It may be not just the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo or Gear Fit, Samsung has got this year in line of activity tracking. Well, if you didn't know, the South Korean manufacturer has a first generation fitness or activity tracker, S Band, that never made it to the markets. But this time around, we have the company's next generation S Band leaking in from a sales guide of their recently announce Galaxy S5.
The new activity tracker from Samsung has not got any kind of screen or display on the wearable, meaning it to be only a sensor on board. The unit will keep a track on the steps you take, calories you burn, and also monitor your sleep. The details of what the S Band tracks can be listed to the paired Galaxy smartphone, with the new Activity Tracker app and the S Health application, that debuted with the Samsung Galaxy S5.
Other function of the S Band includes notifying it's users of any missed calls or messages that lands on the connected devices, with a built-in alarm that makes the unit vibrate at times. The Samsung made S Band will also flash an LED if looses the Bluetooth connection to the paired device. The straps of the new S Band is too interchangeable, coming in White, Yellow, Orange and Grey color options. Lastly, according to the reports of SAMMOBILE, the upcoming fitness tracker from the Koreans should be compatible with all existing Samsung branded devices, where it will only require an updated version of 3.0 for the S Health application.
Source: SAMMOBILE