Users can now add the new Fitbit skill for Amazon's Alexa and use the prompt "Alexa, ask Fitbit how I’m doing today," along with several other supported health and fitness prompts. As the first wearable company to make stats available via Alexa, the brain behind Amazon Echo, this Fitbit integration adds convenience and fun to the daily routines of Fitbit users in the U.S.

Alexa recognizes voice-enabled requests about your Fitbit activities for any day within the previous week, including how you slept last night, how many active minutes you’ve logged, or the number of calories you’ve burned – all without needing to check your tracker or Fitbit app. This new Alexa skill will also offer words of encouragement to inspire users to meet their daily and weekly goals, and responses will even be tailored to the specific time of day. For example, if you inquire about your step count at 9 a.m., you might be reminded that "you’ve got to start somewhere," or encouraged to "try to take a walk today, but don't forget to stop and smell the roses."

Users of the Fitbit App, paired with all Fitbit trackers, including the recently launched Fitbit Blaze and Fitbit Alta, can activate the new skill via the Alexa app for all of Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices, including Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap.