On September 28, Amazon unveiled a series of new products, including a home safety robot, a Mickey Mouse theme Theme Smart Speaker, and a second iteration of the Fitness Halo tracker. Unlike the original halo band, which was a passive device that powered biometric data in a smartphone application, the new Halo View has a screen and looks much more like a classic fitness notebook.
Halo See all the offers you propose Wait for an entry-level fitness tracking tool, including heart rate and oxygen monitoring in the blood, training tracking, monitoring of the Sleep, smartphone notifications, and monitoring the temperature of the skin. What distinguishes is outside the competition is the price – at $ 79.99 (about £ 60 / $ 110), it is one of the cheapest around. For this, you will be able to see the number of steps per day, activity sessions, heart rate, calories burned, spent time asleep and awake, and sleep temperature.
If you think that the sounds of the list rather short, it is because the halo see other parameters – including the activity score, the intensity of the activity, the sleep score and the stages of the Sleep – are locked behind a paywall, and accessible only if you have an Amazon Halo subscription.
The entrance price is not particularly steep. You get 12 months free with a new halo view, after which it is a rolling payment of $ 3.99 (about £ 3 / at $ 5.50) per month. It is cheap for a service that also includes guided workouts, meditation and mindfulness sessions; recipes and nutrition tips; Personalized exercise plans to help improve functional mobility; and the analysis of the body composition. Indeed, it is a fraction of Apple Fitness Plus.
What is interesting is that Amazon has chosen to draw halo see the owners in some locking by the measurements that you could normally expect to be free – and perhaps a sign of things to come.
Ready or Not…
Fitbit owners should not pay a month to check their sleep and activity scores, but they will have more fitness tracking if they subscribe to Fitbit Prime. As Amazon, Fitbit offers new owners of a free trial, after which membership is $ 9.99 / £ 7.99 / at $ 15.49 a month.
As Amazon subscribers Halo, Fitbit Premium members also have access to a catalog of training sessions led by an instructor, as well as nutrition and meditation tips. They also get a more in-depth analysis of their health data. This includes customizations to help you develop healthier habits, detailed ventilation of your sleep habits per night, and (if you have a Fitbit Sense) an analysis of your daily stress score.
These are all great to have, and really help you get the most out of your device, but not the main features have been hidden for the eyes of subscribers. Until now.
When Fitbit unveiled his last fitness follow-up, Fitbit 5, on August 24, he also announced a new feature – the preparation score. This figure is calculated using your heart rate, the history of recent activity, and sleep score, and essentially tells you the amount of energy you have for daylight advance.
If you are well rested and have a high score, the Fitbit application can suggest some intense workout sessions to get your heart rhythm. If you’re a little empty, he can offer soft yoga sessions so you can keep moving forward, but without burning you.
It seems impressive, but like Colorful Promo video Fitbit clearly, the preparation score (which will launch at one point in the coming months) is reserved for Fitbit Premium subscribers only.