{"id":226543,"date":"2017-08-28T18:36:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T16:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=226543"},"modified":"2017-08-28T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T16:38:10","slug":"fitbit-launches-ionic-smartwatch-built-on-pebble-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/226543-fitbit-launches-ionic-smartwatch-built-on-pebble-platform.html","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit launches Ionic smartwatch built on Pebble platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fitbit has unveiled the Ionic, its first smartwatch &#8211; and its first device built on the Pebble platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/190932-pebble-officially-sells-to-fitbit.html\">Fitbit acquired<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Pebble and its &#8220;key assets&#8221; for around $40 million last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Ionic features a battery life of four days or more,\u00a0automatic activity and sleep tracking, and cross-platform compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>It also has a\u00a0new SpO2 sensor, which Fitbit said makes it possible to gain deeper health insights by tracking conditions like sleep apnea.<\/p>\n<p>The Ionic also supports contactless payments,\u00a0GPS tracking, on-device dynamic workouts, improved heart rate tracking, and water resistance of up to 50m.<\/p>\n<p>The Ionic is available for pre-order for $299.95, and will be available from retailers from October 2017. A Fitbit Ionic Adidas special edition is also scheduled for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Fitbit added that its app software development kit will open to developers from September 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-core-family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226557\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-core-family.jpg\" alt=\"Fitbit Ionic core family\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-core-family.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-core-family-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-core-family-595x400.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-family-renders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226559\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-family-renders.jpg\" alt=\"Fitbit Ionic family renders\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-family-renders.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-family-renders-531x400.jpg 531w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-family-renders-571x430.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-sport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226555\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-sport.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-sport.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-sport-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fitbit-Ionic-sport-595x400.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/191276-pebble-smartwatches-from-rags-to-riches-to-rags.html\">Pebble smartwatches \u2014 from rags, to riches, to rags<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fitbit has launched the Ionic, its first smartwatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":226561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[25235,45623,10776],"class_list":["post-226543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-fitbit","tag-fitbit-ionic","tag-pebble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226579,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226543\/revisions\/226579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}