President of Mobile Communications Business, DJ Koh, said in a statement. “Our new Samsung wearables help consumers ‘go beyond fitness’ and enjoy an active, balanced and fulfilled life in a smart and seamless way.”