The innocuous little band on Seth Mnookin’s wrist may not seem like much, but it has transformed the way he goes about his day. The device, a fitness tracker called Fitbit, counts the steps he takes ...

Regular walking can help reduce back pain, as well as improve fitness, mobility and mental health. But how regularly should be keeping track of your steps? Does it make sense to always have the same ...

For more advanced tracking for walking, running, and cycling, the well-known Strava app (for iOS and Android) doesn't need a ...

Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels. Among the most common, and arguably the ...

Fitbit trackers are known for their at-a-glance step-tracking abilities, but have you wondered about how many Fitbit steps are in a mile? Here's what you need to know about the way Fitbit calculates ...

Recent reports said that Google is on the verge of bringing a native step tracking feature to Health Connect, which iOS has offered for quite some time. This would basically allow the app to count ...