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Google Unveils the Fitbit Air—You Can Preorder This Anti-Screen Tracker for $100 Right Now

The distraction-free Fitbit Air is all fabric, no screen. Here’s where you can get the best preorder deals.

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Screens are distracting. That much is accepted as a maxim today. If your phone is tempting enough when it’s out of sight in a purse or pocket, how anxiety-inducing must it be to have a screen tied to your wrist in the form of a Garmin fitness tracker or Apple Watch?

Enter the $100 Google Fitbit Air. It appears to be nothing more than a fabric wrist band, with the removable guts of the device hidden underneath a small bump on the top of the wrist. That bump connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth and provides all the sleep, fitness, and health tracking you want, just out of sight when you don’t want it blaring in your face and demanding your........

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