Rejoice, Windows Phone fans! Fitbit has become the very first fitness band to support Windows Phone, with the launch of their official Windows Phone app. The app supports all Fitbit fitness and sleep trackers, including the Fitbit One, the Fitbit Flex and the Fitbit Force. The app also works with the Fitbit Aria scale.
The app seems to include all of the features afforded to Android and iOS users, including realtime syncing over Bluetooth 4.0, a food database, motivational tools, leaderboards and of course a whole bunch of colourful stats and graphs.
Starting now, all Windows Phone 8.1 handsets with the Lumia Cyan update installed will be able to download the free Fitbit app from Microsoft’s app store. As of late July, the Cyan update is available for the Lumia 625, 925 and 1520; the update is still under testing for the Lumia 520, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020 and 1320. For the latest update information for your phone, you can check out Microsoft’s tracker here. As the Fitbit devices use Bluetooth 4’s low energy mode, it isn’t possible to use the app without the 8.1 update, which provides Bluetooth low energy support.
It’ll be interesting to see if rival fitness accessory manufacturers like Jawbone decide to release Windows Phone apps in the future, now that Fitbit has made the first move. Of course, Microsoft is said to be working on its own cross-platform fitness tracker, with support for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, to debut later this year.
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