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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PEAR Sports&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Mio Global&amp;nbsp;have joined forces to help improve their fitness technology. PEAR\u2019s personal training app will now work&amp;nbsp;with Mio\u2019s wrist-based heart rate monitoring band to help athletes at every level train more effectively.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The PEAR Sports app can now be synced&amp;nbsp;with Mio\u2019s FUSE band via Bluetooth and will allow users the ability to&amp;nbsp;understand their workout progress. The PEAR Sports app provides users with real-time audio training updates and the Mio Fuse monitors a user\u2019s heart rate.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mio FUSE aims to provide accurate heart-rate monitoring and therefore have the wearable device help users train within the proper heart rate zone. As a result, PEAR Sports is now able to tap into this vital data, to help improve their real-time personal training programs.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Liz Dickinson, the CEO of Mio Global, is very excited about what the two fitness companies can do together. \u201CMore than steps counted or calories burned, your heart is the most accurate indicator of your fitness,\u201D she said in a statement, \u201Cso we\u2019re very excited to partner with PEAR Sports\u2019 innovative coaching platform that uses heart rate as a key performance indicator.\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\nSubscribe to the\r\nSportTechie Newsletter\r\n\r\nSubscribe \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\tBiden to present Sager with Jimmy V Award\r\n\tDid Virtual Reality sell Durant on Warriors?\r\n\tMartellus Bennett e-publishing children's books\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With this partnership the&amp;nbsp;two companies are&amp;nbsp;bundling their services. Mio FUSE + PEAR Fitness is currently available on&amp;nbsp;Amazon&amp;nbsp;as well as on&amp;nbsp;Mio Global\u2019s website. The $99 package includes a FUSE Heart Rate, Sleep + Activity Tracker and three free months of unlimited PEAR coaching.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separately, a&amp;nbsp;Mio FUSE&amp;nbsp;costs $99 and a&amp;nbsp;12-month PEAR membership&amp;nbsp;costs $29.95.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PEAR Sports is designed to act as a&amp;nbsp;user\u2019s virtual&amp;nbsp;personal trainer by providing personalized training regiments based on in-the-moment results. They offer&amp;nbsp;over 500 different workout programs. Their app provides real-time audio workout advice from a range of highly regarded experts, from a wide range of&amp;nbsp;personal fitness fields.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mio Global specializes in waterproof wrist-based wearables that monitor a user\u2019s heart rate. The Mio FUSE is one of their most popular products.&amp;nbsp;The goal of the monitors is to help the user work within specific heart rate zones.&amp;nbsp;Learning to train based on these zones allows a user to reach goals more quickly, and train smarter.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We recently covered&amp;nbsp;Mio Global when they partnered with another athlete monitoring company, FieldWiz.&amp;nbsp;FieldWiz&amp;nbsp;specializes in player tracking and monitoring for team sports. The goal of the partnership&amp;nbsp;is to&amp;nbsp;incorporate Mio\u2019s excellent heart-rate monitoring systems in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of overall team fitness.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PEAR Sports also teamed up with Samsung&amp;nbsp;recently to optimize their app for Samsung\u2019s Gear S2 smartwatch.&amp;nbsp;In October PEAR Sports and Mio FUSE will begin to help improve a&amp;nbsp;personalized weight management program.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both companies have been branching out within the&amp;nbsp;fitness tech community to help make their brands better and even more versatile for their consumers. 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