The new sleep experience is not a good change. It lacks the colour, design and elegance of the previous one. The use of numbers, dotted lines and linear style information looks like it was created by bookeepers rather than artists. Surely the measure of a good graphic user interface must be its ability to provide the maximum useful information in the quickest and most appealing way. The new sleep experience telepgraphs the message that I better make more time to figure out what I need to know from the former app. The fact that Google and Fitbit rolled this out with such obvious shortcomings is a worry. They must lack talent on the development side to make such an error.
Of all the information I gather from my Versa 2, the sleep analysis was always of the greatest interest to me. Getting a good sleep is an imortant part of staying healthy, especially as you age. Deep sleep in particular holds the promise of rebuilding the body naturally through rest. The previous Fitbit sleep app was an exceptional piece of design and functionality. I can only hope that Fitbit will give their users the option to choose which version of the sleep app they prefer. I'm surprised the company wouldn't have found out user preference by beta testing through focus groups rather than just releasing this disappointing change.
Perhaps if Fitbit and Google lack an appreciation of what they've done to their users sleep experience, I suggest they hire some people from Apple that have been involved with their Smart Watch design group. Sadly after years with Fitbit I am now thinking of seriously of moving to an Apple health device just to get something that more resembles my former Fitbit sleep app.
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