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Tracking nutrition and VR biking get easier with new Works with Fitbit partners

Workouts get way more interesting when a pegasus is involved.

LAS VEGAS—The number of third-party apps and services that work with Fitbit devices is vast, and now the company added a couple more partners to its Works with Fitbit program. Fitbit announced that now its trackers can integrate and share information with the personalized nutrition and diet service Habit, the at-home biking system Peloton, and the virtual reality sports company VirZoom.

Habit is a service that tests your body composition and tailors nutrition recommendations and meal plans to meet your goals. Fitbit devices will share weight, body fat, and calorie information with Habit so it can update your personalized food plans. For example, if you want to lose weight but you don't exercise enough daily to achieve this goal, Habit will be able to use Fitbit's information to recommend a lower daily caloric intake with the proper breakdown of carbs, proteins, and fats to meet your goal.

Peloton and VirZoom have similar ways of using Fitbit information. Both can sync their activity data to your Fitbit account, and any completed routines will show up in the Fitbit app as a recorded exercise. You can also use Fitbit devices like the Charge 2 that track heart rate to monitor pulse throughout a workout.

Video shot/edited by Jennifer Hahn.

With these new partnerships, Fitbit is trying to incorporate other companies and services that have a better grasp on certain fitness features. Habit provides a more in-depth nutrition tracking system than Fitbit itself could ever provide, and as far as we know, Fitbit isn't making any connected bikes like Peloton or VR-capable fitness experiences like VirZoom. The end goal is to get as much fitness data to funnel into Fitbit's app via third-party partners—that can be done with integrated products like VirZoom's VR bike or Fitbit's wristbands like the Charge 2.

We had the chance to demo VirZoom's vSports and VR bike, and it was certainly a more immersive exercise experience than idly peddling on a regular stationary bike. Check out the video above to see the VirZoom demo using the HTC Vive and Fitbit's Charge 2.

Channel Ars Technica