Fitbit for Windows Phone updated with Surge Run support, reduced app size and more!

Fitbit for Windows Phone keeps getting better and better. Today, version 1.six has landed in the Store bringing with information technology numerous fixes, changes, and improvements. Fitbit was terminal updated in late December and afterwards some behind the scenes piece of work the next iteration is at present prepare.

Much of the focus for today's update is enhanced information for Charge HR and Surge users, where heart rate data and GPS tracking is of value. However, fifty-fifty for regular users, in that location are numerous changes including the app shrinking from 26 to xiv MB installed.

Fitbit ane.six changelog

Surge Run - View maps of your GPS tracked activities.
Friend Finder Improvements - Add friends from Facebook, email
Reduce App Install Size - We've cut the size of our app almost in half!
Custom Heart Rate Zones - Y'all can now create custom Center Rate zones for your Charge Hr and Surge.
Practice Centre Charge per unit - Center Rate will now announced for your tracked exercises.
Tooltips - New tooltips to assist get you familiar with the app.
Improved Setup Flows
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes and Improvements

Unfortunately, notification support for Windows Telephone owners with the new Charge, Accuse Hr or Surge is still non at that place. Tristan Rice, Product Manager for Windows at Fitbit, took to the Fitbit forums to explain the effect a bit, noting it is a technical issue that they are working on:

"The Accessories manager simply provides a manner for users to manage the permissions of those apps for which they want the OS to be able to pass notifications for Calls, Texts etc. At that place is a set of APIs that developers can employ to receive these notifications in their app (in one case the user has given permission in the accessories manager)."

"The Accessories Manager in no way automatically provides the ability for Bluetooth connected devices to display those notifications. Getting this to work is a combination of app (how is your app processing these notifications), Os Bluetooth back up (how are you lot communicating via Bluetooth, with Classic or Depression Energy and much, much more) and device firmware. At that place are multiple methods in which this is potentially achievable."

"Nosotros plan to bring Telephone call Notifications to our Windows apps as presently as possible. My 1520 is my daily driver and I'grand just equally eager to get those working equally everyone else."

In other words, stay tuned! For now, head to the Shop to grab the latest update and let us know in comments what you call back.

Download Fitbit for Windows Phone 8.1 (Costless)
Download Fitbit for Windows 8.1 (Complimentary, non updated today)

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