Jawbone offers new designs, free upgrades to fitness trackers
Jawbone has launched a new design and new colours for its UP2 and UP3 fitness trackers and a range of new features aimed at improving functionality and reliability through a free firmware update.
Travis Bogard, vice president of product management and strategy, said the UP2, previously only offered in Black Diamond and Light Grey Hex with classic flat straps, was now also available in Oat Spectrum, Gunmetal Hex and Orchid Circle. There is also an all-new design with two lightweight thin straps.
UP3, Jawbone’s advanced multi-sensor tracker, is now available in three additional colours, Indigo Twist, Ruby Cross and Sand Twist, in addition to the previously available Black Twist and Silver Cross.
He said a free firmware update through the UP App had been released for UP2 and UP3 users, enabling new features including automatic sleep detection and passive heart-rate monitoring.
With this new update, UP2 and UP3 users no longer need to tap the band to enter and exit sleep mode. The UP band now automatically detects when users fall asleep at night and when they wake up in the morning. The system will continue to recognise and track detailed sleep stages, with UP3 still capturing REM (rapid eye movement), light and deep sleep.
The new passive heart-rate monitor gives users a more complete picture of their hearts’ health. Meanwhile the Smart Coach feature gathers a more complete picture of the user’s overall health and behaviour patterns, providing more tailored and customised advice based on the user’s baseline heart-rate measurements.
The UP3 is available in three new colours for Bt7,990 while the UP2 will be available later this year, also in three new colours and with the all-new strap design, for Bt4,990.
