

Consįails to record all steps: In our tests, the app failed to record the steps we've taken about the house while carrying our smartphone in our breast pocket even when walking outdoors with the device in our hand, it did not record all steps. This app doesn't force complicated graphs, but presents color-coded ones nicely. Pleasing design and easy to follow graphs: The minimalistic, streamlined design makes it easy for you to view your fitness data, compare it to your goals, and check your progress on a chart.

If you use multiple fitness apps, or keep switching between them, Google offers you a quick solution for compiling your fitness data in one app. Integrates with other fitness apps: Google Fit's main appeal is that it can take in fitness data from all the major fitness apps for Android and compile it into one place. For activity detection to work, though, you must enable Location Reporting & History on your device, or in other words, let Google know where you are all the time. ProsĪutomated activity detection: Google Fit kicks in on its own once you start moving, recording your steps and being able to differentiate between walking, running, and cycling. The new version of Google Fit finally lets you add activities manually, over 100 in fact, and comes with Android Wear support, but still has difficulties recording all your movements and lacks many features besides, even a basic calorie counter, making it seem a rushed, unfinished application.
