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Just got my first smartwatch, the 360, yesterday.
Is there an app for tracking running/cycling without having to carry your phone around?
The Google Fit is very basic and gets calories very wrong when it comes to cycling. And Endmondo doesn't support standalone tracking for the 360 (would that becaome available with 5.1.1?). There are loads of apps in store but I can't install and check them all, anyone know of any?
Thank you
bv90andy said:
Just got my first smartwatch, the 360, yesterday.
Is there an app for tracking running/cycling without having to carry your phone around?
The Google Fit is very basic and gets calories very wrong when it comes to cycling. And Endmondo doesn't support standalone tracking for the 360 (would that becaome available with 5.1.1?). There are loads of apps in store but I can't install and check them all, anyone know of any?
Thank you
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RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
rsalas187 said:
RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
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It is a phone app wich works with phone GPS and you need satellites in view. Just send data to wear screen but not a Wear Fitness app. It do no use the watch sensor
Cinch. Good app by an XDA dev.
David
rsalas187 said:
RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
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Nope, I tried it and it doesn't use the watch.
DaveTN said:
Cinch. Good app by an XDA dev.
David
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This one just takes HR every so often in "work out" mode, the only option on the watch.
I may be asking too much. Maybe with 5.1.1 update we'll see more (some) standalone running apps.
The watch has no GPS, and not the right kind of sensors to determine a distance traveled. All you would get out of an app on a watch is time and heartrate sensor recording.
Smartwatches are not powerful, they work by offloading anything they can to the phone.
I use RunKeeper for my runs and have my phone with me. Since the Moto 360 does not have GPS no GPS app will work on the watch without a phone.
For a stand alone app I have found that UP by Jawbone does a good job tracking activity. If I walk inside at lunch time it will notice I was active and ask if I did an activity and then will calculate the steps into what that activity was. It has like 20 different activities including cycling. I have found that the step count comes pretty close to calculating the correct distance for running or walking, but will not be as accurate as GPS.
Here is the thread on how to link your watch to UP!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-360/general/how-to-log-steps-to-fitness-pal-moto-t2997158
Hi everyone,
Coming from a xiaomi Mi band I had high expectations for the Sony watch's ability for fitness & activity tracking (steps, calories, distance, time, sleep). However, it has become clear that there seems to be no all-in-one solution available (yet). Since fitness & activity tracking for me is important purpose of this watch I decided to share my experiences with you and hope you will share yours with me. I will try and keep my experiences updated with the latest developments.
All-in-one
Currently there seem to be no apps availabe that are able to track activities, sporting sessions and sleep.
Sleep
Currently the only available working sleep tracker for the Smartwatch 3 seems to be Sleep as Android.
+ Tracks light sleep, deep sleep and time awake
+ Option to rate your sleep and use hashtags to add information like whether you drank alcohol, etc.
+ Detects snoring and wakes with vibration
- No automatic registration, needs to be manually started and stopped
- Heavy on battery, +/-25% per night
- Paid app
Update 24 september: somehow jawbone up seems to have a global way of sleeptracking. It will ask you every dat to conform your sleeping hours, which it seems to do pretty accurate. However no detailed sleep statistics.
Steps & activities
* Jawbone up
+ very nice interface & overview
+ converts steps into time and distance
- no sleep tracking
* Google Fit
- less nice design than jawbone
- inaccurate synchronisation of steps
- no conversion to time & distance
* Lifelog
+ very extensive tracking, not only fitness but also social activities, listening music, etc.
- cluttered design
- drains smartphone battery
- sleep tracking doesn't work for SWR50
Running with android wear & GPS integration
Endomondo
+ great interface
+ shows small map on watch
+ shows signal of GPS strength, does very accurate gps tracking
+ customizable views
- type of activity has to be set on smartphone
Runkeeper
+ simple interface
- Doesn't show GPS strength
- Type of activity has to be set on Phone
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Ghostracer
+ simple interface
+ shows GPS strenght
+ interfaces with Runkeeper and/or Strava
+ activity type can be set on watch, but limited to running and cycling.
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Update 24 september: I figured out that the differences in session times were caused by different algorithms/setting for auto pausing. So turning autopause off will fix the 'problem'.
My apps of preference are currently: Jawbone Up, Sleep as Android and ghostracer (syncing to runkeeper and strava).
