The redesigned Android Fitbit app is rolling out!

[LizzyFitbit]

Hello everyone!

I would like to announce that the redesigned Fitbit app starts rolling out today! This new app will help you reach your goals, and bring the health and wellness information right on hand.

Check out our latest blog for how to get the most out of the new app. 

Note: Please be patient if you don't see the update right away, as it will take some time to roll out completely.

Happy stepping!

[ljmason]

Thank you for your comment. Wanted to respond and put forth an opinion:I'm wondering if Fitbit is trying to get rid of their customers? Are they going to introduce a new product? Why would they roll out a a version without letting their customers/users know?  Interesting? Is Google behind this? From what I've seen through our community, no one likes the new UI. Which brings the question why and who's behind it? As we all know we dislike this new version as it's not fitting to our needs.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[126569]

Well said

[NOLA18]

I really don't like that you can now only see your steps by the hour, rather than in 15-minute increments as it was before. 

I hate that you can't see the battery charge percentage number anymore. Now there's just an image and you have to guess about what the charge is. 

On the last version, you could scroll through all of your activities/exercise from the main screen, but you could click for more info. I liked that better than having to get into another screen to see them all. 

[Paulam56]

Hi there I rebooted the sense 2 watch and it seems to be working fine for now I finally found where the clock faces are hiding at the Fitbit site the Discover apps and clock faces made by your fitbit smartwatch Before the update you could go there on the dashboard not have to chase around to find them No explanation as to where to find them after all we are creatures of habit Fitbit must think by making you go to their site for free and to  purchase clock faces and apps you may be encouraged to look and possibly purchase other items for sale from their fancy site Smart thinking by Fitbit to sell more products

[126569]

This sounds like a Budlight scene, not judging one bit, but it seems like that

Think of marketing from Bud lite

[ljmason]

I'm wondering if Fitbit is trying to get rid of their customers? Are they going to introduce a new product? Why would they roll out a a version without letting their customers/users know?  Interesting? Is Google behind this? From what I've seen through our community, no one likes the new UI. Which brings the question why and who's behind it? As we all know we dislike this new version as it's not fitting as we would like or did like in the previous version. 

[REColeman]

Not sure why you're so happy to announce new fitbit app, if the volume of emails I'm getting is anything to go by multiple users are seriously unhappy that the programmers in their infinite wisdom chose to remove an essential feature THE BATTERY STATUS PERCENTAGE.

Do you hve any idea when this will be restored?

[rcfoulk]

What software engineering genius thought this was a cool idea?  Seriously.  The old UI compactly displayed the information I most used nicely on one screen.  Now we have this bloat-sized, monochromatic graphic that requires scrolling around to find what you want.  My wife an I awoke a couple days ago to this **ahem** of an "upgrade," one we had no option with respect to installing, no warning.  Seriously, this looks like something generated from a free, online app builder kit.  Given that the underlying data hasn't changed, there is no functional reason why users cannot be given the option to choose between this ridiculous "upgrade" and the old UI that was actually useful.  I'm being serious here in saying that if this isn't fixed reasonably soon we're dumping Fitbit after having used the Charge products for many years over multiple purchases.  Frankly, there are now many very viable options in this market segment and we'll find one that has a UI that is more refined and generally useful.  Stupid me here.  I figured that if Google purchased Fitbit there would be really good things coming down the line.  And then we were gifted with this useless **ahem** of a UI.  It doesn't even display the charge level for the device!  Great software engineering, Google.

[amysfhmailton]

I HATE IT! Its so bland and so difficult to read. Please change it back!!! I have been a faithful fitbit user for years and if it stays like this I will be searching for a new tracker asap, I will be so sad to have lost the data, but this will drive me to it. 

[Cindiwilson99]

I feel the same way

[LornaApe]

I really dislike this new design!

Its clunky, dull and just not user friendly at all!!

I used to find it very simple to see all my stats at a glance, now it’s tricky to fing anything ! 
if there is any way to go back to how it was, please let me know. 
i don’t understand how this new design got approved, it seems to have gone backwards ! 

