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Open water swimming tracking added to Polar V800

Polar V800 open water swimming

Polar this week announced updates to both the Polar V800 GPS sports watch and its Polar Flow app. Working in tandem, the two now support open water swimming tracking. The new activity profile will record swim distance, pace (average and maximum), stroke rate (average and maximum) for freestyle as well as your route thanks to the built-in GPS. Once your swim […]

Polar M400 gets Smart Notifications with latest update

Polar M400

Polar today announced that the Polar M400 is one step closer today to becoming a full-fledged smartwatch with the addition of Smart Notifications (which are also available on the Polar V800). The same notifications that appear on your smartphone will now appear on your M400 courtesy of firmware version 1.5. The only downside to the news is that smart notifications […]

CES 2015: Polar unveils Polar A300 fitness monitor

Polar A300

Polar is a Finnish company that already offers a number of sports-centric wearables. Promising “the beginning of a new era of fitness monitors,” the company today announced the Polar A300 fitness monitor. As the name implies, it provides all-day activity tracking, measuring everything from active time, steps taken and distance to sleep time. The Activity Benefit feature tracks all the […]