Google on Tuesday launched a new fitness tracking app for Android dubbed ‘Google Fit’ that will let users track their fitness activities and become ‘more active, aware and motivated.’
The app taps into sensors of user’s Android phones to capture their movements throughout the day, to track the number of steps walked by the user, calories burned, weight history and other health-related data.
Users can even set fitness goals based on either duration or steps and check their progress from within the app on their smartphone, as well as on the web, tablets, and Android Wear smartwatches, while receiving performance-based recommendations for activity goals.
Fit also connects to third-party fitness apps such as Runtastic, Runkeeper and Strava allowing users to access data gathered by those apps within the Fit app itself without having to switch between them.
“You can also connect your favorite fitness devices and apps like Strava, Withings, Runtastic, Runkeeper and Noom Coach to Google Fit and we’ll surface all of the relevant data in one spot, giving you a clear and complete view of your fitness,” Google said in a blog post.
In order to access the Fit app, users will just need to install the app on their phone, sign-in with their Google account and Fit will automatically track everything, while offering users their week-to-week and day-to-day activity stats.
Google Fit is currently available for download on Google Play Store for devices running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich and above.
