About five years ago, someone created a feature request on the Fitbit forums requesting that they allow the device to act like a BTLE heart rate (HR) monitor. Simple enough, Fitbit devices have BTLE (that’s how they sync with your phone), and they track heart rate (at least most of them). Adding this feature, which many other HR tracking watches […]
Read more
I have had several Fitbits, currently rocking* the Charge 3 with NFC, and I have mixed feelings about the news that Google has purchased the wearables manufacture for $2.1B. Fitbit has been struggling lately, or if we’re totally honest, forever. It doesn’t seem to have a cohesive strategy, or understand its own devices very well. The pace of change is […]
Read moreI received an email today asking of I “was ready to upgrade my Charge 3”, with the Versa 2 being the target of this marketing. Clearly someone at Fitbit doesn’t understand what they are selling. Form factor matters, and that’s the main value in the Charge line versus the Versa, and frankly much more capable smart watches/trackers. If I wanted […]
Read more