01-08-2016 04:46
01-08-2016 04:46
Does the Fitbit Blaze have a toggle in settings to turn bluetooth on and off?
This would be much appreciated as more and more companies a not permitting users to wear trackers with bluetooth permanently on at work. This is the same for many military installations across the world.
01-08-2016 05:02
01-08-2016 05:02
Good question! Fitbit have not announced this, so I think it is safe to assume that it will not be available initially. It seems to be a popular request and presumably could be addressed at some point as a firmware update.
Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android
01-08-2016 05:18
01-08-2016 05:18
The more important question would be whether the hardware is capable of allowing such a software switch to be installed. Unless such internal power switching is designed into the tracker itself, no amount of software modifications will be able to change this behaviour.
Mike | London, UK
Blaze, Surge, Charge 2, Charge, Flex 2 - iPad Air 2, Nokia Lumia 925 (Deceased), iPhone 6
Take a look at the Fitbit help site for further assistance and information.
01-08-2016 13:57
01-08-2016 13:57
@mbrettThe Blaze does not have the option to toggle Bluetooth off and on. Good question though!
01-26-2016 11:02
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01-26-2016 11:03
01-26-2016 11:03
@Bunches In what way do you mean?
Blaze uses Bluetooth LTE to communicate with your phone/computer (and, in turn, your account).
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Mike | London, UK
Blaze, Surge, Charge 2, Charge, Flex 2 - iPad Air 2, Nokia Lumia 925 (Deceased), iPhone 6
Take a look at the Fitbit help site for further assistance and information.
01-26-2016 13:34 - edited 01-26-2016 14:40
01-26-2016 13:34 - edited 01-26-2016 14:40
@Bunches wrote:
Will the heart rate monitor info be able to be shared with other programs
and as without an additional attachment?
Currently this is limited to:
- Fitbit-to-Strava link (one-way: record in Fitbit Surge, auto export to Strava; MobileRun supported too?)
- Activities (workouts) recorded with GPS (Surge and MobileRun)
Regarding bullet 2, today there are two types of GPS activities: Surge and MobileRun. For example in 2014 I wore a Fitbit Force (step counter) and used Fitbit's MobileRun feature to capture GPS of walks and hikes using the Fitbit app on my iPhone (app uses phone's GPS). Conceptually this is the same as using Blaze with Connected GPS (same in concept). Recently I went back into my Fitbit activity log, found an old hike recorded with GPS (phone's GPS), exported the activity as a TCX file, and successfully imported the activity in some websites (e.g. MapMyFitness) but not others (e.g. Garmin Connect).
In summary, if Fitbit makes no changes then I expect any Blaze activities recorded using Connected GPS will be available to export as TCX file. You will need to test import such a TCX file to determine if it works with other programs.
(there is another 'sharing' feature - it is the largely "useless"* all-day stats, for example connecting Runkeeper to Fitbit results in getting a daily "comment" in Runkeeper with a summary of all day stats. "Useless"* to me as I don't count daily calories. Perhaps it is useful if you count calories, and link Fitbit to MyFitnessPal, I haven't tried that or read about it)
Aria, Fitbit MobileTrack on iOS. Previous: Flex, Force, Surge, Blaze
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Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android
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