[rcfoulk]

The wiz kids apparently killed the ability to comment on that post.  Killing the messenger is always a good business move.

[Victamon]

Some aspects of the app look amateurish compared to former, but in other ways it has been enhanced, and overall improved imho. One aspect that looks somwhat tweaked for the better is appearance of maps of GPS-tracked activities

.Whereas before there were three separate views (of which one redundant, that has been condensed to two with actually slightly more information conveyed. Before there were just two "pace" levels, called 'Low' and 'High'; now there are three, called 'Slower', 'Average', and 'Faster'. Before, the mile-marker icons were stupidly large obstructing some of the path; now they are represented by nice little white dots contained within three path (although now without explicit enumeration given; but in most cases that is obvious enough). Another thing evidently omitted now from ver4 is streetnamea and the like.. which has advantages of less easily identifying (from acreenshots), but disadvantages of the same. Customizability to toggle layers such as that would be nice.

I do have a specific question related to one of above: To what rates/metrics do the new tiers of pace correspond (and for.this matter, the old ones)?  Curiously, the color scheme is similar: green for the fastest, blue for the second-fastest, now with black.for the third-fastest (slowest) which doesn't simply cut out some of the blue (some of the green is turned glue too, comared to ver3).  Also curious.. and not especially surprising, considering similarity minor discrepancy In distance shown in app (ver3.., though likely also ver4) versus from more official browser fitbit.com/activities suggesting some post- calculations on the mobile-application side: one of my walks "average" pace overall as shown in ver4 is several seconds slower per mile than as in ver3.  Also missing from ver3 for is a discretely nebulized (to more pronounced than maximal laps) "best" and "low" pace. This isn't a huge omission, since those values likely were exaggerated andor not particularly meangdul anyhow.. whereas ver4 now is closer to the browser view, showing wee more data than before (not quite to the level of browser, bit better than Android app ver3) such as explicitly showing the HR boundaries for 'Moderate' vs 'Vigorous' vs 'Peak'. Oh yeah, this is another substantial change, which frankly I aupport as it is more accurate: below/Fatburning/Cardio/Peak now is labeled instead Light/Moderate/Vigorous/Peak.

[Travelspirit]

Why do they have to change it. I liked the old screen with colours. Did anyone request it to be changed. What makes them think we want a new layout. Really gone off the app and still miss the challenges! 

[Madheaduk]

Simple things matter battery levels no longer get to see the percentage charge. Only low medium and high.... what idiot thinks three levels is better than the actual underlying percentage exact levels.. as for new design terrible.. accessability is sooo bad for people with bad eye site. Cant see how this passed those standards .. at all

[Debdebnots]

New app os rubbish. 

The maps after my run no longer have a default map showing km, distance, time and pace need to scroll to see details. Can't easily see statistics I liked.

Definitely not be getting another fitbit 

[lesleyb4]

I don't like it either! My eyesight struggles to make sense of it and although I've spent time trying to familiarise myself with it I cannot get use to this interface. Very poorly designed.  I hate it now because I find it difficult to use and will have to consider changing from Fitbit if it doesn't change back.

[LesTucker]

My Fitbit Battery Status has been changed from a percentage to a significantly less useful 3 level text status. Why does every upgrade have to be accompanied by a loss of functionality? I know at a percentage level whether I can switch on the GPS for a workout without draining the battery. With status, I have no idea.

[Lebrime]

Roll it back in, we HATE the new app!

[Jenjen72wn]

Hi, the new colour scheme in the app is super hard to distinguish between the very dark green and dark green. Is there a way to customise colours? The new colour scheme looks really dated and dreary compared to the old colour scheme which was more modern and fresh. Also, can we change the look at all? I loved the previous simple design with images and colour coding. The front page key statistics are hard to read now. For example, I've set my zone minutes as my metric #1. But instead of the zone minutes appearing in the circle, an army badge image appears with the numbers underneath.  Also, we now have to click to get the battery and it doesn't tell us the battery percentage. In the app it said 'medium' but my fitbit says 75%. It looks like you've moved away from symbols to words? Is there an eye-friendly option?