![]() ![]() The heart monitor enhances the accuracy of many other data types, including calorie tracking, weight-loss tracking, exercise tracking, and sleep tracking. I wasn’t especially thrilled by the original Alta, which seemed to be a big step down from the industry’s smarter (but bigger) bands.īut the Alta HR is a different story. I found that I didn’t have to think very hard to come up with an hourly excuse to get up and go do something, thus making my app happy. But man, this feature really, truly works. You can turn off this feature, and you can set up “Do not disturb” times when you won’t be nagged. ![]() ![]() That’s why the Alta reminds you, after every hour of sitting, to walk around for a couple of minutes. One study, however, says that just moving a little once every hour goes a long way toward fighting off those awful outcomes. That’s true even if you exercise regularly this article explains why. Sit six hours a day, and you’ll die 4.8 years sooner, according to a 2012 study. Many studies have established how deadly it is to sit for long periods. It automatically records that exercise, which is really slick. By analyzing the particular movement patterns of your wrist, it knows which kind of exercise you’re doing: biking, hiking, running, or playing basketball, soccer, or tennis. The Alta, like other Fitbits, can detect when you’re exercising, and record it correctly. Handy if your bed partner sleeps later than you do. Your band can awaken you quietly, with a wrist vibration. (You can turn off any of these notifications.) Super handy when your phone is buried in your bag or over there on the table. The Alta vibrates when your phone gets an incoming call or text-it scrolls the actual text message-or when a calendar appointment comes due. You tap the glass repeatedly to see these readouts. The Alta detects your taps solely by feeling the jostling of the entire unit.) Once you’ve awakened the Alta, each additional screen tap summons a different tally for the day: Steps, miles, calories burned, minutes active, battery life. To see the time, you have to double-tap the screen or just raise your wrist. (It’s splash- and rain-resistant only, they say.) But the truth is that it does fine in showers of typical water pressure I’ve been violating Fitbit’s no-shower recommendation for years without a problem. Fitbit, no doubt fearing complaints from people whose showers are modeled after fire hoses, discourages you from wearing the Alta in the shower. You can choose what kind of time display you want, and in which orientation. The OLED screen isn’t as bright as the one on the Fitbit Charge 2 you can’t see it at all in direct sunlight. To detach the two band halves, you press hinged metal buttons on the back (top). The new bands are interchangeable with the original Alta-which means that you if you own the original Alta, you can now get the better buckle mechanism. (There are also dozens of great bands for sale on Amazon-for as little as $10.) There’s even a gorgeous, shiny, stainless-steel, bangle-type band ($100) that takes fitness trackers into a whole new realm of jewleryishness-but, because it’s a bangle that dangles away from your wrist, sacrifices the heart monitoring. You can pop out the Alta’s brain module to insert it into a different band: another silicone color ($30) or a leather one ($60). You can hold your phone up and look around, turning your body, and see the stunning view that you’d see around you-no matter how gritty and depressing your actual location. For example, Adventures is a cool, semi-augmented-reality feature: As your step count grows through the week, it tracks where you’d be if you’d walked the same distance into the hiking paths in Yosemite, or the route in the New York City Marathon. Fitbit’s app uses clever cues to prod you to move more, and reward you when you do. The Fitbit’s job isn’t just to measure you it’s also to inspire you. ![]()
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