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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Polar's new strap has an eight-day battery and costs $199.99. The strap doesn't have its own GPS or any kind of screen, but does feature an optical ...

Fitness tracking company Polar has launched the Loop, a $200 screenless wearable that it says will have no subscription fees. Preorders opened on Wednesday, and the Polar Loop will start shipping on ...

Polar launched its first heart rate monitor more than 30 years ago, setting the standard that all others have been measured against. Now, the company is bringing this technology to its line of sports ...

Polar has launched the Polar Loop, a minimalist fitness band without a display or a subscription fee. The device tracks heart rate, activity, sleep, and recovery and syncs data to the Polar Flow app.

Polar is a well-known brand in the wearables market and it just announced its first passive wrist wearable. Polar Loop is a direct competitor to the Whoop band, but it ditches the additional ...

The Polar Loop monitors activity, sleep, and heart rate in a design familiarized by Whoop. The key difference is a one-time payment that gets you the device and all its features. Finnish wearable ...

After numerous leaks and hints, Polar has officially revealed its screenless fitness tracker, Loop. The all-new wearable is essentially a slightly tweaked, consumer-facing version of last year’s B2B ...

Update: This story has been updated with further detail about the Polar Loop’s water resistance, which meets the swim-ready ISO 22810 standard as well as the more common WR30. Back in June I talked to ...

Polar teased its upcoming screenless wearable back in June, before Garmin announced its own take on the concept. But instead of getting a Whoop MG-rival fitness and recovery tracker, the running watch ...

Distraction-free fitness is shaping up to be the new wearable battleground. Finnish sports specialist Polar has just unveiled the Polar Loop, a minimalist fitness tracker that has no screen or buttons ...