The new wristband has an updated design, built-in GPS, and the ability to automatically recognize certain activities, an increasingly common feature in fitness bands and watches. The activity tracker is the follow up to the original Samsung Gear Fit, released in 2014. Samsung is the latest company to take this approach, with the announcement of its new Samsung Gear Fit 2 today. Some of them are starting to squeeze more sensors into the same wristband form factor, hoping that the added capabilities will be The Thing that keeps people wearing the band. Activity-tracking wristbands tend to promise a lot and deliver not quite as much, but that hasn't stopped wearable makers from trying.
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