TikTok and Shopify bring e-commerce into app, pilot test in Canada kicks off soon

Kylie Jenner's Kylie Cosmetics brand is among the early adopters of the new service (Source: TikTok x Shopify)

After announcing their partnership in October, TikTok and Shopify are ready to test its TikTok Shopping feature with select Shopify merchants. The pilot has kicked off in the US and UK, with Canadian merchants getting access to the feature in the coming weeks. 

Shopify merchants with a TikTok For Business account will soon get the option to add a Shopping tab on their profiles and sync their product catalogs to have a mini-storefront on the platform. They will also get the option to tag products in TikTok videos, which will link out to their storefront for checkout.

Source: TechCrunch

Fitbit unveils new Charge 5, costs CA$230

Fitbit's newest wearable is here, and the company calls the Charge 5 its "most advanced health and fitness tracker" yet. It's equipped with a brighter, colour touchscreen and up to seven days of battery life, along with six months of Fitbit Premium for free.

The Charge 5 is Fitbit's first tracker to get an EDA sensor, which measures your body's response to stress through tiny changes in the sweat glands on your fingers. Fitbit first introduced the EDA sensor in the Fitbit Sense smartwatch. 

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Fitbit Premium introduces Daily Readiness Score

Daily Readiness Score (Source: Fitbit)

Alongside the launch of the new Fitbit Charge 5, Fitbit introduced a new metric to help achieve holistic health. Fitbit Premium subscribers will soon get access to the service's new Daily Readiness Score. It uses the insights it gains to assess when you can perform your physical best. That means it'll let you know if you should work out and push yourself or you should take some time to recover.

It monitors your activity, heart rate variability (HRV) and recent sleep. You'll then receive a personalized score each morning, along with details on what impacted the score. You'll also get suggestions like a recommended activity and Premium content to help you decide what's best for your body and what workouts will be the most efficient.

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Spotify starts rolling our offline playback support on Wear OS

Spotify will let Wear OS users listen to their tunes without an internet connection with support for offline playback. The music streaming service has begun rolling this feature out. But there are caveats to this feature. You need a Wear OS 2.0 or newer device, and only Spotify Premium subscribers can download albums and playlists for offline listening. As for podcasts, both paid and free users can download these for offline playback.

Source: The Verge