09-21-2023
11:48
- last edited on
09-28-2023
13:41
by
LizzyFitbit
09-21-2023
11:48
- last edited on
09-28-2023
13:41
by
LizzyFitbit
On the new app, on Android on a pixel 7.
The Edit Exercise panel allows me to properly edit Date, Start time and Duration, but the keyboard is not showing up when I try to update the Activity.
Moderator Edit: Clarified subject
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08-23-2024 00:19
08-23-2024 00:19
08-23-2024 03:04
08-23-2024 03:04
Unfortunately nobody there cares.
08-23-2024 06:24
08-23-2024 06:24
As of a few months ago, the keyboard to edit the activity has been showing up for me and I've been able to change the exercise type, but upon saving it would sometimes instantly revert back to "Sport" and I had to do it again. Usually this would only occur once per activity, if ever, but recently it's been doing it systematically and I've been completely unable to change the exercise type. Back to square one.
08-23-2024 08:09
08-23-2024 08:09
The support person I chatted with yesterday said the most recent upgrade (a few days ago) took away all ability to edit activities. He said it was based on "feedback from the customers" (yeah right) and if I/we wanted it back, to post an entry in the Product Feedback section of the Community.
08-23-2024 10:13
08-23-2024 10:13
Great! I just mowed the lawn and Fitbit recorded it as mountain biking!
08-23-2024 14:31
08-23-2024 14:31
And since they removed the ability to edit activities (including renaming), it will have to stay as biking.
08-24-2024 11:13 - edited 08-26-2024 14:13
08-24-2024 11:13 - edited 08-26-2024 14:13
Well, Google did it again. They broke a feature of Fitbit again. And this after they previously fixed it. A few days ago, there was an update to the Versa 4 tracker and an update to the app. I play table tennis, an activity that is popular the world over, not so much here in the USA. My tacker does not have this activity. So, I would select "workout", before playing, and then later edit it to "table tennis". I can no longer due this after the update. The tracker has new activities added, but not table tennis. So, since adding new activities they decided to eliminate the option to edit the activity you select from their list to the one you are actually doing. One commentator said that support told him this is what we wanted. Do they just make this stuff up to gaslight us? I could see not allowing editing if every activity was there, but that's impractical so eliminating this feature is inexcusable. I would also point out that since the tracker update, the time spent in heartrate zones is now different. When I do drills, I work out hard. My old Versa 1 showed a lot of time in peak and vigorous zones. When I got the Versa 4, the same activity showed practically no time in peak and very little in vigorous. Now, it is more like it was originally. So, I'm confused. My activity hasn't changed, but my results are different. Which one is correct? And finally, since they don't have a windows app, I would sometimes view my dashboard on the web, since it is easier to see things on a larger screen. That option is no longer available either. Fitbit Community sent me a Best Answer, but it is from September 2023. I guess it was fixed since then, since it was working for me until about a week ago when it stopped working after another update. I should mention that this on the Android App. I can edit the exercise, but the edit does not save when I click save.
08-25-2024 00:33
08-25-2024 00:33
08-25-2024 05:34
08-25-2024 05:34
I just had a Fitbit update on the app on IOS and it still doesn’t enable the edit of exercise type. Once my Fitbit is due for replacement , I’m moving to another brand. Tired of this nonsense.
08-26-2024 18:18
08-26-2024 18:18
I also would like to report a bug with updating the activity type in the Fitbit app. I have a Samsung A51. The app is updated at 4.23 (110102350). It will let me "edit" it, but when I hit save, it immediately changes back to workout.
08-27-2024 10:45
08-27-2024 10:45
Samsung S23 Ultra. I am able to modify workouts but when I hit save it reverts back to the original values. On occasions it fleetingly shows the edited values for a fraction of a second. It is as if it is being updated from somewhere else.
08-28-2024 15:36
08-28-2024 15:36
Yep, looks like the latest update to the app (probably on all platforms) broke the ability to edit exercise type again.
08-28-2024 16:28
08-28-2024 16:28
At this stage it seems fair to say that it isn't a bug. Rather, it is a feature that someone thought was a good idea. Clearly, whoever decided that has some agenda, because from the comments here, no one thinks it is a good idea. Maybe, it is time to be done with them.
08-29-2024 03:13
08-29-2024 03:13
08-29-2024 06:33
08-29-2024 06:33
So just got off chat with support and they confirmed (as the user said above) that this no longer an option in the app. That's annoying in and of itself but if you're going to disallow a feature can you take away the UI elements that let you think you can? Like don't let me go through all the work to edit and save and then have none of it take effect nor present me with a message that's like oh sorry that won't work.
08-29-2024 07:58
08-29-2024 07:58
08-29-2024 09:08
08-29-2024 09:08
Unfortunately, while this works, you lose all of your heart rate zone information. I can't believe they would take away the ability to edit when they know the auto tracking feature is far from 100% accurate!
08-29-2024 10:44
08-29-2024 10:44
08-29-2024 14:03
08-29-2024 14:03
Yes, this is what I do, it’s just annoying to have to do it!
08-29-2024 18:18
08-29-2024 18:18
Additional replies have said that support told them this was a deliberate decision on their part. If they are going to remove the ability to edit workouts, then they need to give us the ability to add all the available activities as a shortcut. Otherwise, what is the point of tracking any of my activities or the varieties of activities I've completed if I'm stuck labeling most of them as "workout"?