{"id":103,"date":"2025-01-14T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finding.best\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-01-26T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:38:24","slug":"smartwatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/smartwatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Health tracking devices, particularly smartwatches \u2013 how accurate are they?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smartwatches offer a wide range of features, but for many users, the primary purpose is health tracking. The more accurate the health-related measurements, the better you can plan and monitor your training progress. But can you trust the data your smartwatch provides?<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there\u2019s someone dedicated to scientifically verifying the accuracy of the measurements from many popular smartwatches (and other health-focused devices). Meet <strong>The Quantified Scientist<\/strong>\u2014a researcher who rigorously tests these devices. You can check out his YouTube channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheQuantifiedScientist\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The Quantified Scientist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend following his channel if you\u2019re in the market for a smartwatch or any health-tracking device. It\u2019s a great resource for making informed decisions based on reliable data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartwatches offer a wide range of features, but for many users, the primary purpose is health tracking. The more accurate the health-related measurements, the better you can plan and monitor your training progress. But can you trust the data your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finding.best\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}