Does Ace track exercise?

[PiqueMathsGuy]

My Son has now had his Ace for a few days. And he loves it!

But, the exercise tracker doesn't appear to work automatically, like with an adult Fitbit

Should it work? Or is it the case that you have to manually input exercises?

thanks

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[WendyB]

Looking at the Specs on the Ace it does not have smart track. So they would need to be manually logged

Specs: scroll down

https://www.fitbit.com/shop/ace?color=electric-blue

[DramaQueenDiva]

My guess is that since it doesn't have a heart rate tracker, the exercise might need to be manually added.  This happened all the time with my Flex 1.

[LZeeW]

@PiqueMathsGuy  I haven't seen the kid view of the app - I don't have a child/grandchild in the age range to set one up.  Does the kid view have an Exercise Tile?  You will need an Exercise Tile to manually log an activity.

[Roni_S]

@LZeeW, yes there is a 'track exercise' tile in the kid view which then let's you log it in.

[KateFitbit]

@PiqueMathsGuy just as @DramaQueenDiva, @LZeeW, @WendyB stated Fitbit Ace does not have SmartTrack to automatically track exercise. Under kid view you can set exercise goals and manually tack exercise in the Fitbit App as @Roni_S mentions. 

[Buckers66 · Accepted solution]

It's such a shame the Fitbit Ace doesn't automatically track exercise.  We got one for our son for Christmas.  I foolishly assumed it would automatically track his exercise like my Charge HR. I think this would be a great addition to the Ace and make it a whole lot more fun for kids.

[Adamwow]

Such a poor product the Ace 2. So disappointed with it. The screens are low quality, not much choice of screens either. I just added a walk as an exercise and it added on like 3000 extra steps for some reason even though it already counted steps on the walk. So even that feature seems useless. 

[MasLuc13]

My daughter has the Ace 2 and I am aware it will not automatically track exercise but how do you log it manually? When I click on the + on the exercise tile it, come up as a empty log and doesn’t allow me to add. She does a lot of exercise and what’s to log it.

[Karolina8]

We have the same problem. Can anyone help? 

[Mindfit3]

Hello.  If you push exercise and then tap the stopwatch in the upper right hand corner, you can search your exercise (walk, bike, workout etc.) and then you should be able to put the specs in from there.  I hope this helps.

[Lichimama]

How do you track exercise on then Ace 2 without it adding extra steps? 

[djfari]

You have to click on Track Exercise, then on the next page, in the search field you have to enter the type of exercise, let's say Horseback riding and then click on that and add the number of minutes or distances you have done of that exercise and then save it (or Add it). If you add number of minutes, depending on the type of exercise you have chosen, it should not add steps. 

[Grodenas1]

How I can see icon exercise in my son watch ace 2? I add exercise bike, run, swim and walk in the app but I cannot see in the watch, do you  know how I can see the options? So my son can select the exercise that he is going to do 

[Mindfit3]

I do not think there is an actual way to see it on the watch itself.

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[Grodenas1]

I don’t understand, I bought this watch so my son can select and track any exercise option, but it seems the fitbit ace 2 doesn’t have, i am so disappointed 

[LWMAPLE]

My daughters Ace2 adds extra steps! She was just at 8,700 steps. I added her 41min walk and suddenly it jumped to 13,000 steps!! Why is that?! 

[LWMAPLE]

You have to select all exercises within the app and add them that way 👍🏻

[Kaz1110]

How did you select exercises in Fitbit ace 3

[SunsetRunner]

@Kaz1110 It is not possible, ACE 3 (and all ACE series) don't offer possibility to track exercises.