Google has announced that it will acquire fitness wearable brand Fitbit for US$2.1 billion in cash. Over the years Google has long tried to break into the wearables space with Wear OS and Google Fit that integrate with Made by Google wearables. Fitbit on the other hand has pioneered the
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Fitbit’s venerable range of fitness bands/ smartwatches are touted the ability to conduct cashless payments via Fitbit Pay, a feature that extends as far back as 2017’s Fitbit Ionic. However, this feature was strangely absent for the past 2 years but the wait is finally over as Fitbit has confirmed