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How to turn off auto-stop GPS on a Fitbit Charge 6

‎11-21-2024 11:01

‎11-21-2024 11:01

I found this online but there are no GPS settings for Auto stop:  To turn off auto-stop GPS on a Fitbit Charge 6, open the Fitbit app, go to your device settings, navigate to "Exercise tracking" or "GPS settings" (depending on the app version), and then toggle the "Auto-stop GPS" option to "off."

What do I do?

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‎11-21-2024 11:39

‎11-21-2024 11:39

Hi @ieb23 I hope you're doing well! Let me help you with your question about turning off the auto-pause feature.

It's better to have the auto-pause feature on because the tracking will be more accurate. If you pause during a workout, activity tracking pauses automatically. Your device vibrates to indicate that activity tracking is paused. Resume your workout and your device vibrates again when exercise tracking restarts.

In the activity "run" you can turn this feature off. to do so:

  1. On your device, swipe right or left to the Exercise app Run.
  2. Swipe up through the exercise settings.
  3. Tap Auto Pause to turn on the setting.
  4. Swipe down to return to the exercise screen, then tap the play icon to start the workout.

It is possible that you won't be able to turn off auto-pause while using GPS but you can make the suggestion in the Product Feedback board on our community.

I hope these tips will be helpful for you !

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‎11-21-2024 12:35

In response to DavidFitbit

‎11-21-2024 12:35

Thanks for your response. The problem actually happened during a hike as I am not a runner and never will be! The GPS stopped when we were eating lunch and never turned back on, so the last half of my hike was not tracked.  I checked my hike setting and it is not an option to turn off auto pause for GPS

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‎11-21-2024 17:16

In response to ieb23

‎11-21-2024 17:16

Interesting, ideally, if you spent to long eating lunch, the tracker should have stopped the recording. Then, once the walk starts, a new event, with gps, should be recorded. 

  • However i also have noticed, on not just the Charge 6, with short breaks the pause function works nicely. But if i stop and start, the tracker does fail to resume. Next time im going to check the tracker and see if i can figure out what is happening 
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