San Francisco Aug 29 (IANS) Health and fitness wearables firm Fitbit has officially introduced Fitbit Ionic -- its long-awaited smartwatch with built-in GPS and wireless Bluetooth headphones called Fitbit Flyer.
The Ionic smartwatch would cost $299.95 while the Fitbit Flyer wireless headphones will cost $130. Both would be up for sale starting October.
Fitbit Ionic features water resistance of up to 50 metres all-day heart rate sensor contactless payments and an application platform.
The smartwatch also promises up to four-day battery life with features such as sleep tracking and includes a relative "SpO2" sensor which is missing from the Apple Watch a report in 9to5Mac said.
"The new SpO2 sensor measures blood oxygen levels and could be used to discover sleep apnea in the future " the company was quoted as saying by 9to5Mac.
The smartwatch also includes 2.5GB of local storage for syncing around 300 songs for offline playback.
The new Fitbit Ionic smartwatch features a touch display with brightness up to 1 000 nits for outdoor use.
Users can also swap the bands to change the style.
Similar to how Apple partnered with Nike and launched Apple Watch Nike+ version of its smartwatch Fitbit would partner with Adidas on a "special edition" version of the Ionic in 2018 along with specialised training programmes.
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