A rumour has emerged to suggest that Jawbone may be getting out of the fitness tracker business to focus on a new clinical-grade health tracking wearable. Tech Insider reported on Friday that it has stopped production of its line of UP fitness bands which include the UP2, UP3 and UP4. It also sold off its remaining inventory at a discount to a third-party […]
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Wearables to become ingestables and implantables, says Jawbone CEO
Wearables today face a number of challenges on their way to ubiquity. Not only do most vie for limited space on our wrists and heads but they are only effective while we wear them. Take one off and the benefits they provide are all or nearly all immediately lost. Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman knows that all too well and his company has been […]
Latest Jawbone UP2, UP3 and UP4 firmware adds new features
Jawbone this week announced it has begun to push out a new firmware update for the UP2, UP3 and UP4 fitness trackers. It updates what many have considered some glaring omissions to date. First up, the UP3 and UP4 will both gain daily passive heart rate monitoring (the UP2 lacks the necessary hardware to support this feature). Both the UP3 and UP4 already measured your […]
Jawbone unveils Jawbone UP2 to succeed UP24
Jawbone yesterday unveiled not only the UP4 but also the Jawbone UP2 to succeed the older UP24 activity tracker. Selling for US$99.99, it will sit between the entry level Jawbone Move which sells for US$49 and the higher end UP3 (US$179) and UP4 (US$199) models. “With UP3 now shipping to pre-order customers, we are excited to announce UP2 as the […]
Jawbone UP4 unveiled with American Express mobile payment support
Following a report earlier this week that Jawbone would announce a new partnership with American Express, the company today announced the Jawbone UP4 fitness tracker. Thanks to an embedded NFC chip payment system, users will be able to simply tap to pay with the fitness band anywhere that American Express contactless payments are accepted in the U.S. “We’re delighted to […]
Jawbone to team up with American Express for fitness band mobile payments
Jawbone and American Express are teaming up to bring mobile payments to fitness bands. The new partnership will allow American Express cardholders to use nothing but their fitness band to make purchases at select merchants. A formal announcement from the two companies could come as early as later this week. The new functionality will only be available on future fitness […]
Jawbone UP3 to begin shipping on April 20th
There was good and bad news from Jawbone today fro those looking forward to getting their hands on its latest multi-sensor tracker, the Jawbone UP3. First announced late last year, it was to have begun shipping by now but production challenges forced the delay. First the good news. Jawbone announced this week that the UP3 will begin shipping in the U.S. […]