Why Fitbit is making headphones now

Fitbit has a surprising new release coming out later this fall: a set of workout-ready wireless headphones called the Fitbit Flyer.

The Flyer is Fitbit's first product without any sensors or fitness-tracking features, a significant departure from the company's signature line of largely wrist-based activity trackers.

The Flyer is closely tied to the company's other big fall release, the Ionic smartwatch, which offers 2.5GB of on-device music storage and a Pandora app — so wireless headphones are a must to enjoy the tunes while you work out. The Flyer works with more devices than just the Ionic, too, and Fitbit hopes the headphones will catch on apart from the smartwatch.  Read more...