Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Google Fit: For All Your Beta, Somewhat Accurate Fitness Needs

If you've been using an Android Wear device and wondering when that little multicolored heart icon would become useful, well, today's (kind of) your day.

Although, to be honest, the app still lies on the simple side: at the moment, it claims to track your activity while walking, biking, and running, using built-in sensors to differentiate between the three. You can add your height and weight, and there's a function for manually inputting other activities. 

Like many emerging Google products, Fit seems not quite fleshed-out, though it's certainly been treated with a nice dose of Material Design. Some users are reporting that their phones are counting their steps, despite wearing fitness bands or even Android Wear devices -- which are the devices these duties should be relegated to when possible. Hopefully, Google will fix this redundancy in a future update. 




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