Support for receiving notifications comes to the Fitbit app and beta testers on Windows 10 Mobile

In January we already announced how Microsoft was preparing to support GATT and boost the use of wearables, a type of device that seems not to be going through its best moment with sales more than modest (especially in _smartwatches_).

And the fact is that the arrival of support for Bluetooth GATT Server was of great importance for users who had a _wearable_, since they Allows you to use the notification system by applications. These can have access to them to send to the _wearable_ so that if we receive a call, a message... it appears on our bracelet, watch...

And Fitbit has been the first company to update its application with support for GATT An update available, yes, only for users who in their day they signed up for the Fitbit beta program. This way they can download the latest Insider Fast version with support for notifications.

The new version has the number 2.19.983.0 and since it is a version for beta testers it offers a section to communicate _feedback_that produces the use of it. It is about users reporting any problem, failure or special circumstance that affects the operation of the app.

Users who install this compilation must, however, keep two points in mind For a place to make it workmust authorize access to notifications that appears with a dialog in the app itself.On the other hand, this version has malfunctions in Build 15055 so that if you are a Fitbi beta tester and have it installed, at some point some function may not work run successfully.

We hope that Fitbit will not take long to release this application to a public version and that other manufacturers will be encouraged to do the same, because one of the star utilities of _wearables_ is precisely to notify us of notifications from our _smartphone_ to prevent us from having to use it, so its non-implementation constitutes a serious inconvenience when it comes to getting real performance out of them.

In Xataka Windows | Windows 10 is preparing to support GATT and boost the use of wearables Via | Microsoft Insider