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Google's Fitbit Edge lands between two watches, and Epic's AI plan…

Google's new Fitbit Edge offers more features than the Fitbit Air, but Ars Technica says it falls short of a real smartwatch; it's a very specific shelf.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentGoogle has announced the Fitbit Edge, which sits between the Pixel Watch 5 and the Fitbit Air.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt does more than the Air, but Ars Technica says it is not a real smartwatch.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's the middle child of wrist computers, and I love that for it. It has ambition, but also boundaries.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt has a price gap to fill, Kenji. Google needed something to put between two other things.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBetween two things is the best place to be, because then nobody can say you're the worst one.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeanwhile, that Epic report from earlier now has a second angle: a studio wants no hand-written code on a delayed Marvel and Star Wars shooter, and it is still only a report.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the game writes itself, and the watch can't even text back.

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhich is it?

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA watch for people who can't commit. Very me.

  10. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe watch, or the ten tabs you have open?

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