I'm looking forward to reading your experiences with fitness apps on the Sony Smartwatch 3 and any additions to the app list are ofcourse very welcome!
I have been using fit and sleep as android. The latter does have wake detection but does not turn on and off automatically. To get that, you need to use tasker, but I have not wanted to do much with that because I have been working with my battery life.
I have noticed that sleep as android uses about 20-40% of my battery power.
I am on the latest update with tilt to wake on (but I sleep in theatre mode, the snorting detection still works well with that on), but WiFi on. As of now, I am using the stock kernel.
With all of that, I am getting about 30 hours of battery life.
Try also Sony Lifelog App. But GFit and LifeLog often fail to properly detect your activities.
Check out the UP app by jawbone. Works pretty well.
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Updated the topic start with my experiences so far.
sinvida said:
Updated the topic start with my experiences so far.
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Thank your for your detailed report !
I tried Jawbone Up and tracked my steps, but they differ from watch to phone. Can you please compare and tell me if they are the same ?
example today:
SW3: 4039 steps (40%)
Phone: 7341 steps (73%)
It seems like the phone tracks the steps itself but I disabled tracking at the first start of the jawbone app, so it should not track, only the watch should....
Please check it, thank you !
pietropizzi said:
Thank your for your detailed report !
I tried Jawbone Up and tracked my steps, but they differ from watch to phone. Can you please compare and tell me if they are the same ?
example today:
SW3: 4039 steps (40%)
Phone: 7341 steps (73%)
It seems like the phone tracks the steps itself but I disabled tracking at the first start of the jawbone app, so it should not track, only the watch should....
Please check it, thank you !
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Hi Pietropizzi,
I compared my steps in the smartwatch with the jawbone app and they matched 1:1. Do you have the up app with the purple icon?
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Hi Pietropizzi,
I compared my steps in the smartwatch with the jawbone app and they matched 1:1. Do you have the up app with the purple icon?
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Yes I do, I paired my watch at the first start and disabled steps tracking on the phone app. Thats strange....
edit : I rechecked the setting and saw that the motion sensor of the phone was activated. I disabled it now and will recheck the correct sync tomorrow !
Thanks for checking!
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I disabled Google fit and am now using Jawbone Up for steps counting as you suggested. It's working very well and it seems very accurate at the moment.
I connected my new jawbone account with MyFitnessPal to sync burned calories disabling my Withings pulse Ox activity tracker sync.
I am using Sleep as Android for sleep tracking too and have prepared music, bluetooth headset and the Adidas X_cell heart rate band to work with Ghostracer.
The only thing missing is my first "smartphoneless" run
Thank you for sharing your experience
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I have prepared music, bluetooth headset and the Adidas X_cell heart rate band to work with Ghostracer.
The only thing missing is my first "smartphoneless" run
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Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
I just made a 30 secs try at home and it uploaded to runkeeper without any problems. I hope I can try everything tomorrow during a run and then upload of the right amount of data. I'll report back here
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sinvida said:
Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
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I figured out why the synchronisation was off. It was due to the way different running apps, such as ghostracer, runkeeper and strava deal with auto-pause. They all seem to use different algorithms explaining the differences. If you leave auto pause off in all maps than synchronisation from ghostracer to runkeeper/strava matches 100%. Problem solved!
Also a little update on jawbone up. It does seem to have some way of sleep tracking. Every dat it ask me to conform if I slept from x to y hours and mostly its pretty accurate. However no detailed sleep analysis. So sleep as Android is still required.
My experiences.
I'm using UP by Jawbone as my Fitbit replacement. I'm using Ghostracer on my watch to record runs, which is does using the onboard GPS, I have some concerns about its accuracy however. I run a 5k parkrun every Saturday, which for months my Garmin watch has recorded at 4.8 kms long, my watch Runkeeper tells me it's 5.2 kms! I tried Endomondo on the watch, but it seems to keep ending my run without my pressing any button!
I upload run data to Strava, which works well.
If you have a load of friends who compete against each other using Fitbit etc - then matchup (a website) allows you (And users of other fitness bands) to compete against each other.
Ghostracer works the best for me out of all the apps for running and it exports to runkeeper which is cool.
sinvida said:
Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
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I use SW3 and upload all my ghostracer tracks to stravia. So far, it works flawlessly.
Matter-of-factly, FITSO (A new fitness app) is pretty decent for fitness activities. It has all the basic as well as premium features of Strava, Runkeeper, Runtastic etc in its free version (doesn't have a paid version yet).
