Many of us keep track of our steps with our Apple watches and Fitbits and feel a sense of pride when we hit a certain number for the day. We start to realize how much movement we’re doing during the ...

Summary: Google’s second Pixel Watch update for April 2025 not only fixes a step-counting bug that recorded inflated numbers after March’s update, but also finally delivers Wear OS 5.1 with important ...

People often take walking for granted. We just move, one step after another, without ever thinking about what it takes to ...

Sept. 8, 2025 – A hundred here. A thousand there. No matter how many – or how few – steps you take, there's probably a study linking some health outcome to your daily total. In studies, tying those ...

At just 7,000 steps a day, research suggests you can lower your risk of several health issues, including death from any cause ...

Fitness trackers are small devices that monitor your health and wellness. They’re convenient and can be used for different purposes, such as counting your steps. If you’re not inclined to take long ...

Consumer wearable and smartphone devices provide an accessible means to objectively measure physical activity (PA) through step counts. With the increasing proliferation of this technology, consumers, ...

“What is he doing?” I asked my friend whose husband had been walking from our kitchen to the living room and back for 20 minutes. “His app told him that he hasn’t walked his 12,000 steps today,” she ...