It can be a bit distracting to have to check your phone to see how far you’ve been biking. Fortunately, it’s easy to get Fit to just tell you your progress.
If you’re spending the day riding your bike, it’s natural to want to know how far you’ve ridden so far. But trying to open your phone when you should be focusing on the road is always a bad idea. Thankfully, it’s not hard to have your progress spoken to you.
Products used in this guide
- Any Android smartphone
- Google Play Store: Google Fit (Free)
- Amazon: TicWatch Pro ($250)
How to enable spoken announcements on your smartphone
Open the Google Fit application.
Tap Profile in the lower-right corner.
Tap the Settings icon in the upper-right corner.
Scroll to the bottom of the list.
Tap Spoken announcements.
Select when you want the announcements.
That’s it! Google Fit will let you know what your progress is, either through your phone’s speaker or your headphones.
How to enable spoken announcements on your Wear OS watch
Open the Google Fit application**.
Tap Settings.
Tap Workouts.
Tap Spoken announcements/
Select when you want the announcements.
Our top equipment picks
If you’re all in on Google Fit, it’s worth getting a Wear OS watch to track your workouts right from your wrist.
The best watch for Google Fit
Mobvoi TicWatch Pro
$250 at Amazon
The best Wear OS watch is also the best for tracking your workouts.
The Ticwatch Pro features a GPS tracker, heart-rate monitor, and NFC payments.
The Ticwatch Pro is a genuinely good watch even if you don’t care about fitness tracking. If you do, it’s even better. There’s a GPS chip to better track your jogs, a heart-rate monitor for keeping your beats in check, and an NFC chip so you can leave your phone at home and still use Google Pay.
