Fitbit Blaze: A Healthy Combination of Fitness and Smartness in a Watch
From the company renowned for their fitness trackers, the Fitbit Blaze may be one of the best high-end trackers on the market. After researching the Garmin Vivoactive HR and Samsung Gear Fit 2, the Fitbit Blaze seems like a combination of the two, with features from both and a few signature to Fitbit. But, this combination may not include all of the features in both the Garmin Vivoactive and Samsung Gear Fit 2.
Software
When it comes to software, the Fitbit Blaze a lot to offer, in terms of fitness. It has similar, if not improved, accuracy in tracking from its competitors in measuring heart rate, steps, miles traveled, calories burned, floors climbed, and quality sleep. Some other cool “fitness” features are automatic specialized tracking for different exercises …show more content…
Also, a Bluetooth connection with the user’s phone allows notifications to be displayed when someone is calling or texting the user or when an app sends a notification like in its competitors. The Bluetooth connection also allows the user to pause, play skip forward, skip backward, and decrease or increase the volume of any music playing on the user’s phone like in its competitors. Bluetooth connection with the Fitbit app, downloadable to a phone for free, can be used to challenge friends and family for the most steps in a certain time period or other goals, but challenge statistics can only be viewed from a phone. A drawback to Bluetooth connection, for any fitness tracker, is that the user has to be near their phone for any of these features to work. In addition, the tracker can reach five to seven days without a charge when
From the company renowned for their fitness trackers, the Fitbit Blaze may be one of the best high-end trackers on the market. After researching the Garmin Vivoactive HR and Samsung Gear Fit 2, the Fitbit Blaze seems like a combination of the two, with features from both and a few signature to Fitbit. But, this combination may not include all of the features in both the Garmin Vivoactive and Samsung Gear Fit 2.
Software
When it comes to software, the Fitbit Blaze a lot to offer, in terms of fitness. It has similar, if not improved, accuracy in tracking from its competitors in measuring heart rate, steps, miles traveled, calories burned, floors climbed, and quality sleep. Some other cool “fitness” features are automatic specialized tracking for different exercises …show more content…
Also, a Bluetooth connection with the user’s phone allows notifications to be displayed when someone is calling or texting the user or when an app sends a notification like in its competitors. The Bluetooth connection also allows the user to pause, play skip forward, skip backward, and decrease or increase the volume of any music playing on the user’s phone like in its competitors. Bluetooth connection with the Fitbit app, downloadable to a phone for free, can be used to challenge friends and family for the most steps in a certain time period or other goals, but challenge statistics can only be viewed from a phone. A drawback to Bluetooth connection, for any fitness tracker, is that the user has to be near their phone for any of these features to work. In addition, the tracker can reach five to seven days without a charge when