01-05-2016
10:12
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01-05-2016
16:44
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ErickFitbit
01-05-2016
10:12
- last edited on
01-05-2016
16:44
by
ErickFitbit
So you've developed a completely new device but still don't support CallerID,Text Messaging or Calendar updates on Windows Phone?
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01-05-2016 10:46
01-05-2016 10:46
Considering Fitbit supports Windows phones, where did you see that the Blaze does not also support the features you listed?
01-05-2016 16:31
01-05-2016 16:31
Hi @adammiarka - It looks like initially, Blaze will only be compatible with iOS and Android.
01-05-2016 16:41
01-05-2016 16:41
Fitbit says that Call/Text/Calendar notifications will not work. (Just like on the Surge, Charge, and Charge HR)
But in addition the Connected GPS feature won't work either.
All of those features require that the mobile phone OS include a GATT Server which Microsoft has yet to do.
But the remaining features should work.
01-05-2016 16:43 - edited 01-05-2016 16:44
01-05-2016 16:43 - edited 01-05-2016 16:44
@supermoe@adammiarka@Ozzie65Blaze is compatible with Windows Phone. Check out which devices support call and text notifications here.
As for calendar updates, that feature is only available on iOS and Android at this time.
01-05-2016 19:25
01-05-2016 19:25
Did check features with many Windows phones none of the ones I tried has call and text notifications.
Can you list a few that do have txt and phone notifications? Don't mind getting a new phone as long as it is a Windows Phone 🙂
Thanks,
01-05-2016 21:09
01-05-2016 21:09
supermoe wrote:
So you've developed a completely new device but still don't support CallerID,Text Messaging or Calendar updates on Windows Phone?
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Exactly.....STILL WAITING for the features we were promised nearly a year ago, still trying to blame windows for their lack of inaction in developing the apps on this platform..... so annoyed right now
01-05-2016 21:26
01-05-2016 21:26
@Gooner21 wrote:Exactly.....STILL WAITING for the features we were promised nearly a year ago, still trying to blame windows for their lack of inaction in developing the apps on this platform..... so annoyed right now
@Gooner21 Where did Fitbit promise notifications? Other than saying that they would make them available as soon as possible? (And currently it isn't possible with the feature set in Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10 Mobile.)
01-06-2016 10:40
01-06-2016 10:40
@DomBryan@Gooner21@MichaelTo clarify, Blaze is compatible with Windows phones for syncing, but does not support call/text/calendar notifications. As @Michael stated above, The Microsoft Windows platform does not provide a GATT server. Fitbit leverages this technology to provide notifications on our hardware. Microsoft and Fitbit are working together to bring a solution to our shared customers. Thanks for your patience.
01-08-2016 09:18
01-08-2016 09:18
Adafruit has a very good article on the GATT service, if anyone is interested.
01-08-2016 10:41
01-08-2016 10:41
@Rich_Laue wrote:Adafruit has a very good article on the GATT service, if anyone is interested.
I am!
Thanks.
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 11:53
01-09-2016 09:42
01-09-2016 09:42
@Rich_Laue Good find! Thanks for sharing!
01-14-2016 20:26
01-14-2016 20:26
@Michael wrote:
@Gooner21 wrote:Exactly.....STILL WAITING for the features we were promised nearly a year ago, still trying to blame windows for their lack of inaction in developing the apps on this platform..... so annoyed right now
When I bought mine (pre-ordered a month or 2 before launch), it was advertised that Notifications were available on Windows phone, Suggest you go back and look at all the posts from various other Windows phones users at the time when this first blew up.............. They have since updated the docs to be more clear but still, to blame Microsot/windows phone does nothing to fix the problem!!
01-15-2016 01:44
01-15-2016 01:44
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.
01-15-2016 09:54
01-15-2016 09:54
Good stuff @Rich_Laue, thanks for the article!
01-25-2016 00:24
01-25-2016 00:24
01-25-2016 03:01
01-25-2016 03:01
@SunsetRunner wrote:
Interestingly enough, Pebble users can get notifications from Android without using GATT, relying entirely on Bluetooth SPP, so this is really just Fitbit pandering to ios.
else Fitbit change completly to "old" BT specifications, and must update firmware on all devices, and all software (ios, android, windows phone, Fitbit connect), with a big risk of failure, and later the risk to move again to new BT specs when MS will implement GATT server, else Fitbit must support the 2 BT specs, old and new, and it would not be an easy task, and even an impossible one if the devices don't have enough memory.
Fitbit had choosen to work with modern specs.
01-25-2016 13:28
01-25-2016 13:28
@SunsetRunner wrote:
Interestingly enough, Pebble users can get notifications from Android without using GATT, relying entirely on Bluetooth SPP, so this is really just Fitbit pandering to ios.
I really don't think anyone is 'pandering' to anything. Fitbit have chosen their implementation and will integrate with compatible devices. I think it really is that simple. The fact that Windows Phone must be the smallest user-base of the three mobile OSs doesn't help the case, clearly, but I really wouldn't expect anyone to implement the same functionality twice in two different ways even if it were iOS that was stuck on the outside.
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.
03-01-2016 11:54
03-01-2016 11:54
@ErickFitbit, will connected GPS work with windows phone?