The Fitbit app has also come on leaps and bounds in providing motivation, but there remain areas where it can be improved. The new Cardio Fitness score, too, is a useful metric. Combined, they do give you a measurable way to track your progress. The distance, step counting and heart rate measurements, while perhaps not the most accurate, are consistent enough to prove useful. You’ll get a notification and an e-mail to let you know the Charge 2 is running low on battery. The old Charge had a connector that plugged in directly and therefore could easily become dislodged. This locks around the tracker on both sides and makes orientating it much easier, ensuring it stays connected. A major improvement over the old Fitbit Charge is the new “clamp-style” USB charging cable. Fitbit Charge 2 – Battery Life and Chargingīattery life is rated at around five days, which is about right.
You can opt into weekly progress emails as well. You do get the occasional notification to tell you how well you’re progressing towards your goal, but actually having this in the dashboard would be better, since it’s easy to ignore or dismiss the notifications. It provides useful prompts – such as staying better hydrated, or explaining how going to sleep 30 minutes earlier might have a positive impact, then offering to set you a sleep reminder. I’d love for Fitbit to take a leaf out of Jawbone’s book with its Smart Coach feature, which lets you know how all of the data can affect your wellbeing and health. If there’s one complaint about the app, for me it’s the lack of guidance. There’s also a 7-day steps leaderboard, so you can see how you compare over time. You can also “Cheer” the updates, similar to a “Like” on Facebook. You receive updates towards the target in a timeline, so you can see how you and your friends are doing. You can opt into day challenges or longer ones, such as Workweek Hustle. There are, of course, the standard leaderboard challenges if you do want to go step-for-step with friends. They’re particularly great if you don’t like the idea of competing against friends, but would rather do something on your own. It’s a nice touch, and gives you the extra impetus to be more active. By getting in extra steps, you unlock content along the route, including facts and photographs of landmarks that you can view using the gyroscope in your phone. These are virtual tours of famous locations, such as Yosemite National Park.
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New to a recent update are Adventures, which are found under the Challenges menu. There are also areas where it’s possible to log your food and water intake useful if you want to have an overview of everything from activity to nutrition as well. The Cardio Fitness score is tucked away behind the heart rate reading, for instance, and the continuous heart rate readings graph is easy to understand. You can jump into each sub-menu for more detailed information, with everything logically laid out. The dashboard provides plenty of at-a-glance information on your day, from the time asleep as mentioned above, to floors climbed, steps taken and distance covered. It’s really evolved over time to be clearer and now provides far more engaging features. One area the company should be applauded for is updating its app with new features and improving the interface. Over the years, I’ve worn a whole raft of Fitbit trackers and so have seen many of the changes that the app has undergone.
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