Jawbone fitness tracker before the end?
from Fabian 
Jawbone, the maker of the UP line of fitness trackers, is reported to be the Prohave stopped the production of its devices and are also looking for interested parties for the loudspeaker division. The remaining devices were sold to a middleman for a relatively low price.
Fitness trackers are step counters that, depending on the manufacturer and price class, offer extra functions such as pulse or sleep measurement. The data is then usually synchronized with the smartphone and the associated app and processed graphically.
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How could this happen?
Possible reasons for leaving Jawbone are smartwatches and smartphones that offer the same functions as a fitness tracker and thus make it difficult to sell.
What does this mean for the owners of a Jawbone UP?
It is not certain how the support and firmware updates are regulated, but it can be assumed that the support and thus also the software updates will not be offered by the middleman in the future and that current owners will have to rely on user communities. How it looks with warranty claims remains to be seen.
Can I no longer buy an UP fitness tracker?
Of course, local shops and online retailers still have some devices in their warehouses and can therefore still be sold!
So will there no longer be any new fitness trackers?
You can't say that, it is still possible. Another possibility is that Jawbone, after prior financial stabilization, dares to switch to smartwatches and tries to get back into the fitness sector.
Does this mean the end?
No! Jawbone already seems to be working on something new, because it was only in January this year that the company raised 165 million US dollars through a financing round and is said to be loud The Verge now focus on medical devices for heart monitoring, for example. With a first presentation of the new plans and thus Products can already be expected in the summer of 2016. It remains to be seen whether these will also be marketed under the UP brand.
