Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Monday, August 20, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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Today, Fitbit unveiled the $150

Charge 3 core, a fitness tracker that sort of blurs the line

between smart watches and fitness trackers.

The Charge 3 has a touch screen, water resistance, expanded

notifications, and the $170 special edition even comes with Fitbit Pay for

mobile payments.

The Charge 3 has a design that looks pretty much just like the Charge 2.

The screen is black and white, but the display is now touch screen and supports gray scale colors.

There's also 40% more active screen area.

There's an updated heart rate sensor and new swim tracking.

But as always, the main advantage of a dedicated fitness tracker is that the

Charge 3 can now go seven days on a single battery charge.

Fitbit has been able to achieve that by continuing to issue GPS.

But it's the notifications which as I say edge this towards being more like a smart watch.

App notifications, app notifications,

calendar appointments, and texts all show up.

You can even accept or reject phone calls.

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