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The odd slide-in metal clasp design feels, well, like the clasp on a bra strap. It's fine once it's on, but it's not great to remove and attach again. You can wear the Up3 in the shower, or while washing your hands, according to Jawbone, but it's not meant for swimming. It has basically the same water resistance level as previous Up bands.

One thing that's definitely better is how it charges. The Up3 requires an included USB dongle, but it magnetically snaps onto the back of the band.

And the dongle's bendable, so you could place it somewhere and have the Up3 sticking onto it, charging. The Up3 measures heart rate using a completely different technology than most current wristbands: instead of a green LED, it uses metal studs to measure bioimpedance.

Down the road, Jawbone says, these sensors could also be used to measure skin temperature variations, hydration, even stress levels. But, right now, all they're being used for is sleep tracking and resting heart rate.

Some of these features are ones that the Basis Peak also claimed to be able to measure, but never seemed to in a meaningful way. But at least the Basis Peak does real-time heart rate tracking for exercise and daily use, and it even has a screen. It was also bigger, and uglier. So: the Jawbone Up3 cannot currently be used an active heart rate monitor.

It only measures resting heart rate right now, overnight, as you're sleeping. That averaged number appears in a small heart-shaped icon on the Jawbone Up app's home screen, and that's it. What do I do with that number? Good question. Jawbone has suggested that this simplified resting heart rate number is meant to help people understand heart rate and start with a digestible piece of data.

Heart rate is a weird thing; it can run high or low, and that doesn't necessarily indicate anything about your health.

Heart rate monitors are contextual. Heart rate depends on what you're doing, and other factors in the your general health. Low resting heart rate is considered to be a good thing, but how low?

There's no real goal to this game, unlike the 10,step metric for pedometer-based fitness bands. I see my resting heart rate is 57 one day, 60 another, 58 the next. Jawbone's app hasn't told me anything about what this means, or what I need to do next with that data. It feels useless. The Up3 also uses heart rate monitoring to improve sleep tracking, and it seems to have a slight impact.

Band-based sleep analysis is no replacement for a real medical-grade sleep study, but this is meant to help you understand how generally well-rested you've been: deep sleep equates to body rest, and REM to brain rest. But as I looked at my sleep charts on the Up app, again, it was hard to draw any conclusions The Up app does a great job of encouraging proper sleep and calculating proper bedtimes based on your daily living habits, even setting vibrating bedtime alarms, but I don't think the extra dimension of REM sleep made any difference.

The more affordable Up2 band's simpler but perfectly effective sleep tracking is perfectly fine. The Up3 could gain extra features down the road, but when will they arrive?

Who knows. Jawbone plans on rolling out extra heart rate tracking modes on the Up3 once "people understand heart rate," and extra modes, too. If you buy an Up3 band, you're betting on those features arriving. In its current state, it does less than the more affordable Fitbit Charge HR, which also measures heart rate during exercise and even has on-board display.

Another quick note if you encounter problems, the only troubleshooting info I have from the UpNotifications app says to make sure your firmware is updated.

If you figure it out, or have any other hacks for these little guys, feel free to post them in the comments. There are a ton of options, and I have only tried a few. For instance, I mentioned the Fitbit Charge 2 earlier.

I loved the small size and simple interface. The heart rate tracker can also estimate cardio fitness score , a measure of how healthy you are overall. I tried the Samsung Gear S2. It has built-in apps for heart rate, GPS tracking of exercises. Most of the apps available for the phone are actually just watch faces which is disappointing. I love that this watch was waterproof so I could shower and swim with it, and the wireless charging feature.

Eventually I got rid of it though because it had to be recharged every day. I got it used so maybe the previous owner had messed up the battery. Regardless, I moved on. I settled on the Garmin Vivoactive 3 which I charge about as often as the Fitbit, only once a week. It also has a great heart rate monitor and is one of the few watches with Heart Rate Variability HRV monitoring features which can be used to determine how healthy you are.

It is also waterproof, and has a full color screen which you can easily see in full daylight. This is very unlikely given the current scenario. The best option is to move to another company. How do you connect your Up24 to your phone without having to create an account? If you exit the app, the device stops being connected to my phone.

I miss my Jawbone and was so happy to find this info! Please helo! Likely not. This is the guy who wrote it I believe. Millions of customers who own a Jawbone UP activity tracker faced that question this month after learning the company was liquidating after manufacturing issues, a legal battle with rival Fitbit, and months of complaints by customers over paltry customer service.

Jawbone says that in its case, a successor company — Jawbone Health — has acquired certain assets including customer data from Jawbone parent Aliphcom during its liquidation proceedings.

The successor company will serve and support existing customers. Can you have it deleted, upon request? And if you're ready to move on or are forced to , how can you get it back?

In the case of Jawbone, the new company — Jawbone Health, headed by Jawbone co-founder and chief executive Hosain Rahman — says all customers have to do is ask. It is their data," says Jawbone Health spokesperson Mark Veverka in an emailed statement.

When it comes to transferring your data from one fitness tracker company to another, keep in mind the information may not easily import into the new app. There are some public forums that discuss importing Jawbone data into Fitbit, for example, but the success appears to be mixed often requiring a third-party app as a middleman.