I think you guys should give it a try. Here's the link for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jogo.play
iOS users can search on their own
I only use the watch for tracking my running with Endomondo.
I have been using Endomondo since late 2012. Until Nov. 2015 on my phone and then on the watch. It has so fare been working flawless, and actuality the GPS tracking seem to be more accurate on the watch than on the phone.
sinvida said:
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Runkeeper
+ simple interface
- Doesn't show GPS strength
- Type of activity has to be set on Phone
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Ghostracer
+ simple interface
+ shows GPS strenght
+ interfaces with Runkeeper and/or Strava
+ activity type can be set on watch, but limited to running and cycling.
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
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Also...
Runkeeper:
* does not show heart rate stats on AW
* does not allow customization of AW display
Ghostracer:
* displays heart rate stats on AW display
* allows customization of AW display
I also have noticed that there is big difference of the running reading with the watch and the phone. For example, I ran 2km. on my phone (using Nike running app), and on my phone it was 1.65km. I don't know which device to trust. But your opinions here are great and helpful.
Looking for a simple app to watch heartbeat?
Using a bluetooth brest strap like Polar H7?
An alert if the heart rate is too slow or too fast is usefull and necessary?
Works standalone?
Look here Heart Rate - Sport Gear + Wear :good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pnn.android.sport_gear_tracker
I have Google Fit installed on my phone which automatically installed also on my watch. I am able to successfully take my Heart Rate using the Fit application on the watch, but it appears that the results never sync with the app on the phone. When I click on "show graph details" then choose the "Heart Rate" graph, the results are always blank. However the Fit application on the watch clearly has several Heart Rate readings. Can someone let me know if this is the expected behavior? Has anyone been able to view their heart rate on the phone app?
I am looking for the same functionality. I am also wondering why the heart rates taken with with watch are not stored and displayed in Google fit.
Is there a section that we are both missing???
I'm not sure why - I didn't do anything special - but mine syncs perfectly fine.... Maybe try reinstalling Fit?
Make sure that under accounts and then google, you have google fit sync setting on.
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Also try re-syncing all apps from the Android wear app.
I can't seem to get sleep records to show in Fit, either. Weird.
I had (and probably having) problems with Google Fit too.
Fit on wear didn't sync with the smartphone app, neither with watch sensor (datas shown on Huawei Wear app), neither with Huawei Health, I had 4 different results.
I wiped Fit data (on the phone), reconnected the watch (so, wiped watch data) and now Fit seems working.
Steps are synced and I can see them on the phone, Sleep as Android datas are stored on Google Fit too.
However I don't use Huawei Healt anymore
Anyway, @GuyInDogSuit what app do you use to record sleep data?
And do you guys have managed how to record heart sensor data during the day? On my watch the sensor is working only during Sleep as Android tracking
aroblu94 said:
I had (and probably having) problems with Google Fit too.
Fit on wear didn't sync with the smartphone app, neither with watch sensor (datas shown on Huawei Wear app), neither with Huawei Health, I had 4 different results.
I wiped Fit data (on the phone), reconnected the watch (so, wiped watch data) and now Fit seems working.
Steps are synced and I can see them on the phone, Sleep as Android datas are stored on Google Fit too.
However I don't use Huawei Healt anymore
Anyway, @GuyInDogSuit what app do you use to record sleep data?
And do you guys have managed how to record heart sensor data during the day? On my watch the sensor is working only during Sleep as Android tracking
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I normally use Sleep as Android, though it's limited in what watches it works with. The Fit is not supported, though Huawei Watch 1 and 2 are. I'm thinking of returning the Fit and getting a full-blown Android Wear watch, probably the Huawei Watch since it's got more custom ROMs than any other and it has great features.
GuyInDogSuit said:
I normally use Sleep as Android, though it's limited in what watches it works with. The Fit is not supported, though Huawei Watch 1 and 2 are. I'm thinking of returning the Fit and getting a full-blown Android Wear watch, probably the Huawei Watch since it's got more custom ROMs than any other and it has great features.
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Ops, I thought Fit = Google fit, not the hardware
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Hi,
In l'app huawei wear,there is a sleep monitoring function. But she does not work. How the trigger?
Today I use Sleep as Android, but I would use the original function of my Huawei.
