Working out without any kind of music running in the background can be quite a drag, especially when you are in desperate need for inspiration and motivation in order to complete the last lap of your running regime. With millions of Spotify subscribers enjoying their favorite tunes each day at an extremely affordable rate, it makes perfect sense that curated playlists on Spotify are part of a gym regimen. 

Fitness enthusiasts who are always on the lookout to up their game would most probably have crossed paths with a Fitbit device or two before. These devices will help keep track of your physical activity while providing measurable metrics that allow you to know whether you are doing better today as opposed to the previous day's workout session. Such fitness devices work in tandem with a smartphone, and being the multi-purpose tool that it is, the smartphone is also a portable music player with a subscription-based model like Spotify often being the primary music app of choice.

Good news then, as Fitbit has worked to expand access to the Spotify app for the first generation Versa and Versa Lite fitness devices, in addition to the Ionic fitness watch. The latest update will allow the Versa, Versa Lite and Ionic to manage playback and podcasts on the music streaming platform.

This new feature that is enabled with the latest update ought to add more mileage to the three fitness devices, which means owners of the Versa, Versa Lite and Ionic watches might want to wait for yet another generation before finally making the decision to go for an upgrade. It might sound like a small matter to be able to control music or podcast streaming on this platform, but in reality, it offers a great convenience. In addition, Fitbit users are able to save their favorite tunes and podcasts online in order to have them played back at a later time. 

The Fitbit Versa, Versa Lite and Ionic will also play nice with Spotify Connect. Spotify Connect enables the app to be able to identify all of the other devices within the vicinity, where among them include but are not limited to TVs, selected speakers, game consoles and other similarly enabled electronics. With Spotify Connect made available in the new update, then these older batch of fitness devices will be able to double up as a remote for such products. 

Fitbit's proprietary store carries this app that gets everything done. If you are looking for a budget-friendly fitness watch without clamoring for all the bells and whistles of a flagship device, then you would be pleased to know that the Fitbit Versa Lite is currently going for a song on Amazon.

Do take note that offline play remains off limits to the Versa, Versa Lite and Ionic. It is not a must-have feature still, but a nice one to gain access to just in case. Offline play does work on existing smartwatches from other companies, such as the Apple Watch. Spotify on Fitbit made its debut with the Versa 2, accompanying support for Amazon Alexa to boot.