

So watches like its outdoor-centric Fenix series include an UltraTrac battery mode to give you more tracking time while reducing the rate it records data like GPS. It also takes into great consideration that using features like GPS or heart rate monitoring while tracking an activity can greatly reduce battery. Whether you go for something cheap like the Vivofit fitness tracker or something high end like the Forerunner 945, Garmin will generally offer close to a week of battery life and in many instances longer. One of the staples of Garmin’s fitness trackers and watches is the promise to deliver big battery life. All have sports tracking at the core, offering a range of different designs and mix of features. If you don’t have Fitbit Premium you’ll only be able to see that score, but with the monthly subscription, you’ll also see more details on what contributed to your stress level.įitbit says this expansion will bring Stress Score to “millions more users” around the world, something that’s important as one in two people are feeling the “effects of the pandemic on their mental health.”įitbit confirmed to 9to5Google that this feature is rolling out now.Garmin launched its first Forerunner watch back in the early 2000s and since then it’s added a range of lines including its Vivoactive and Fenix watches. Those all combine to create your daily Stress Score without requiring the EDA sensor that’s found in the Sense. The data is gathered using factors such as heart rate variability, sleep data, and exertion levels, too. When this feature arrives on older Fitbit devices, it’ll show up as a new tile on the Fitbit dashboard. Specifically, Fitbit is opening up the Stress Score to a few devices that have a heart rate sensor and are still for sale.

If you don’t want to invest in new hardware, though, the functionality is also being backported to the rest of the company’s portfolio.

The ability to track your stress and generate a Stress Score launched first on last year’s Fitbit Sense smartwatch and will also be available on the Fitbit Luxe when it launches this spring. Starting this week, Fitbit is bringing Stress Management and Stress Score tools to more devices.

During its launch of the new Luxe tracker, Fitbit is also expanding a popular tool to more of its smartwatches and trackers.
