Google Fit: Lets Warm Up..

Google Fit App

When it comes to our fitness, we often go crazy.  But again our god “Google” comes to our rescue J . Google recently introduced  Google Fit which is an app to help track all our physical activities with minimal human interventions. All one need is a smartphone.

Google Fit leverages the sensors which sit inside the Android Phones to detect our physical activities like cycling, walking and running. Another great thing about Google Fit is that one can easily set his/her fitness goals and monitor them in real time on a platform of your choice ie desktop / mobile / tablet or a wearable

Google Fit can be connected to a plethora of devices and Apps (eg. Strava, Runkeeper, Withings etc.) The app aggregates the data from various sensors and gives us a consolidated view of our activities. Its like a one stop shop for all our fitness/activity records.

(Image Source: Google Play)

The Google Fit Platform

The Google Fit App is based upon the Google Fit Platform that Google has recently introduced. The  platform is a set of APIs which mingle data from multiple sources (devices, apps sensors etc). The Platform helps developers to :

• .       Store Data from Wearables and Sensors
•     Share data across apps built on the platform
•      Persist user data in cloud thus decoupling the data from the user devices

The Google Fit Platform consists of 4 major components , which are:

a.     The Fitness Store:  It’s the central place where data from all sources is maintained

b.    The Sensor Framework: It defines high level representations for various sensors thus making the interactions with Fitness Store easier

c.     Permission and User Control: Controls all the permissions and authorizations required for accessing and sharing Fitness Data

d.    Google Fit API: Android and REST API are provided to enable developers use Fitness data in native android as well as other platforms.

(Source:https://developers.google.com/fit/overview)

We will dig deeper on each of these modules in our next Blog..

So wherever you go , just slip your mobile in your pocket and your personal trainer is with you , following and monitoring all your fitness activities… Stay Fit.. Live Big ;)

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