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Fitbit announces Surge fitness ‘superwatch’ and two new fitness bands
– Reported, October 28 2014
More than a week after their existence was leaked, fitness tracker maker Fitbit has officially announced three new wearable devices. The Fitbit Charge is an update to Fitbit’s previous Force fitness tracker, but the other two devices the Charge HR and the Surge include some powerful new technology that should allow users to get a picture of their health at all hours of the day. The Charge HR tracks a user’s heart rate at all times, while Fitbit describes the $249 Surge as a “fitness super watch,” built with GPS and eight sensors to track performance in multiple workouts and various sports. All three of the new devices will send data to Fitbit’s tracking app so wearers can see their stats in graph form and set specific goals.
Of the three devices, the Fitbit Charge is the least advanced. Fitbit calls the new $129 device a revision of its previous Force wearable tracker, but says the entry-level model has been “reinvented” with better design that makes it easier to wear all day long presumably without the skin irritation that affected some Force users. The Charge is designed primarily to keep track of basic health metrics: it tracks steps taken, distance traveled, and floors climbed; and when worn in bed it’ll monitor your sleeping habits. Like the Force before it, the basic Charge can also be set up with your smartphone to warn you of incoming calls, showing the caller’s name on its OLED screen.
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