Basis ships Peak Titanium Edition fitness tracker, updates apps with HealthKit, Google Fit support
Basis on Tuesday launched a Titanium Edition of its Peak fitness tracker, and simultaneously announced software updates enabling support for Apple HealthKit and Google Fit.
The Titanium Edition is functionally identical to its predecessor, which can monitor heartrate, sleep cycles, skin temperature, and perspiration, as well as tell the time and receive notifications from a paired iPhone or Android device. The new model is literally built out of titanium however, and comes with an exclusive "cognac" leather strap by Horween. A silicone strap is bundled as well for people who want to wear the device during intense, sweatier exercise.
Regular Peak owners can now choose from five new leather straps, sold for $50 each in black, gray, caramel, khaki, and light pink colors.
Later today, Basis should be launching updates to its iPhone and Android apps, which will enable the HealthKit and Google Fit support. Both platforms offer a way of centralizing fitness data, as well as distributing it to other apps.
The company is simultaneously debuting the Peak Playground -- which will let participating people test early features -- and preparing a May 20 firmware update which should improve heart tracking and add a stopwatch mode.
The Peak Titanium Edition costs $300, a full $100 more than the existing Peak. That does, however, leave it $49 cheaper than the Apple Watch Sport, which for fitness purposes can only track motion and heartrate.
The Titanium Edition is functionally identical to its predecessor, which can monitor heartrate, sleep cycles, skin temperature, and perspiration, as well as tell the time and receive notifications from a paired iPhone or Android device. The new model is literally built out of titanium however, and comes with an exclusive "cognac" leather strap by Horween. A silicone strap is bundled as well for people who want to wear the device during intense, sweatier exercise.
Regular Peak owners can now choose from five new leather straps, sold for $50 each in black, gray, caramel, khaki, and light pink colors.
Later today, Basis should be launching updates to its iPhone and Android apps, which will enable the HealthKit and Google Fit support. Both platforms offer a way of centralizing fitness data, as well as distributing it to other apps.
The company is simultaneously debuting the Peak Playground -- which will let participating people test early features -- and preparing a May 20 firmware update which should improve heart tracking and add a stopwatch mode.
The Peak Titanium Edition costs $300, a full $100 more than the existing Peak. That does, however, leave it $49 cheaper than the Apple Watch Sport, which for fitness purposes can only track motion and heartrate.
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And why this fucking POS is in Apple Insider's forum?
Not sure Titanium is a great selling point, I have not look at many watchs but have not seen a Titanium watch in a long while.
I owns a Titanium watch before and bought it becuase how tough titanium is and how light on the wrist it was. In the end I found I rather wear a heaver watch so I know I had something on my wrist. The Apple Watch is falls in the middle of my stainless steel watch and the older Titanium.
Not sure Titanium is a great selling point, I have not look at many watchs but have not seen a Titanium watch in a long while.
I'm kinda hoping Titanium makes a comeback as a Watch case option. It's ancient but my Titanium PowerBook is gorgeous.
basis had only two issues for me, no swim tracking and no HealthKit. One issue down and they acknowledge they are aiming to solve swim.
if garmin would add HealthKit perfect. they already have swim sorted.
maybe apple beats them to it, in which case I go apple watch. the race is on!
My Garmin VivoSmart interfaces with HealthKit. I love it, by the way, as a way to bide my time until Apple Watch 2.0 arrives. It looks like a Fitbit Flex, but has a touchscreen that shows all the stats without having to use a phone app, and offers music control, phone notifications (dismissable but not replyable), phone finding/phone out of range alerts, chest strap integration; plus, is water proof (5 ATM) and lasts 7-days on a battery. $149.