1. Smartwatches or fitness trackers

These are the most common type of wearable devices as they are easy to use and very practical. Smartwatches can track your steps and activity even without having your phone on you. They are accurate as they count every movement made and calories burned, and they are very close to your body. You can connect your smartwatch to your favorite fitness application and keep track of your activity level. It is important to note that fitness trackers and smartwatches are very similar however, a smartwatch can also play the role of a phone but the fitness tracker is only used to track your fitness level.

2. Smart jewelry

Smart jewelry is a smaller device that tracks your activity. One of the most known smart jewelry is the smart ring. You can wear your smart ring like a normal ring and it will count your steps and other health-tracking data that you can review later on your smartphone. You can find smart bracelets, bangles and other accessories, and also lots of brands.

3. Smart clothing

Smart clothing can provide more accurate and advanced data about ones’ health and activity level. These items could include shirts, shorts, socks, shoes, or other items. They can track data such as respiratory flow, heart rate, calories burnt, etc. this type of information can help alert the user of any possible diseases. Many clothing brands are coming up with a line of smart clothing such as Tommy Hilfiger. Furthermore, the smart wearable is not only clothes that you can wear for your workout, in fact, but lots of brands are also creating a piece of clothing that a person can wear during their normal day such as coats.

4. Implantables

These are devices that can be planted in the body or under the skin such as pills. They can monitor health metrics such as blood pressure. An external device is usually used to read the data provided by these implantables.

In the future, you will be able to connect your smartwatch to StepChain and track your activity level better, while earning some STEP Points.

Here is how to do it:

Start by connecting the device you chose to your phone’s health app (google fit for Android and apple health for IOS). You can then connect your StepChain application to google fit or apple health and your data will be automatically synced. Now all the data that your wearable device tracks, will be found on your StepChain app, and you will be able to gain more STEP Points using your fitness tracker.