Hourly activity

[Pinks1]

Just wondering if I being stuiped but just opened my Fitbit app on my phone and hotly activity tab has just appeared did update the app 3 days ago but only just noticed this feature is this new or have I pressed something for it to appear!!

[Colinm39]

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@taz4352 wrote:

I noticed this in my iPhone app yesterday but I haven't noticed any notification of any kind on my Blaze to remind me that I've not moved for an hour.  Is that there as well or is it just the visual on the app?

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@taz4352 The Move feature is still to be implemented.. It was initially released on the Alta... It will come...

[SteveH]

@teeblair @taz4352 at the moment the Blaze is only reporting on your hourly activity in the app and dashboard - it doesn't have the "reminder to move" alerting which is currently only available on the Alta.

[imanilea]

A reminder and some indication of how much you need to reach the hourly goal would be a great addition. 

[gabemastey]

The notifications associated with this feature are called "Reminders to move", and they only work on the Alta band. If this feature worked with other devices, I'm guessing they would have all been rolled out by now. I'm curious about the decision on this.

Here's my speculation: idle alerts have been one of the most requested feature for Fitbit for a long time. It's possible that it's never been implemented for technical reasons, but I doubt it. Instead, Fitbit is taking a cue from Apple by offering highly desirable features on new devices only. In other words, they want to convince people to upgrade.

On the other hand, why change their language from the popular "idle alert" to less-popular "reminder to move"? This points to them wanting to obscure the fact that they can't get idle alerts working on old devices.

Just speculation here. I for one have no use for hourly activity goals unless there is a notification telling me I need to move. I won't remember! Just sets me up for failure..

Gabe

[Rich_Laue]

This is curently being worked on for the Blaze, as was promised, and will require a firmware update, along with downloading to your tracker.

Judging by the fact the the hourly movement stat is only for the trackers with auto sleep detection, I don't think the One has a chance. This feature I'd added to a tracker will require firmware updates, and at best it will be one model at a time.

[SteveH]

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

This FAQ says "you can adjust the number of hours per day and the days of the week you aim to meet your goal.", but the instructions that follow only explain how to adjust the hours per day with no mention of how to change the days of the week. Sigh.

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Hi @SunsetRunner just to let you know that the help file has now been corrected. It no longer suggests that we can tailor the days of the week.

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1878/?q=activity+hours+faq

[PieMavi]

Guys I made up a post with the most requested futures for the blaze, go check it out and eventually vote it so maybe they're listen to us 🙂 https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Fitbit-Blaze-most-expected-features/idi-p/1294590#M...

[kullclan5]

I noticed the same thing as Recovery Runner and today (4/14/16) it's gone!  It was motivating me to get up from my desk every hour.  I hope it comes back 🙂

[dlogan01]

I despise features I don't want that I cannot hide. Grrrrrrr. I'm averaging 33K steps a day. I don't need to be nagged to get up and move. If I want to sit on my butt for an hour, it's none of your business. Please leave me alone. I take my fitbit off in the evening and put it back on in the morning. At least I've been able to set the Hourly Activity time to track me from midnight to 5 AM. I'm getting a steady "0 of 5 hours with 250+," and I'm feeling pretty good about that.

[taz4352]

Well, the beauty of it is, that's your choice.  Some of us would choose otherwise and it's all good.

[dlogan01]

Somebody solved this for me on another thread. In iOS, touch 'Edit' in the upper left corner and then uncheck the feature you don't want to see. Duh. A tip of the hat to @Clareio.

[racertempo]

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@taz4352 wrote:

Well, the beauty of it is, that's your choice.  Some of us would choose otherwise and it's all good.

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Dlogan01's point was that if the feature is added, he would want (myself included) the ability to turn it completely off.  If that ability is not there, then he has no choice.  That was his point, that it is extremely frustrating to have features that you cannot turn off.

[taz4352]

I got his point and he did in effect turn it off by adjusting the hours to a time when he wasn't wearing it.

[taz4352]

This is how you turn it off.

[racertempo]

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@taz4352 wrote:
I got his point and he did in effect turn it off by adjusting the hours to a time when he wasn't wearing it.

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I guess he was just focused on hiding the feature and not turning off an idle alert.....which does not exist currently.