Fitbit app for free turn Android-smartphone in the activity tracker
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
Familiar to all fans of the iOS feature Fitbit app to automatically track the activity without the use of additional devices finally reached the Android-smartphone. It is time to postpone the wrist trackers aside.
Auto track activity using the official Fitbit app for iOS has appeared on the iPhone 5s in 2013. Three years later, the opportunity to transform your gadget to make calls and surf the Web in an activity tracker received and users of Android-smartphone. However, while the function only works on Google official flagship company - Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P.
The company's devices, the Cupertino-based activity tracking is implemented through a dedicated coprocessor. Recall that similar functionality previously tried to introduce in HTC devices, but the wide distribution it has not received.
For Android-gadgets Fitbit implemented in the application specific function MobileTrack. For its work using Android Sensor Hub - a separate microprocessor, allowing enough to accurately record movement smart phone. Sensor Hub connected directly to the chamber of the apparatus, thereby reducing the power consumption. The accuracy of the sensors and algorithms is that the system is able to distinguish when the device is picked up and when a person runs or jumps with the phone in his pocket.
Due to the direct connection with the Sensor Hub official Fitbit app to learn to count steps and calculate the distance traveled and calories burnt. The program runs in the background and consumes almost no energy.
Of course, at the moment Fitbit for Android is not able to track any activity other than walking and running (and is difficult to imagine, say, swimming with your smartphone), and works only with certain models smartphones. But, despite this, in the near future, it makes sense to wait for extended device support and improved efficiency.
Price: Free
Price: Free