STAT Plus: 5 burning questions about Google’s Fitbit acquisition — and its implications for health and privacy
SAN FRANCISCO — Google parent company Alphabet’s move to buy Fitbit, announced Friday, comes with big questions for the growing push in health and medicine to make use of data collected from smartwatches and fitness trackers. Here are five of them:
1. How will Fitbit be combined with Google’s existing wearables technology?