Popular fitness tracker Whoop is finally adding Steps tracking to its line of wearables after nearly a decade, a remarkable turnaround and a feature users have been asking for.
The company announced the move this week, revealing that Steps will allow Whoop users to track daily steps, set exercise goals and view trends over time.
Since its launch in 2015, Whoop has purposefully avoided step tracking, with the company noting that “it was considered a less accurate measure of overall health.”
However, Whoop now says that recent studies show 2022 And 2023″have shown that daily step count is closely linked to a reduced risk of diseases such as heart disease, obesity and depression.” The company says the company is adding Steps to Whoop in response to these findings and feedback from its members.
Steps finally arrive on Whoop
Whoop says Steps, now available to all Whoop members, will automatically track movements and display step counts in the My Dashboard section of the app’s homepage. Users also get weekly, monthly and bi-annual trends, as well as notifications for records.
On to X, CEO Will Ahmed revealed The reason he changed his mind about Steps is because he “spent a decade bashing the metric.”
In addition to research linking step count to better health, he said that “members really wanted it” and that “I got tired of hearing that people would wear another device besides Whoop just to get Steps, which is a bad experience for members.”
Ahmed further added that Whoop’s Strain metric, a measurement of cardiovascular and muscular effort, would not be affected by the addition of Steps, adding: “We can measure Steps AND Tension. It doesn’t have to be OK. Members who want, can use it, others can remove it.”
Steps is now available in beta for all Whoop members, with updates coming in the coming months.