Fitbit

also referred to as: fitbits

includes Fitbit Blaze

4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Greg Walden · said 19 times in 12 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Brandon Ballinger (3), Sonal Chokshi (2), Ryan Hoover (2), Christina Mercando (2), Yubin Park (1), Sean Duffy (1), Martin Fischer (1), Mark McClusky (1)

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Everything said about Fitbit, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Walden: Regulatory policy must distinguish life-critical devices from consumer fitness trackers
“Well, I think part of it is, if that device is regulating the beat of my heart, yeah, I want a little more regulation there. But if it's Fred Upton's Fitbit or Jawbone or whatever your fuel. That's not controlling the flow of his insulin or regulating the beat…”
Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:04 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gary Wolf: Fitbit Has Well Over 20 Million Active Users
“The market is much bigger, and Fitbit alone, you know, has well over twenty million active users, so this is a lot of people.”
Gary Wolf Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:01 a16z Podcast | On Wearables, Quantified Self, and Biohacking
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ballinger: Doctors cannot diagnose sleep apnea from Fitbit data alone
“No doctor right now can read your Fitbit data and tell you whether you have a condition like sleep apnea.”
Brandon Ballinger Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:50 a16z Podcast | Putting AI in Medicine, in Practice
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Ballinger: Wearable device data like Fitbit data is globally standardized
“I think that's actually a nice thing about wearable data is that Fitbits are the same all over the world.”
Brandon Ballinger Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:10 a16z Podcast | Putting AI in Medicine, in Practice
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