Windows 10: Tracking fitness goals just got easier with Fitbit skill for Cortana

Brink · Jul 26, 2017

Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Fitbit skill for Cortana. With this new skill for Cortana, from our partners at Fitbit, it is now easier than ever to monitor your health and fitness goals – just by asking Cortana.

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Earlier in May, we announced the public preview of the Cortana Skills Kit, which allows developers to easily create intelligent, personalized experiences for users of Cortana in the US*. Today, we’re pleased to share that the latest skill on Cortana is available, from our partners at Fitbit. With the new Fitbit skill for Cortana, you can easily monitor your health and fitness goals – just by asking Cortana. Users can access the Fitbit skill across devices and platforms, starting with Windows 10, Android and iOS and soon on the Harman Kardon Invoke speaker.

Fitbit is the leading global wearables brand with more than 50M registered users across the world. Fitbit’s health and fitness trackers and software are compatible across Windows 10, Android and iOS platforms, and offers the widest range of easy-to-use, smart and motivational tools that keep users engaged to meet their goals.

With the new Fitbit skill for Cortana, it’s now easier than ever for Fitbit users to monitor their health and fitness goals, sleep, stats and progress. Once you have connected your Fitbit account to Cortana, simply ask Cortana to get the information you need to stay inspired without having to pull up the Fitbit app or website. And because Cortana works across your Windows 10, Android and iOS devices, you can easily do so on the device closest to you.

You can say, “Hey Cortana, Ask Fitbit how am I doing today,” along with several other supported health and fitness prompts to learn about your daily progress. Cortana will not only read out your progress – like active minutes you’ve logged, how you slept last night, or the number of calories you’ve burned for any day within the previous week – but may also show you a short summary with all the handy information. If you’re tracking how you’re performing against your friends, you can say, “Hey Cortana, show me my leaderboard,” and Cortana will provide you with the extra motivation to keep you going. Cortana will also offer words of encouragement to inspire you to meet your goals, with responses that are tailored to the specific time of day. For example, if you inquire about your active minutes in the morning, you might be encouraged with “Today’s the day. Let’s do this.” Or, if you ask about your steps in the evening: “You are so there. I’d high five you if I could.”

Cortana understands natural language and makes it very easy to update Fitbit about your beverage and food intake without having to manually log the information. You can say, “Hey Cortana, Tell Fitbit to log I had an omelet for breakfast,” or “Hey Cortana, Ask Fitbit to log I drank 12 ounces of water,” and Cortana will update your Fitbit account accordingly. Cortana provides you with the convenience of being able to log these activities through voice, helping you maintain a fuller view of your calorie intake – along with the impact on your overall health and fitness stats.

There are many ways Cortana can help you engage with Fitbit. Here are a few you can try:

“Hey Cortana, ask Fitbit how much water I’ve had today”

“Hey Cortana, ask Fitbit how many calories do I have left to eat”

“Hey Cortana, ask Fitbit how many steps do I have left”

“Hey Cortana, ask Fitbit how many workouts I need to do this week”

To find out more, get started with the new Fitbit skill. Simply say “Hey Cortana, Open Fitbit,” and Cortana will ask you to connect your accounts by signing-in with your Fitbit username and password. You can then ask Cortana about your Fitbit activity. Happy stepping!

To learn more and discover the currently available skills, visit: microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cortana/cortana-skills/

*Available in US only. Other markets will be added over time.
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Source: Tracking your fitness goals just got easier with the Fitbit skill for Cortana - Windows Experience Blog

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TINKERBLINKSNOWYTOES · Jul 26, 2017

Cortana Eye test and Body Gesture

Cortana Skills should have Cortana Eye test. It should also have Body pose that would track body posture while working and using Windows 10 and provide improvement information.

Sven Johannsen · Jul 26, 2017

microsoft health vault lists apps that are not compatable with windows devices

Health Vault is a service. You do not need a cell phone of any sort to use FitBit. It can associate with your PC and the Fitbit app on Windows, including Windows 8. That ties you into FitBit's on line tracking. You can allow HealthVault to access your FitBit
info from the FitBit site.

There is in fact a FitBit app or two for WP8, and it will get your stats from the FitBit site, although as you say, it does not directly connect to FitBit devices.

So you are right that WP8 does not directly connect to FitBit, you are not correct that Health Vault lists apps that are not compatible with Windows. Health Vault has a broader reach than just Windows Phone, as do many MS services these days.

Windows 10: Tracking fitness goals just got easier with Fitbit skill for Cortana

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