Fitbit: New software update following user criticism, now also supports the Pixel Watch

Fitbit: New software update for the app (Fitbit/Google)

Fitbit has just released a new software update. According to the company, this update was heavily influenced by user feedback and introduces features requested by the community.

Fitbit has made extensive changes to the Fitbit app as part of a new software update, for which the company says that it took particular notice of user feedback. What sounds like a positive thing and is ultimately to be welcomed, however, has a wider context: the redesign of the app in September 2023 received a great deal of criticism that, according to observers, went far beyond the inevitable criticism that is associated with any kind of change.

According to Fitbit, the new update introduces several improvements and new functions to the app. For example, there is now a battery indicator that shows the remaining battery capacity of the apps in percentage terms. The Pixel Watch is now also supported in this regard. Users who have achieved their daily step goal will also be praised in the app, but this feature will not be rolled out for iOS users until the beginning of January 2024.

Furthermore, the step goal streaks are coming back. This allows users to easily keep track of how many days they have been meeting their step goal, which could certainly motivate them to keep up their walks. Fitbit also points out once again that users can set a focus for personal fitness development, which affects the ads on the central Today screen. This allows users to choose whether the quality of sleep should also be displayed or whether the distance covered or the steps should be shown.

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Editor of the original article: Silvio Werner – Senior Tech Writer – 8504 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2017

I have been active as a journalist for over 10 years, most of it in the field of technology. I worked for Tom’s Hardware and ComputerBase, among others, and have been working for Notebookcheck since 2017. My current focus is particularly on mini PCs and single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi – so in other words, compact systems with a lot of potential. In addition, I have a soft spot for all kinds of wearables, especially smartwatches. My main profession is as a laboratory engineer, which is why neither scientific contexts nor the interpretation of complex measurements are foreign to me.

Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 371 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022

Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.

Silvio Werner, 2023-11-17 (Update: 2023-11-17)

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