You’d be forgiven for thinking from sparing posts that not much is going on at Fitabase. Not the case; we’ve been quiet because we’ve been very hard at work on a great many R&D projects and new initiatives, all poised to be announced at various times throughout 2026.
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You’ll now be able to see wheelchair metrics for participants who have wheelchair mode activated on their Garmin devices.
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For this iteration of the EBBI metric, Garmin has changed the way it processes data, leading to a more accurate dataset, and added a confidence score to each beat rating.
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Move affirms Google’s commitment to wearable use in studies
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We’re excited to share some recently-launched features that will make observing your participants a bit easier, especially when they’re setting up their devices away from your lab.
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Webinar Replay: Back in August, we hosted a webinar with our friends at Fitbit – our first since 2020 – to discuss new investments Fitbit is making in their devices, APIs, and processes for researchers, as well as additions to our own product line.
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Join Fitabase and Fitbit for a look at how we're working together to make using Fitbit devices even simpler for research, including a simplified workflow for researchers needing to create Google accounts for participants.
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Happy new year from Fitabase! We’ve spent the first month of 2024 hard at work on new additions and updates that you might have noticed. Here’s what we launched in January.
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We’ve been hard at work on new tools and new data sets. Here’s what you’ll find in the platform once you sign up for a trial or get your project going
Read moreWe encourage you to consider the number of Fitbit.com accounts your study will need, and create them as soon as possible, well ahead of the Google account requirement deadline of mid-June this year.
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We’ll work only 4 days a week but don’t worry: we’ll have an on-call rotation for emergencies.
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The Health Equity Initiative was launched in 2021 and supports teams that are looking at new ways to use wearable devices to mitigate health disparities.
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There is some hope that consumer wearable manufacturers may one day partner with scientists to develop standardized metrics and algorithms. Until that day, there are two major keys to using consumer wearables.
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We have a lot of exciting things in store for 2023, and can't wait to hear your thoughts on them. For now, here's a quick list of 2022 highlights.
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A few new things to check out in our smartwatch messaging tools.
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One of the primary goals of the handbook is to be the first place someone goes for help before firing up an email about an issue they’ve run into. So, if you want to make your own, keep that in mind and ask yourself these questions.
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How can we shorten messages for viewing on a smartwatch screen? Let’s edit one together using our top tips for small-screen writing.
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You can now track heart rate variability, blood oxygen level, and breathing rate of your participants the same way you’ve monitored activity and biometric data for years.
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This past April, Fitbit and Fitabase announced the launch of the Fitbit Health Equity Research Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to support underrepresented early career researchers who are actively investigating health disparities in under-resourced communities. Fitbit will award more than a total of $300,000 in Fitbit devices and services, while we’ll provide all projects with access to the Fitabase data management platform to help researchers maximize study participation and analysis.
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Here’s what you’ll find next time you log into your account and navigate to Project Settings, then Team & Permissions.
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We've heard customers ask us for ways to ensure that they get as much high-resolution data from their participants as possible and reminding them via text message to sync on a regular basis is the best way to make that happen.
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Fitabase and Fitbit are partnering to award up to $500,000 worth of devices and services as part of a joint initiative to address disparities. Apply now to the Fitabase & Fitbit Health Equity Initiative
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We've been working on something we think you're going to like!
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We’ve helped researchers make a leap to messaging directly on a smartwatch. Now, we want to help you make that same leap.
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Pushing the boundaries of wearables in a just-in-time intervention for promoting fluid intake
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If you’ve noticed recently that the platform feels a bit zippier, you’re not imagining it.
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Aaron, Jessica and Hailey will be manning our virtual booth starting April 15!
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Fitbit devices that are equipped with heart rate sensors use a common formula based on the wearer’s age to determine three main heart rate zones: Peak, Cardio and Fat Burn.
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Many of you see participants in person as part of your study protocol and this may become more difficult for a short period of time, causing study delays. This is not something we want to profit from nor squeeze your budgets for.
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We're testing a new-to-us idea in the new year: virtual office hours!
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Almost nine years ago, I flew up to San Francisco to pitch a Fitbit VP on an idea: research with Fitbits and the right platform to power it. That meeting, the product of a cold email in Fitbit's early days, was a milestone for Fitabase. I had been fascinated with the first Fitbit model since it launched in 2009 and knew there was possibility there for it to do more than a basic pedometer ever could. My confidence in its abilities, the value of what I pitched and my background in research convinced that VP to let me take a swing at the idea myself. Almost a decade later, Fitabase has powered more than 650 research projects all around the world.
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New year, new datasets. Today, we announced a new integration that we hope will make a big difference in diabetes and glucose monitoring research. Dexcom, a pioneer in the glucose monitoring world (and another San Diego-based company, like us!) has now opened made data through an official API available to Fitabase. We’ve been asked about this for a while, so we’re excited to be able to roll this out.
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Today, we announced something big with our friends from Garmin: data from their entire line of wearable devices can now be gathered by and analyzed using the Fitabase platform.
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RTI was just announced as a winner of the RTI Wins CDC’s Healthy Behavior Data Challenge. We talked to lead researcher, Robert Furberg, about their project and how they used Fitabase to quickly capture the data they needed.
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Check out our latest update to the Fitbit Research Library!
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We're excited to announce a feature and new data exports!
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Our Fitbit Research Library has surpassed 500 publications!
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Now you can use Fitabase to learn more about walking, running, and other activity behavior!
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We're proud to announce our support of the City Of Santa Monica Fitbit project.
Read moreWe are offering no-cost project extensions to all those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
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Use our Fitbit Research Library to explore published research using Fitbit devices.
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