Fitbit started the year by becoming part of Google’s hardware division and today is making a major update by launching blood glucose tracking for its Android and iOS application. The Fitbit Sense ECG feature is also reaching more places, while there are also a handful of other changes to the application and hardware.
Throughout February, the Fitbit app will allow U.S. users to automatically record or import blood glucose readings to allow people with diabetes to track key health information in one place. You can connect LifeScan’s OneTouch Reveal app, with support for other gauges and apps soon. This information is visualized and shown along with other metrics, such as physical activity, food and sleep.
Set custom intervals so you can see when you’re outside your target range to better identify important changes and get friendly reminders to record so you can watch trends over time with easy-to-read graphs.
Meanwhile, the Fitbit Sense ECG feature is arriving in Canada, New Zealand. and U.S. territories (including American Samoa, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam). The capability allows you to analyze cardiac rhythms for atrial fibrillation (AFib) and was first launched in the US and parts of Europe last year.
Fitbit’s Charge 4 is receiving an update that shows SpO2 readings on the device, as well as metric and skin temperature data in Health Metrics. This new fitness tracker firmware is “coming soon”
The company announced that the panel – with data from the past week – will remain open to all Versa 2, Inspire 2, Charge 4, Sense and Versa 3 owners. View respiratory rate, resting heart rate and variability history heart rate requires a subscription to Fitbit Premium. These members will soon be able to see personal breaks on the Health Metrics page.
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