What Google’s Acquisition of Fitbit Means for Google’s Expanding Experience Ecosystem, the Future of Wear OS, and User Privacy

The News: Google announced on Thursday that it had completed its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit. The news follows the European Commission’s announcement just last month that it had approved the deal, despite some friction and uncertainty relating to Google’s potential access to Fitbit users’ health data over the summer. On the one hand, consumer […]