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Mar062017

Fitbit's new Alta HR is the slimmest tracker with heart rate tracking

Fitbit just announced the Fitbit Alta HR as well as new features on the Fitbit app, Sleep Stages and Sleep Insights, giving you actionable insights and guidance to make more informed decisions about your health and stay motivated in style.

“Alta HR and these powerful new sleep features demonstrate our continued focus on evolving our innovative technology to deliver deeper, more actionable insights to help our users improve their health,” said James Park, co-founder and CEO of Fitbit. “The miniaturization of our PurePulse heart rate technology opens up exciting opportunities for future generations of devices and new form factors. Our advances in sleep will provide millions of users around the globe accessibility to invaluable insights that previously could be obtained only through expensive lab tests.”

Alta HR is available for presale today on Fitbit.com for $199.95 CAD. In early April 2017, Alta HR will be available online and in stores worldwide, including major Canadian retailers such as Amazon.ca, Best Buy, Indigo, London Drugs, Sport Chek, The Source and Walmart.
•    Special Edition Alta HR, $229.95 CAD.
•    Classic fitness bands, $39.95 CAD; Luxe Leather bands, $79.95 CAD; and Luxe Metal Bracelet, $139.95 CAD.

Sleep Stages and Sleep Insights will be available globally in Spring 2017:
•    Sleep Stages will work with Alta HR, Blaze and Charge 2 devices via the Fitbit app on Android, iOS and Windows, and on Fitbit.com in the online dashboard.
•    Sleep Insights will be available with all Fitbit devices that track sleep via the Fitbit app.

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