“Fitness”: what changes with the old “Activity” application

On June 22, Apple put onlinewatchOS 7and its share of improvements. Among them, we find, among other things, tracking of hand washing and sleep, the possibility of sharing dials or even a revisited companion application on iPhone. It thus changes its surname, and is now calledFitness, instead ofActivity. Overall, its objective remains the same: to measure users' efforts on a daily basis in order to provide them with a detailed summary of their performance.

By exploring the app in detail, we realize that it does not seem to offer any new functionality, but that its development was rather focused on amakeoverimportant which now allows you to access the summary of your objectives more quickly. So, goodbye to the five tabs of the version available under iOS 13: there are only two left on the home screen. Day by day, navigation therefore becomes faster.

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New design

In the first category,Summary, we find the “Activity Circles” of theApple Watch,one of which would be more important than the others according to a heart surgeon. Then simply scroll down to view your latest sports sessions, including for example dancing which can be measured since this update. A history is also available to view older releases.

The tabSharing, for its part, is very similar to that of the previous experiment (Sharing). We cancomparehis scores with those of other Internet users, such as his friends or family. Of course, the privacy options are there to choose who can access your profile.

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