Last month, app makers were supplied with an SDK to see what third-party apps they can come up with for the Ionic. The wearable technology that Fitbit inherited as part of the acquisition now powers the new Ionic operating system, called Fitbit OS. To have a hope of reviving its fortunes, Fitbit sought out a new creative direction and subsequently bought Pebble late last year. Not only is the activity tracker company late to the smartwatch game, its market share in wearables has shrunk because of increasingly sophisticated rival devices from the likes Apple and Xiaomi. It has an ‘App Gallery’, but the selection of available apps is currently very limited.įortunately, this seems to be something the company is working on, as over 1,400 developers have now signed up to make apps for the wearable, so with any luck the app situation will be a lot better by the time the Fitbit Ionic 2 lands.The Ionic is Fitbit's first real effort at a "true" smartwatch, and there's plenty riding on the $300 device. Smartwatches, like smartphones, are heavily dependent on apps, and the Fitbit Ionic can’t really compete there. You can’t add widgets or tweak the faces in any other way, which puts it at a disadvantage compared to most smartwatches.Ī software update could presumably sort this, so we might not even have to wait for the Fitbit Ionic 2, but hopefully personalization is added by the time the next model launches – if it’s also made available for the original Ionic then all the better.
The Fitbit Ionic comes with a bunch of watch faces, but what you see is what you get. Given its size and price you might expect the Fitbit Ionic to be packing a decent amount of power, yet in our review we found it to be slightly sluggish.Īt the very least we want its speed to be comparable to competing devices, which when doing things like setting up workouts it’s not, so we want the Fitbit Ionic 2 to get a power injection. The Fitbit Ionic is feature-packed, but sometimes feels lacking in power
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