FitBit sells 1 mn units of smartwatch 'FitBit Versa'
New Delhi, June 5: Global wearable brand Fitbit announced that it has shipped over one million units of its "FitBit Versa" smartwatch that was launched earlier this year, priced at Rs 19,999 and was made available for purchase in April.
The health and fitness-focussed smartwatch that comes with a long battery life and a "female health tracking" feature that has reached over 2.4 million users already, the company said in a statement on Monday.
"With Fitbit Versa, we are delivering on our promise to offer a true mass appeal smartwatch with engaging new features," said James Park, co-founder and CEO of Fitbit.
"Our new female health tracking feature further demonstrates the value our users see in being able to get a more comprehensive look at their overall health and wellness, in a single place, in a way that other available cycle tracking tools cannot," Park added.
The "female health tracking" feature that helps track women's menstrual cycle is available on iOS, Windows and Android.
"Fitbit continues to see growth in apps and clock faces built for Fitbit OS. Through its software development kit (SDK), more than 18,000 developers have joined the Fitbit developer community and over 900 apps and clock faces have been built," the company claimed.
"FitBit Versa" is available at global retail stores and online in black, grey and peach colour variants alone with aluminium cases.
"FitBit Versa Special Edition" is available for Rs 21,999 in lavender colour with rose gold aluminum case and charcoal colour with graphite aluminum case, each with an extra black classic band.
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SIR in Gujarat: More than 17 lakh deceased voters found on electoral rolls
Ahmedabad (PTI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Gujarat has revealed that more than 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the existing voter list across the state, a release by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has stated.
According to the release issued on Thursday, the SIR exercise started in Gujarat on November 4 with booth-level officers (BLOs) distributing enumeration forms in their designated areas.
The campaign will continue till December 11.
"In the last one month, enumeration forms have been distributed to more than five crore voters registered in the 2025 electoral roll. In most of the 33 districts, 100 per cent of the distribution has been completed. Work on digitising the returned forms is currently underway. So far, the digitisation work has been completed in 12 out of 182 assembly constituencies," it said.
These include Dhanera and Tharad of Banaskantha district, Limkheda and Dahod (ST) of Dahod district, Bayad of Aravalli district, Dhoraji, Jasdan and Gondal of Rajkot district, Keshod of Junagadh district, Mehmadabad of Kheda district, Khambhat of Anand district and Jalalpore of Navsari district.
Dang district is at the forefront in this work with 94.35 per cent digitisation of the counting forms, said the release.
"During this exercise, it was revealed that 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the electoral roll across the state. More than 6.14 lakh voters were found absent from their addresses. It has been noticed that more than 30 lakh voters have permanently migrated," the release said.
BLOs found more than 3.25 lakh voters in the "repeated" category, which means that their names figured at more than one place, the release stated.
