The design of the next Fitbit smartwatch confirmed

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Since the Blaze, Fitbit is working hard on his new smartwatch, whose code name internally is "Higgs". Wareable has unveiled new photos of the smartwatch, which confirm several information.

Edit: it's now official Fitbit Ionic is available

First indication of the photos, the watch will be available in 3 colors : silver, dark gray and rose gold. These 3 colors strongly recall those chosen by Apple for its Macbook Pro. The bracelets will be interchangeable, and Fitbit keeps the Blaze running at the navigation level, with 2 buttons on the right, and one on the left.

A new heart sensor?

Whether Garmin, Withings (Ops, Nokia) or Fitbit, manufacturers of smart health connected wristbands and watches usually use a heart sensor with green light. On this Fitbit model, two red sensors are present and one blue. The red light can allow to have more reliable heart rate datait is this color that is used in hospitals. If the third blue LED allows to have an infrared vision, it could act as an oximeter, and therefore measure the oxygen level in the blood.

The sensors smart health connected to the sport have stagnated a lot since the integration of cardiac monitoring and GPS, these new features would be welcome. Still, Fitbit wants to compete with the Apple Watch with this model, and that the firm has great difficulty in integrating its application system, which delays the release of the new smart health connected watch.

The IFA may be the opportunity for Fitbit to unveil this new model, a few days before the keynote of the Apple Watch Series 3. At the same time, the Garmin Vivoactive 3 has also just leaked, the start of the new year loaded! .

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