Apparently there is not much difference between Fitbit and Garmin Forerunner.

Statistics are pretty similar.

I had expectation Garmin would be better in regarding of counting bike strokes as steps.

#Garmin
#FitBit

Please @altbot describe the images.

If I was a professional software engineer at the #Google #Fitbit team I'd quit trying to retain any sort of professional dignity.

The reality of the worsening application suggests this has already happened.

Fitbit: la migrazione a Google Account prorogata fino al 2026

https://gomoot.com/fitbit-la-migrazione-a-google-account-prorogata-fino-al-2026/

Google setzt Fitbit-Nutzern eine Frist: Bis Februar 2026 müssen alle Fitness- und Gesundheitsdaten mit einem Google-Konto verknüpft werden. Sonst droht der Verlust sämtlicher historischer Daten. #Fitbit #Google https://winfuture.de/news,149956.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

#running
#fitbit
#exercise
A little help please...
My Fitbit Charge 4 does what I need, until those annoying plastic bits break.
Solutions:
Buy a new one - No.
Super glue - possibly.
Repair - tricky, those two tiny screws have sheared off. ( It's out of warranty).

All suggestions gratefully received, thanks.

@neil It's also because they're not getting materially better.
I use a #Fitbit fitness tracker, and that hasn't gotten a sensor quality update or a new one in years.
Instead, #Google in particular has made the app noticably (without exaggerating) worse, and it supposedly gets most of the smarts from the main compute which now sucks.

Not the most compelling enticement for an new device.

US-Unternehmen meiden – Warum jetzt?
In den #USA boykottieren viele Menschen große Konzerne wegen ihrer politischen Verflechtungen. Wer das auch hier tun will:

US-Firmen: #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google, #Intel, #AMD, #Dell, #HP, #Disney, #Facebook, #Instagram, #Netflix, #Twitter, #Tesla, #Adobe, #eBay, #Snapchat, #Airbnb, #Fitbit, #Activision, #Uber, #Garmin, #Bose.

Alternativen: #Nextcloud, #Fairphone, #Qwant, #DuckDuckGo. #boykott

I'm so pissed right now. I've had 2 Fitbits and 1 Pixel Watch, and they have all failed shortly after the US warranty (1 year) expired..

It's so frustrating. I'm done with devices of these brands.

Fitbit-Dilemma: Zwangsupdate für Versa 3 und Sense löst Überhitzungsprobleme, aber verkürzt Akkulaufzeit drastisch. Nutzer frustriert über eingeschränkte Funktionalität. #Fitbit #Smartwatch https://winfuture.de/news,149021.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

#GWB - Pixel 9a: Käufer erhalten einige Gratis-Abos – das sind die Vorteile für Googles Budget-Smartphone (Leak) - https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2025/02/pixel-9a-kaeufer-erhalten-einige-gratis-abos-das-sind-die-vorteile-fuer-googles-budget-smartphone-leak/ #youtubepremium #googleone #pixel9a #Google #fitbit

#GWB - Fitbit: Praktische Cast-Funktion ist wieder da – Videos lassen sich jetzt wieder auf Google TV übertragen - https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2025/02/fitbit-praktische-cast-funktion-wird-eingestellt-videos-lassen-sich-nicht-mehr-auf-google-tv-uebertragen-u/ #schliessung #google-tv #Google #fitbit

To my fellow #privacy focused individuals. I’ve been using a #Fitbit for some time, and as you are aware, #Google purchased the brand a while ago now, and I have been #De-Googling my life.

What solutions have you found for #fitnesstracking? I’d be interested to know about any #OpenSource tracking options that work well with GPS and hiking apps such as #Alltrails, or other alternatives.

I’m new to this area of privacy! Beyond just taking the tracker off completely and going without.

#Fitbit 's metrics and analytics are so bad that I'll not replace it once this device breaks.
The "advice" is contradictory, the tracking is wrong, and some things are just so obvious logic errors that I'd fail the developers in an internship program.

Well done I guess?

I am hoping for #repebble to instead build the few things I want on my own ...

Fitbit écope d’une amende de 12 millions de dollars pour sa montre ayant brûlé plus de 70 personnes http://dlvr.it/THYfhk #Fitbit #MontreConnectée

Anyone else finding the new Cardio Load feature on #Fitbit to be unhelpful - or even actively detrimental?

It warned me I was significantly overtraining, and suggested I ease off - to bedridden levels. Even my walk to the shops was considered "overtraining". So as part of this experiment, I stopped treadmill & evening walks until it said to.

Now it's telling me I'm undertraining & to do a 60-90 minute run today. Dude, it is literally 44 degrees, I'm not doing that.

Wrist-worn heartbeat monitors (aka fitness trackers).

Is there any hardware platform that is on par with #Fitbit (especially when it comes to sensors and battery life), but a Free/Open Source firmware?

I've had it up to here to have to cope with Fitbit/#Google mediocrity and worsening software.

#Garmin sucks less but seems intent on selling me huge devices that do everything that I don't need nor want. And I'm not going to join the #Apple jailed garden.