Fitbit's Next Wave of Devices Might Not Come with Wear OS

28 March, 2022 Wearables

 

At the point when Google settled its acquisition of Fitbit some time back, many were amped up for the chance of at long last seeing a Google-marked wearable gadget. Given Fitbit's mastery in creating wellness following equipment and Google's predominance in offering programming administrations, it just seemed OK that we'd at last see new wearable equipment to clash with smartwatches from organizations like Apple and Samsung. There was even word from Fitbit CEO James Park that a Wear OS gadget was being developed between the two organizations.

 

Fitbit's Next Wave of Devices Might Not Come with Wear OS

 

In any case, ongoing reports could propose that it very well may be some time before we see this work out as expected. An article from 9to5 Google expresses that while new Fitbit gadgets are not too far off, the organization could adhere to involving its custom working framework in its impending items, rather than Google's Wear OS as many had trusted. At present, Fitbit sells the Versa 3, the current gadget in its Versa line of gadgets, and the Fitbit Sense, a comparative looking smartwatch that offers a couple of all the more very good quality highlights contrasted with the Versa items.

 

The data was found in pieces of information from a decompiled APK, politeness of 9to5 Google. The report makes reference to several items codenamed as "Hera" and "Rhea," and both as far as anyone knows highlight shows with 336×336 goals. These are similar presentation goals seen on the Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense, probable proposing that the codenamed gadgets may be the Versa 4 and Sense 2. Another gadget codenamed "Nyota" with a gadget goal of 124×208 was likewise found, which demonstrates that this might be a replacement to the Fitbit Luxe, one of the organization's freshest wellness trackers.

 

Each of the three items were found with code connected with a "product span" liable for laying out a Bluetooth information association between the wearable gadget and a smartphone. Notwithstanding, the report expresses that this is not the same as the association strategy utilized by Wear OS, highlighting the likelihood that the gadgets could reuse Fitbit's own custom working framework.

 

Google's Wear OS controls a great deal of outsider wearable gadgets, including smartwatches from Samsung, Fossil, and Casio, to give some examples. The working framework permits clients to introduce different applications and programming highlights including first-party contributions from Google, and basically fills in as a contender to the Apple Watch gadgets. Right now, every one of Fitbit's gadgets run on the organization's own custom working framework.

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