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baka59 said:
Hi,
In l'app huawei wear,there is a sleep monitoring function. But she does not work. How the trigger?
Today I use Sleep as Android, but I would use the original function of my Huawei.
Thx
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Got it to work?
It doesn't work with the Huawei Watch, that part of the app is for their other devices.
I emailed them about it, they replied:
"Thank you for contacting Huawei Customer Care.
Regarding your question, the Huawei Watch does not feature a sleep mode and cannot monitor your sleep.
Have a nice day!
Kind regards,
Agnes
Huawei Customer Care Team"
I thought the last sentence was unnecessary, and slightly sarcastic!
krs360 said:
It doesn't work with the Huawei Watch, that part of the app is for their other devices.
I emailed them about it, they replied:
"Thank you for contacting Huawei Customer Care.
Regarding your question, the Huawei Watch does not feature a sleep mode and cannot monitor your sleep.
Have a nice day!
Kind regards,
Agnes
Huawei Customer Care Team"
I thought the last sentence was unnecessary, and slightly sarcastic!
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I am using Sleep as Android, and it includes a Huawei watch compatible app. So I have sleep montoring working with my watch.
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I use Sleep as Android and it works fine with my Hauwei watch.
jefe1955 said:
I use Sleep as Android and it works fine with my Hauwei watch.
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Yeah, I've been using sleep as android since Pebble but the thing is quite ridiculous that Huawei wear couldn't support the sleep monitor on such a great watch.
Does anyone else experience the watch disconnecting during the night and resulting in a flat line reading in sleep as android all night or no reading?
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Does anyone else experience the watch disconnecting during the night and resulting in a flat line reading in sleep as android all night or no reading?
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I have that happen about twice a month. The most recent time the alarm went off and I could not shut it off as the watch and phone were disconnected.
Got a H watch 2 which installs a sleep app and is able to show sleep monitoring in huawei health, on IOS app and Android app
My sleep app doesn't work I have enabled it and slept several times but says in the app no data
Hello guys, anyone using the watch at gym?
I'm searching for a way how it should be useful for workout.
Today I did 24 different exercises at the gym but none was recorded.
How it should be used as a fitness tracker?
Finally any application for tracking the stats? Samsung health is pretty weak at this.
bill_viper said:
Hello guys, anyone using the watch at gym?
I'm searching for a way how it should be useful for workout.
Today I did 24 different exercises at the gym but none was recorded.
How it should be used as a fitness tracker?
Finally any application for tracking the stats? Samsung health is pretty weak at this.
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Only around 6 exercises are automatically tracked and you have e to switch on that tracking as it is not enabled by default.
You have to manually record your gym sessions I'm afraid.
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Only around 6 exercises are automatically tracked and you have e to switch on that tracking as it is not enabled by default.
You have to manually record your gym sessions I'm afraid.
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Oh I see, so there's no automation for the exercises. And it's pretty hard to switch them on when you're on 1 minute exercise and no rest between all of them.
The watch looks nice but is very bad for sports tracking. I play soccer and there is no track for that with this watch. I tried with "other workout" option but is very inaccurate
Bliko777 said:
The watch looks nice but is very bad for sports tracking. I play soccer and there is no track for that with this watch. I tried with "other workout" option but is very inaccurate
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You can Try Map My run - but best is gear tracker ( has corrections) - app like polar.
I just use mine at the gym to track my heart rate so using the "other workout" to track it is fine. Everything else seems to be redundant.
Does anyone know how to change the number of reps for the exercises? I think it's set at 10 reps by default?
The us an option for circuit training and it will give continuous reading
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I'm curious as I do weight training also, I tried using 'Other workout' and "weight machine' but I find that it's continually adding calories burnt whilst in between sets (1 min rest). Has anyone found the best way to track weight training without having to pause/resume the workout?
Have a look at the STRAVA app for the galaxy watch, this app brings more possible workout scenarios to the watch.
Try GymRun. It allows you to configure your workout with sets, reps as well as rest periods on your phone, and then you can sync with watch. Excercises will appear in the same order on your phone, and rest timer will begin automatically as soon as you press on "set completed" button. You will also be able to change how many reps/sets/pounds you did directly from the watch (you get to enter estimations on your phone). It costs 5 USD but worth the money in my opinion (Beware to not but the premuim version on mobile because that is a completly different thing). If you want something that would count the reps for you, you can use the embeded app for that, but like others said you have to start it manualy each time.