INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Google just bought Fitbit for a cool $2.1 billion, but a new report suggests that Facebook was interested in picking up the wearables
Apparently Mark Zuckerberg and his executives only offered half of what Google was prepared to pay, though.If accurate, the report suggests
Facebook is keen to keep expanding its hardware portfolio
The social media behemoth now develops video calling devices and bought Oculus VR for $2 billion back in 2014.Now that Google is officially
appearance, with Fitbit tech inside.In announcing the news, Google did mention Made by Google hardware as well as Wear OS, so it looks like
Google-branded wearables of some description are on the way.We might also see Fitbit's own apps and software replaced by Wear OS and Google
It's still very early days though, so we'll have to wait and see what happens to the current Fitbit devices and apps.We'll also have to wait
certainly make sense for Facebook's advertisers.Via The Next Web
