A new firmware for the Fitbit Surge and Fitbit Charge HR fitness trackers will make it easier to track workouts. The update gives the Fitbit trackers the ability to automatically detect when you begin and finish a workout or exercise. Called SmartTrack, it eliminates the need to have to explicitly begin and end tracking by pressing a button or selecting a menu option. SmartTrack can […]
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Fitbit Surge firmware update offers new features and better battery life
The next firmware update for the Fitbit Surge will deliver both new features and significantly better battery life to the company’s “Fitness Super Watch.” Among these will be timer and stopwatch features but two other additions are likely to be more useful. The next update will add “Run Cues” which will offer automatic notifications for predetermined milestones such as time elapsed or distance […]
Fitbit Surge enhanced with outdoor bike tracking
Fitbit yesterday announced that it has added outdoor bike tracking to its Fitbit Surge. Using GPS and other sensors to track everything from distance, duration, average speed, heart rate, calories burned and the time. The data is also synced back to the Fitbit app dashoard where routes, speed and elevation details can also be looked at. “Our users are passionate […]
Fitbit Surge and other new wearables causing skin rashes
Back in 2013, Fitbit had to recall the Fitbit Force activity tracker after a number of reports of skin rashes. The product was discontinued and earlier this year, the company unveiled three new wearables, including its first smartwatch, the Fitbit Surge. Unfortunately, reports of skin rashes caused by wearing these new devices have resurfaced as well. Fitbit has confirmed that […]
Fitbit unveils Fitbit Surge “Fitness Super Watch”
Fitbit today unveiled three new wearables, including its first smartwatch, the Fitbit Surge. While it offers the usual capabilities we now expect in such a device, it is billed as a “Fitness Super Watch” and is clearly geared at the fitness market first. The Fitbit Surge comes with eight sensors including GPS, a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis gyroscope, a digital […]