Fitbit Blaze poor battery life

[Johnc81]

Hi,

My Fitbit blaze has started draining a lot quicker than normal. I use get to get 4-5 days use before needing to charge it however recently I'm having to charge it almost daily.

tried all the battery saving techniques I.e turning off features but it's still no better. 

[02Duck]

Robeetkirkfm that is what mine started doing.   It has now progressed to not charging at all.  Seems many of us have the same issues starting around the same time.  Seems pretty obvious an update caused this. 

[HellsBells208]

I am having this issue with my blaze and am having to charge it daily! It's getting really quite frustrating now. 

[Robertkirkfm]

So we have a common issue - what are fitbit doing about it? 

Or what do we do next?? 

[Whirlaround]

I'm less sure it's directly related to an update. Mine's been updated and on the same version since March. It might be related to that update, but in a less obvious way related to battery wear.

[02Duck]

There just seems to be a good number of us with battery issues that started around the same time.  Either way fitbit needs to fix these $200 plastic bracelets.

[Magpieally]

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@Whirlaround wrote:

I'm less sure it's directly related to an update. Mine's been updated and on the same version since March. It might be related to that update, but in a less obvious way related to battery wear.

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Might be phone updates affecting the Bluetooth connection. Rather than fitbit app. 

[Modor]

A quick update from me: After the last charging, my Blaze now is at around 50 % after two days. This is around the level that it was before. To soon to call it resolved, but I wonder if it could have been related to an app update that now is corrected in a newer update?

[Whirlaround]

Agreed.

[Whirlaround]

Agreed.

[Sami-Blaze]

Got my Blaze in March 2017 and about 3 weeks ago (late July) I started having to charge every couple of days. I thought it was me.  Good to know that it's not me but what are we going to do? 

I have tried all the tips and tricks and cleaning that support recommends. My mom has a Charge2 and my dad has a Surge and they are both working OK (we all got them at the same time). 

Thanks for starting this thread

Sami

PS I wanted to add that I have a iPhone 6 Plus

[captcrix]

Having the same issue.  Has anyone come up with a fix??

[Mikefress]

Only had the Blaze for under a week. Have to charge it every day. Have stopped all notifications and sync, doing that manually. Today it had half the power, then just switched off. Really disappointed. Had my Charge HR for two years, never any problem. Very disappointed. 

[Mikefress]

Oh, and I have a Samsung S7, so not S8 issues. Any other advice? 

[captcrix]

I feel the same way. Been wearing fitbits for over 4 years. This one
worked well until the last few weeks. Very disappointed.

[captcrix]

I haven't found anything that helps. I have to charge everyday while
deciding what I will replace it with

[02Duck]

Could be a phone update but there are people like me with droids (mines an S7) and people with Apples.  Common thing is a non functioning blaze.

[Robertkirkfm]

When will someone from fitbit tell us what is going on and resolve the issue - £140 for a watch that works for 3 - 4 hours is not on!!! 

[02Duck]

Hey at least yours is still working for 4 hours,  wait until it stops together. 

[02Duck]

Hey at least your blaze still works for 4 hours,  wait until or stops altogether.

[groberman]

Samsung updated as well. Wsit and see


Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.