help menu

Join us on the Community Forums!

  • Community Guidelines

    The Fitbit Community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas, solutions, tips, techniques, and insight about the Fitbit products and services they love. By joining our Community, you agree to uphold these guidelines, so please take a moment to look them over.

  • Learn the Basics

    Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on Community features, and tips to make the most of your time here.

  • Join the Community!

    Join an existing conversation, or start a new thread to ask your question. Creating your account is completely free, and takes about a minute.

Not finding your answer on the Community Forums?

Cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Is It Possible for the Alta to Show Steps?

ANSWERED
Replies are disabled for this topic. Start a new one or visit our Help Center.

‎05-14-2018 11:32 - last edited on ‎08-20-2020 18:17 by Fitbit Moderator

‎05-14-2018 11:32 - last edited on ‎08-20-2020 18:17 by Fitbit Moderator

I'd like the display on my Alta to show the number of steps I've taken rather than the distance (which shows up in both miles & kilometers right now), but I can't find a way to make that happen, even though my Main Goal is set as steps. Is there a way to make steps appear on the Alta's display when I check it?

Best Answer
Labels:
0 Votes
1 BEST ANSWER

Accepted Solutions

‎05-14-2018 23:42

‎05-14-2018 23:42

I think what is happening is that your display is in vertical / portrait mode rather than horizontal / landscape.

 

In this mode there is not enough room to display the full step count so it has to abbreviate that. The kilometers you are seeing is this abbreviated step count. So, 3000 steps show as 3.0K

 

If you'd prefer to see the full steps then you need to change the setting to be in landscape mode.

View best answer in original post

Best Answer
3 REPLIES 3

‎05-14-2018 23:42

‎05-14-2018 23:42

I think what is happening is that your display is in vertical / portrait mode rather than horizontal / landscape.

 

In this mode there is not enough room to display the full step count so it has to abbreviate that. The kilometers you are seeing is this abbreviated step count. So, 3000 steps show as 3.0K

 

If you'd prefer to see the full steps then you need to change the setting to be in landscape mode.

Best Answer

‎05-15-2018 08:25

In response to SteveH

‎05-15-2018 08:25

Thanks Steve! I do indeed have my Alta in vertical mode...

Best Answer

‎05-04-2020 15:42

In response to SteveH

‎05-04-2020 15:42

how do I change to landscape mode?

 

Best Answer
0 Votes