Tracking a lost Fitbit

[margh58]

Does anyone know how to track a charge 6 fitbit if it's misplaced?

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[JohnnyRow · Accepted solution]

Or any other free bluetooth locator phone app, but must be done before fitbit battery dies.  Bluetooth range is usually about 30 feet.

[Gidgiegoomie]

Fitbit recommending to go download and use some random bluetooth finder app is the most ridiculous thing to me.  Why can't they just include the find my fitbit feature in the app?  The application they refer me to is one of the worst apps I have ever seen or used.  Absolutely crazy they don't have their own locator!  

[Gidgiegoomie]

Dear Cosmis Hurdler - Can you explain how the free bluetooh locator helped you find your fitbit?  I think it's garbage. Thanks.

[JohnnyRow]

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@Gidgiegoomie wrote:

Dear Cosmis Hurdler - Can you explain how the free bluetooh locator helped you find your fitbit?  I think it's garbage. Thanks.

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I didn't say it had helped me. A bluetooth locator app will help you only if you are within bluetooth range of your fitbit, and the fitbit battery has not yet died.  I am not defending Fitbit, just quoting from their Help section,and explaining the option(s) if you know the approximate location and the battery is still good.
Actually a bluetooth locator app did help me once when my fitbit was within my house, which is a common occurrence.
As far as 'find my fitbit' within the app, I suppose you would have to have some kind of tracking device imbedded within the fitbit, adding size and expense.  And then you can't just make it ring loudly like a phone; just vibrating, I don't know if it would be any more useful than a locator app. But I'm just thinking off the top of my head.  You could make that suggestion in the Product Feedback forum.

[Earther]

UPDATE December 2025: I gave up and paid a nominal amount for Find My Fitbit (from Google Play Store, which is closing, says Google). It works. You have to be quite close to the missing Fitbit for it to detect it and alert you, so just keep trying. It worked for a friend this week, too.

I emphatically agree with Gidgiegoomie. Find My Device finds my Pixel phone and my Sony headphones, so it could and should find a lost Fitbit, too, especially when there are countless reports of the Charge 6 falling off because the wristband isn't secure enough. Ideally, something better than the Tile tracker method, where it just shows Cool to Hot would really help, but I guess asking for an audible beep loud enough to here outside is beyond realistic when neither Find My Device nor FindHub find Fitbits (same app with different names, as far as I can tell, both from Google) even though they can find headphones from a different company. 

All of us who bought Fitbits deserve a way to find lost Fitbits that comes from Google, so we can trust it, so the functionality is better, and so it's quicker and easier to use. Sudden heart rate escalation when you realize your Fitbit has fallen off somewhere is definitely not healthy.

[Earther]

DISREGARD, nothing here
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[angielou69]

I totally agree I’ve had 2 fitbits lost them both 2 nd yesterday I tried the Bluetooth finder know joy they should have a find my Fitbit or a least give you the last location it’s not like they are a cheap smart watch to buy

[QelDoQ]

December 2025 -- lost my fitbit (Inspire 3) sometime after the gym and before lunch... searched everywhere... found this post and the answer.

App showed 50% battery, but I can't figure out how to tell when it last sync'd.  Tried the "Find My Fitbit" app, and was able to find it within 5 minutes... on the ground between the two pieces of concrete on our driveway.  I would never have seen it, even in bright sunlight.

Of course, it also saw lots of other bluetooth devices in our home and neighbors houses, so would also be useful for finding other things, not just your Fitbit.

[Earther]

Glad it worked for you, too. I've sent word to Google that we all think there should be a Find Fitbit function in Google's FindHub. I'm wary of what data somebody in some country afar, who owns Find My Fitbit, is collecting data more damaging to users than what Google does. At least their motto used to be, maybe still is: "Don't Be Evil."