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Sleep Tracking

Sleep tracking monitors your rest patterns, sleep stages, and wake times to reveal what shapes your actual sleep quality and timing.

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A photorealistic overhead still-life photograph taken on a dark walnut nightstand at 5:40 in…
Wearables September 2026 · 6 min

The Best Samsung Smartwatch for Sleep Is the $59 One That Isn't a Smartwatch

The most useful Samsung smartwatch in my drawer is the one that isn't really a smartwatch. It's a $59 fitness band with a screen about the width of a stick of gum, no app store, no speaker, and no…

By Owen Blackwell · Read →
A close-up photorealistic macro photograph of a rugged multisport GPS watch resting face-up on…
Caffeine September 2026 · 10 min

What the Garmin Fenix 9 launch won't tell you about your sleep score

A YouTube page with a countdown on it is a strange kind of press release, and Garmin has one. The company hasn't said what's behind it.

By Thomas Greenwood · Read →
A macro photograph of four heart-rate devices laid out in a neat row on…
Wearables September 2026 · 10 min

Six Weeks With Two Budget Fitness Trackers, a $449 Garmin, and a Chest Strap Refereeing

For six weeks I wore two budget fitness trackers, a $449 Garmin, and a chest strap — often all at once, which looked exactly as ridiculous as it sounds — and logged every point where the four of them…

By Samuel Briggs · Read →
A single high-end multisport GPS watch resting alone on a felt-topped hotel function-room table…
Sleep Tracking August 2026 · 8 min

The Garmin Fenix 9 Announcement, Judged on One Feature: Does It Actually Know When You Should Stop Drinking Coffee?

The Garmin Fenix 9 announcement arrived as a fifteen-minute pre-recorded video at 9 a.m. Eastern, with no press embargo call, no venue, and no stage — followed by four hours in a hotel function room…

By Megan Caldwell · Read →
A photorealistic overhead close-up of a single white wireless earbud resting on rumpled pale…
Caffeine August 2026 · 9 min

Apple Event Predictions, and the AirPods Sensor Nobody Is Betting On

Apple put a heart-rate sensor in AirPods Pro 3. That is true, it is on the spec sheet, Apple quotes 256 readings per second from the optical module, and it is the most misleading line in this year's…

By Laura Pendleton · Read →
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Caffeine August 2026 · 9 min

The Garmin Fenix 9 and the Nine-Minute Number That Made Me Stop Trusting My Sleep Score

Nine minutes. That is the entire gap my Fenix 8 found between my worst caffeine nights and my cleanest ones across 92 logged nights this spring, and it is the number I could not stop thinking about…

By Marcus Webb · Read →