Fitbit Planning To Be An Apple Pay Competitor Next Year As It Buys Nfc Payment Tech
With the Apple Watch the most convenient way to use Apple Pay, Fitbit appears set to bring contactless payment tech to its fitness bands from next year. After acquiring mobile payment company Coin earlier this month, Fitbit hinted to TNW that it would add NFC payment capabilities to one or more of its devices next year … Although best-known for its low-ish tech fitness bands, the company does also offer the Blaze, a ‘fitness watch’ that would be a likely contender for the new functionality....