Whoop vs. Fitbit Air: I compared Google's new fitness band to the industry favorite

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Fitness bands are making a comeback, and Google wants in on the party. On Thursday, the tech giant announced its new screenless fitness band, the Fitbit Air, to its health tracker offerings.

The $100 Fitbit Air takes aim at popular fitness band, Whoop, as an inexpensive alternative to the premium health tracker (annual subscriptions start at $200 a year, going up to $360). While Whoop caters to a serious athletic audience, the Fitbit Air goes more mainstream, designed for regular users at a more approachable price point (and no subscription required).

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The devices are similar. They ditch the screen for a band form factor, and utilize apps as the center of the health-tracking experience. They both track activity, sleep, recovery, and stress, and of course, they have...

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