Whoop has finally caved and added step tracking to its app, and you can set step goals, too.
If you Google “Whoop step count,” you’ll find a combative post by the company about why it doesn’t count steps.
“Simply put, no, it doesn’t [count steps]. Counting the number of steps you take ignores two very important elements of exercise: intensity and other movements,” the blog post reads.
But in a huge about-turn, Whoop has now added step counting into the app – and it’s live on my dashboard.
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Whoop teased fans with a cryptic X.com post, which pointed to the feature landing within the Whoop ecosystem. People got excited and thought it was a new incoming Whoop 5.0 – but they got more than they bargained for.
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But as you can see below – step counting now appears within the Trend View. In fact, it’s placed itself top of my curated trend pile. Thanks Whoop.
If you tap into it, you can also save a daily step goal, too.
It’s a significant change in tone, perhaps reflecting Whoop’s gradual shift towards the mainstream user.
I’ve been writing about Whoop this week, including this op-ed about how my love for Whoop is starting to wane due to fatigue over its tracking and a lack of feedback on my personal goals. You can read that here.
