Fitbit has introduced it’s redesigning the cellular app from the bottom up. The app will focus squarely on a brand new “customized and customizable” Fitbit expertise, which can debut later this 12 months. For those who’re itching with anticipation and completely can’t wait to see what’s subsequent (I can’t), you possibly can signal as much as be part of the beta testing expertise earlier than the app goes dwell within the fall. The replace will embody each Android and iOS gadgets.
Fitbit laid out what’s new with the app on Google’s Key phrase weblog, exhibiting off the “visible refresh” full with screenshot renderings. Probably the most noticeable change is the app’s revamped tab navigation system. It’s nonetheless on the backside like within the present Fitbit app, however it’s been consolidated into three predominant classes: every day targets, Fitbit Premium’s teaching packages, and customized well being stories. Whereas Fitbit has added extra coloration palette decisions to the app, the general look is paying homage to what Google has been doing with its apps on Android and iOS, all the way down to the top-right shortcut for added settings tied to your Google account. There’s hardly any Fitbit really feel left to it past the icon.
Fitbit is particularly emphasizing the app’s redone Right now tab. The web page will assist you to customise metrics you need to see, like whether or not you care extra about how a lot you’ve slept or what number of steps you’ve taken inside a given day. The Fitbit app will enable you to set up targets as you combination information. You may examine your efficiency with assessments and stories obtainable within the You tab. Fitbit has additionally added a Strava-like function that allows you to see a dwell view of your present route on a map inside the app.
The Coach tab would be the most helpful to people with a Fitbit Premium subscription. The subscription unlocks a wide range of courses, together with new content material like HIIT exercises and “dance cardio courses.” It’ll be fascinating to see how the choices examine to Apple’s Health+ or standalone exercise apps like Peloton. Fitbit will curate the exercises for you based mostly on earlier periods, and also you’ll be capable to filter actions based mostly on how a lot time you’ve and the gear you’ve available.
The Fitbit revamp isn’t a complete shock. There have been rumblings within the rumor mill that the Pixel Watch 2 can be the one to introduce the brand new Fitbit app. And it could nonetheless be the launchpad for the reason that app is slated to go dwell within the fall after we anticipate to see the subsequent era Google smartwatch.
