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Quiet luxury has come for wearables

Published 13 August 2026 ยท general

Whoop has no shortage of copycats now. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the

Whoop has no shortage of copycats now. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life.

Opt in for Optimizer here. During my summer vacation, I went in on the screenless wearable life. These past two weeks, I wore the Fitbit Air and the Garmin Cirqa on my right wrist.

My right index finger was home to the Oura Ring 5. In my right arm, a Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. If I did whip out a pair of smart glasses, I opted for the display-free Meta Glasses.

The wearable data generated? A metric crapton. The number of times one of these wear โ€ฆ Read the full story at The Verge.

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Quiet luxury has come for wearables

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Published: August 13, 2026 โ€ข 7:30 PM IST ยท Updated: August 13, 2026 โ€ข 7:36 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team

Quiet luxury has come for wearables

Key points

  • Whoop has no shortage of copycats now.
  • This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life.
  • Opt in for Optimizer here.
  • During my summer vacation, I went in on the screenless wearable life.
  • These past two weeks, I wore the Fitbit Air and the Garmin Cirqa on my right wrist.

Published August 13, 2026.


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