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Looks like their iOS app already uses swift and the android one is neglected. I hate that I feel like a 2nd class citizen when comparing Android vs iOS running apps, the Android one is just so inferior and buggy, once I lost like 4-5 runs because it could sync with its servers.

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If you look at their jobs page, there seems to have been a surge of Android development positions that I did not see there before. So it seems like they may be ramping up on the Android side of things now.

Either that or the Android team quit.

or fired

You have to take into account that they have strong partnership with Apple. There have been a lot of Nike products that were working only with Apple-branded devices. This could be the reason why they treat Android like the 2'nd class platform.

Confirming your point:

https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/30/apple-ceo-tim-cook-takes...

Not to mention Tim Cook has been on the board of directors for the last decade.

At least there's an Android app. Anyone remember the shoes that would only talk to an iPod?

Might be out of fashion, but I'm wearing one of those right now.

I did end up buying an iPod shuffle to go along with it and then just struggled for months trying to put music on it with a linux box, because plugging it into a friend's mac would wipe out all music that was already there.

Nearly made the same mistake again with the Nike+ Fuel Band.

All complaints said, the shoes are pretty comfortable despite 7 years of wear - Nike knows how to make them.

That system even predates the first iPhone, it was kind of revolutionary at the time, and it worked surprisingly well given that it did so without GPS.

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