AppleInsider Staff
Nike on Tuesday released a new version of its popular Nike+ fitness app for iOS, bringing integration with Apple's Health app, elevation tracking , enhanced heart rate monitor support and user interface tweaks.
Reaching version 4.6 with today's update, Nike+ Running gains a solid set of new features for tracking your workouts, not the least of which being integration with Apple's HealthKit and accompanying Health app.
HealthKit support means Nike+ Running can connect to Apple Health on iOS 8 for statistics aggregation and storage. The running app can also tap into Apple Health data to offer more detailed information like heart rate monitor support during runs when using a Bluetooth 4.0 device like Wahoo's Tickr products.
In addition, the app adds in elevation tracking for more precise workout monitoring, though the feature is designed for the iPhone 6 and accuracy may drop off when using iPhone 5s and below. Apple built a barometric pressure sensor into the onboard M8 motion coprocessor found in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, enabling calculation of elevation changes like those experienced when climbing up stairs.
Finally, a number of design tweaks include a new quick start feature and in-app gesture controls that cycle between music playback, stats viewing and a live map.
Nike+ Running is available as a free 46.2MB download from the iOS App Store.
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And the Nike Fuelband is smoking hot looking too unlike - you know .....
And the Nike Fuelband is smoking hot looking too unlike - you know .....
Yeah.. I completely agree. Like Moto 360 which is too big and the screen is not even circular. Or Samsung gear which looks really cheap.
But what I wanna know is if I'm only running and I already have Strava, do I need this app?
[quote name="matrix07" url="/t/183103/nike-running-app-updated-with-apple-healthkit-integration-elevation-tracking-more#post_2629319"]But what I wanna know is if I'm only running and I already have Strava, do I need this app? [/quote] Of course it's not [I]needed[/I], it's just a different app with a different feature set, doing basically the same thing as other running/triathlon apps. I think this app is quite good, and thanks to Matt Stuehler we can now export the .gpx files from Nike.com https://mattstuehler.com/lab/NikePlus/
[quote name="AJL" url="/t/183103/nike-running-app-updated-with-apple-healthkit-integration-elevation-tracking-more#post_2629337"]Runmeter is far better than this one.[/quote] You could have made a good point if you posted the reasoning for your opinion as to [I]why[/I] it "is far better than this one".
Health app integration is too late - I've already switched to Mapmyrun. I'll be sticking with it too since you can track other types of exercise than running as well.