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In summary:
- Tech Advisor highlights how the Fitbit Air will face new competition from the Luna Band, both of which are aimed at the emerging screenless fitness tracker market.
- The Luna Band offers a unique voice-first approach for £155/$149 with no subscription fees, and integrates with Siri for meal and symptom tracking.
- Luna Band’s AI-powered LifeOS creates personalized daily routines based on body data and will launch by invitation at the end of July 2026.
The Fitbit Air launches next week, but there’s already competition from a new rival, the Luna Band.
The Fitbit Air will generate enormous interest in screenless fitness trackers in 2026. It’s certainly not the first, as Whoop has been popular with athletes for years, but Google’s new band is pushing the device into the mainstream.
We expect many more to follow throughout the year – including the Garmin Cirqa – and beyond, as consumers look for a less distracting wearable. It was initially shown off at CES in January, but the Luna Band is now fully official, with an improved design and functionality over that early prototype.
Following in the footsteps of the Luna Ring Gen 2, the screenless fitness tracker is described as a “calendar for your body, built to keep you in tip-top shape.” It takes a slightly different approach to the Fitbit and Whoop as a “voice-first wearable”.
It sounds like it will suit those who like a very detailed routine, as the Luna Band, combined with the LifeOS intelligence engine (aka AI-powered software), is designed to plan your day around your body – literally hour by hour – as a “new way to think about health”.
Through the sensors on the Band, LifeOS continuously monitors your body and connects to other data sources such as blood markers, medical context and dietary habits. Siri integrations let you log meals, symptoms and ‘moments’ with your voice without opening the app.
There’s no microphone on the band itself, so this means you’re talking into your iPhone. The Luna Band also works with Android phones, but without the voice functionality.
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All this is converted into a plan that the band communicates via haptic feedback. This includes workouts and meditation, and notifications to cut down your caffeine intake.
Luna also says the app comes with lots of ‘micro-apps’ for things like training, stress and productivity, and you can create your own health modules based on your needs.
The official website also states that the Luna Band can track your sleep and fertility.
Luna hasn’t provided an exact price yet, but told Tech Advisor it will be around £155/$149. Importantly, if you compare it to Whoop and Google Health Premium (the new version of Fitbit Premium), there are no subscription fees.
The Luna Band has a release date of ‘end of July 2026’ and the company says Drop 1 is by invitation only. Starting today you can join the waiting list in the hope of being able to buy one.
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