Google Fit

It is going to happen.

Computing is becoming more and more ubiquitous.
It is more and more common to have enough computing power in a "small device", that can be for example a smartphone, a smartwatch, a wearable.
In addition, these devices have a set of sensors that enables to:

• Track your position;
• Measure the number of steps you do;
• Measure your speed;
• Read other important parameters like: temperature, your heart rate, and so on;

Obviously the next step is to develop complete systems to track your health, your level of fitness, to be able to figure out how to improve.

Both Apple and Google have presented a platform with the goal to transform your smartphone  in an intelligent device that can help with your fitness and health.

In the Android World, Google have proposed Google Fit. It is both an App and a complete development environment.
I have discovered it by change: last week I have taken a new Android Phone, a nice Samsung S5, and I have found this little, someway minimalist app, that track my activity time: Google Fit.
Nice, almost in every week I try to introduce some physical exercise in my weekly routine.

I have made some inquires and I have discovered that Google Fit is a complete platform, to enable developers to design and realize nice fitness apps.

It is a Cloud Service, that enables you to store fitness data and retrive by Apps and Web Application, through a REST API.
It is an Android API. to develop Apps.

I have given a look: for now it is an initial step towards a more complete platform. But it will become more and more interesting as soon as new Apps based on Google Fit API will be released.

Stay tuned.