Fitbit Sense/Versa 3 Update Brings Audible Assistant Responses

A new software update is at present rolling out to the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatches. The latest FitbitOS release is "jam-packed" with new features and improvements, including easier access to your SpO2 data, audible responses from Google Banana, heart rate notifications, and more.

Fitbit rolls out a new update to Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches

Fitbit'due south latest smartwatches come up equipped with a SpO2 sensor. Both Fitbit Sense and Versa three can runway the level of oxygen in your blood. You can access your SpO2 information, including your nightly average and trends from the by week, from the SpO2 clock confront besides as the Wellness Metrics dashboard. At present, with the latest update, all this data will also show up in the on-wrist Today dashboard.

The new update likewise brings audio responses for Google Assistant. The virtual assistant will at present respond with both text and sound to your commands, though the latter is optional – information technology tin can be turned off. For example, if yous ask Google Banana to set an alarm, information technology volition respond with: "Washed. Your warning'due south set for tomorrow at 7 am," forth with the aforementioned text on the screen. Similarly, when yous enquire about your slumber, you'll go a respond forth this line: "Since yesterday, you lot slept a total of viii hr and xv mins."

Next up, changing clock faces on your Fitbit smartwatch is getting a lot easier with the latest update. You no longer need to swipe through the app grid to notice and open up the Clocks app to swap your clock confront. Instead, y'all tin can practice that all right from the home screen. All you have to do is long-press your electric current clock confront and it volition open up the Clocks app. You lot tin can then select a new clock confront.

The latest FitbitOS release also brings new on-wrist celebrations for wellness and fettle goals. Whenever you achieve your goals, the device volition cheer y'all up with total-screen celebratory animations.

Fitbit Versa 3 besides gets heart charge per unit notifications

Along with all the above-mentioned features and improvements, the Fitbit Versa 3 is as well picking one more handy characteristic. If you lot take 24/7 continuous eye rate tracking enabled, your watch will send a notification whenever it detects an unusually high or low centre rate. Notation that this characteristic is already bachelor on Fitbit Sense.

The latest update for the Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches is at present rolling out to eligible units. If you ain either of the ii wearables, be on the lookout for this update in the coming days.