Garmin Fit App Announced For Android & iOS, Brings Garmin Connect Integration [Garmin Fit Fitness App Comes Available For iOS & Android, Is Priced At $0.99]

Posted on TFTS by Robert Nelson on Tuesday, 25. October 2011 under: Health and Hygiene, Household Tech, Mobile/Cell Phones

Garmin has officially announced their latest fitness offering, which comes as a departure from their existing Forerunner line. This latest is the Garmin Fit app, which is available as of today for both Android and iOS running smartphones.

The app comes priced at $0.99 and can be found in either the Android Market and/or the iOS App Store. And in addition to the app, those using Garmin Fit with an iOS device can also add in the optional Garmin ANT+ adapter. The ANT+ adapter is priced at $49.99.

“Garmin Fit is the ideal solution for users who are new to the fitness tracking landscape and for those looking to stay totally connected,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “To be able to utilize Garmin’s powerful fitness accessories with the same device that plays music, makes calls and uploads workouts automatically to share and analyze, makes Garmin Fit a must have app.”

And with that, lets get into the features of the Garmin Fit app. To begin with, this will bring integration with Garmin Connect, which should make those already using another Garmin product smile as their workout data can remain available in one location. Other features of the Garmin Fit mobile apps include being able to monitor your speed, pace, distance, time and calories. In addition, the app will allow users to control their music from within the app as well as still view and answer any and all incoming calls and/or text messages.

Moving over to the ANT+ adapter, again, this one is only available for those using the Fit app with iOS. As for what Garmin ANT+ will offer, this one brings your heart rate and cadence data in with the regular goodies that are monitored by the Fit app itself. And again, the data coming from the ANT+ adapter will be integrated into your Garmin Connect account.

And lastly, just in case you wanted even more optional accessories to go with your Fit app, Garmin also offers a footpod sensor which will allow you to track your speed, pace, distance and run cadence when working on an indoor trainer (treadmill).

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