Mobile Track for Android

[saundersokj]

Hello I have a Pixel XL, Fitbit Flex, and an Android Wear watch. I prefer to only wear my fitbit when working out, becaue it looks quite odd to wear two "watches".  

I noticed that Mobile Track is not compatiable on any of the several Android devices I looked into on the site (the Google Pixel isn't even list yet on the site), and I was wondering what the hold up is? Android has 3 times the Fitbit user base (based on iOS 80k and Android 233k reviews)  and getting senser data from the Google Fit API is relitively simple. Here is a link to sample code on how to access it (https://developers.google.com/fit/android/sensors).  Now for mobile track I beleive all it was gathering were steps taken. To get steps taken you can use this snippet from Google's Fit API (link: https://developers.google.com/fit/scenarios/record-steps)

Recording steps example:

public void subscribe() {
    // To create a subscription, invoke the Recording API. As soon as the subscription is
    // active, fitness data will start recording.
    Fitness.RecordingApi.subscribe(mClient, DataType.TYPE_STEP_COUNT_CUMULATIVE)
            .setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<Status>() {
                @Override
                public void onResult(Status status) {
                    if (status.isSuccess()) {
                        if (status.getStatusCode()
                                == FitnessStatusCodes.SUCCESS_ALREADY_SUBSCRIBED) {
                            Log.i(TAG, "Existing subscription for activity detected.");
                        } else {
                            Log.i(TAG, "Successfully subscribed!");
                        }
                    } else {
                        Log.w(TAG, "There was a problem subscribing.");
                    }
                }
            });
}

The only problem would be Google Fit is not supported on devices like Amazon Kindle, but they no longer make phones and I do not beleive that mobile track shoould work on a tablet. 

[RobertoME]

good to see you here in our Fitbit Community @saundersokj. Thank your for your comments and feedback about the compatibility of Android devices and MobileTrack in specific.

In Android is bit harder to make compatible all the Android devices brands and models, since despite many device are built with the same core specification not all are able to support the features of the Fitbit app or the trackers, nonetheless our teams are constantly testing devices to make wider the variety of mobile device to sync with the Fitbit app.

There is a suggestion in our feature suggestion board to make compatible the MobileTrack option on Android; if you are interested here is where you can find the idea: Mobile Track for Android. Feel free to share your comments and leave your vote. Our product team looks forward to reading and incorporating your suggestions into future versions of Fitbit trackers and apps. 

Hope this helps. Catch ya later.