I tried to measure sleep and heart rate and exercise using Google Pixel Watch and Fitbit app Review
Google's first in-house smartwatch, which appeared on October 13, 2022, is the Google Pixel Watch . Google acquired
Google Pixel Watch-Google Store
https://store.google.com/jp/product/google_pixel_watch?hl=en
◆ Installation and setup
Install Fitbit when linking Pixel Watch with an Android smartphone. You can find out about cooperation with smartphones by reading the following article.
I tried linking Google's smart watch 'Google Pixel Watch' with genuine smartphone Pixel - GIGAZINE
Also, install the Fitbit application on the smartphone side from the following Google Play store page.
Fitbit-Apps on Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitbit.FitbitMobile
Launch the smartphone version of the Fitbit application and tap 'Register for Fitbit'.
Select the device to connect. This time, tap 'Google Pixel Watch'.
Tap 'Setup'.
Enter the email address and password to register, check the item 'I agree to the Fitbit Terms of Service', and tap 'Next'.
A confirmation email will be sent to the registered email address, so click the confirmation link in the email.
Then, the screen of the application changes to 'Email confirmed!', So tap 'Next'.
Next, an explanation about the protection of personal information.
Scroll down the screen and tap 'I agree'.
Next, enter your name, date of birth, height, weight, gender and tap 'Create account'.
'About privacy and your Fitbit device' is displayed, so tap 'I agree'.
Connection with Pixel Watch starts.
If the connection is successful, the following screen will be displayed, so tap 'Next'.
Pixel Watch setup is now complete. Tap OK.
Check your steps and sleep with the Fitbit app
In the Fitbit app, you can view various information measured by Google Pixel Watch. Also, if you purchase Pixel Watch, you can use Fitbit Premium, a paid subscription service, for 6 months after activating Pixel Watch at no additional charge. However, unlike Fitbit, a healthcare tracker, Pixel Watch cannot use the functions of 'automatic exercise recognition', 'swimming stroke count', 'ECG app', 'sleep profile', and 'blood oxygen wellness'.
The home of the Fitbit application looks something like this. Tap the foot icon ......
You can see the record of your steps. The number of steps and walking time are recorded, and not only numbers but also graphs are displayed.
Also, it is possible to check the number of steps at that time with the Pixel Watch tile.
Tile settings are summarized in the article below.
The Fitbit app on your Pixel Watch also reminds you to exercise regularly.
When walking as prompted by Pixel Watch, the number of steps per day reached 5000 steps and got a badge.
Pixel Watch visualizes how much you have walked in a day, so you naturally feel ``Let's walk for a while''.
If you sleep with your Pixel Watch on, you can also record your sleep. Tap the sleep time item from the Fitbit app.
Then the record of the most recent sleep is displayed. Tap the top sleep record ......
In this way, the quality of my sleep is evaluated and the score is displayed. Tap 'Sleep time' at the top.
Then, 'sleep state (blue)' and 'awake state (red)' are displayed as a graph according to the time transition.
For more details, tap 'Deep sleep and REM sleep'.
Then, the sleep state cycle in time is clearly displayed graphically. There are four stages of sleep: wakefulness, REM sleep, light sleep, and deep sleep.
In the 'recovery' item, you can view the heart rate and tossing and turning records.
Pixel Watch is equipped with a heart rate sensor, so you can check your heart rate while you sleep.
It is also possible to see changes in blood oxygen levels.
In addition, the sleep state report will not be displayed unless there is sleep data of 3 hours or more. After returning home, I fell asleep for about an hour with my Pixel Watch on, but it only measured my sleep time, not my sleep state or heart rate.
◆ Heart rate measurement
Pixel Watch regularly records heart rate not only when sleeping but also when awake. Tap the heart rate item in the Fitbit app to see your heart rate record.
The heart rate per day is displayed in a graph as follows.
Also, heart rate can be seen not only from smartphones but also from Pixel Watch. You can check it immediately by using tiles.
Although Pixel Watch is equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement module, Fitbit's electrocardiogram measurement function cannot be used in Japan because it has not been approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare at the time of writing the article. You can see the ECG confirmation screen from Pixel Watch, but you need to set the smartphone side, so tap 'Settings'.
Then, the following screen was displayed, but I could not tap 'Start'. If approved in the future, it will be possible to measure and record electrocardiograms.
I tried recording workouts with Pixel Watch and Fitbit
Pixel Watch and Fitbit can measure exercise time, steps, and calories burned, so I decided to take a walk while actually recording the exercise.
Call the exercise screen with a tile on the Fitbit app of Pixel Watch and tap the 'workout' icon on the far left.
Then, the workout recording starts like this. Heart rate and time, calorie consumption, and 'zone time' that can efficiently burn fat are recorded.
The result of walking for about 17 minutes and 30 seconds is like this. To end your workout, swipe the screen from left to right.
Tap 'Finish'.
After finishing the exercise, the following screen was displayed.
Exercise records are reflected in the Fitbit app on your smartphone. Tap 'Workout' from the home screen of the Fitbit smartphone app.
Since the history of exercise so far is displayed, tap 'Workout' just finished.
'Heart rate' is recorded during exercise.
Also, in 'Energy', the transition of calorie consumption per minute is displayed in a graph.
In 'Impact', the progress toward the exercise goal was displayed.
Although the functions are a little more limited than Fitbit's healthcare tracker, by linking the Pixel Watch with the Fitbit app, basic healthcare measurement functions can be used without problems. At the same time, Pixel Watch's strength is that it is officially compatible with Google official services such as Google Maps, Google Assistant, Gmail, YouTube Music, etc., as it is a genuine Google smartphone. Since the battery life of Pixel Watch is about 1 day, charging frequency will be higher than Fitbit, but if you want to use it on a daily basis as an extension of your smartphone as well as recording your health condition, you can say Ali.
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