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I just checked my Android phone and going to the Bluetooth section I see that my Charge is paired and is a trusted device, I'm running Android 4.4 on a Galaxy S3
i didn't want to create an entire new thread as i see both android and ios users are requesting this. this would probably mean a big tweak to your app, but this might also keep me from hoping on a product from a different company.
wanted to give the thumb up vote here. i think the device would have to sync through the OS rather than the fitbit app to be compatible. running lollipop, and although my fitbit shows up as a device in the bluetooth settings, it rejects syncing through the os.
This would be a great feature! I just updated to android 5.0 and was really hoping to add my fitbit flex to the 'trusted devices' list, but since flex won't pair with android, it's not available. This is a huge selling point for other wearables, and I would love to have it on the flex
This is more a responsibility for the Phone OS developers, however, if there is something that a wrist worn tracker can integrate to allow this, like NFC, that would be great. Although, I'd be happy if my phone required an unlock code only when my tracker is outside of bluetooth range. And required no unlock code when the tracker is within range.
What phone do you have? I have a Galaxy S III running Android KitKat. I'm using Tasker with the Secure Settings plugin. I have it set to disable lock when it sees my fitbit, so I can unlock or launch various apps depending on which direction I swipe. As soon as my fitbit is no longer in range, my phone immidiatly locks and enables pin lock. Works great and saves a little time messing with the lock screen.
If you have an Android phone with Lollipop, I believe this feature is built in and is probably easier to setup.
If you have and iPhone, I believe you are out of luck until they decide to implement something like this.
The same here. I updated my Moto G 2014 yesterday to lollipop.
It is sad that this is not working.
Having this is a key feature. Please add this to your feature list. You could do an own "Smart Lock agent" handling also the authentication request against the device. Propably you can reuse code from the regular fitbit app.
There is a lot of mementum presently on the wearable market. I will also think about moving to a different product if this will not be supported in the next time.
After 4 months the feature is still "Under Consideration". It's very disappointing that my $200 Charge doesn't support Smart Lock, while my collegue's $15 Mi Band does.
But I fear from a technological standpoint it could be a very costly feature. Fitbit seems to be using custom bluetooth pairing (which is why the device won't simply pair via the OS interface.) This makes Fitbit setup easy, but changes to this schema could have reprecussions throughout the device firmware / dongle / software / phone apps. Bottom line, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this. 😞
This seems to have been under consideration for a long time but I think it would also fix the alerting issue with the Surge if the device was constantly connected via Bluetooth instead of only when the app is open and active. Please bring this functionallity soon!
This smart lock feature is designed to work with any bluetooth device that you have set to be a trusted Bluetooth. It should work since it is part of the phone OS, not fitbit.
Didn't make a difference for me, as a matter a fact, I am no receiving zero message notifications. I am on a Nexus 6 running 5.1 so not sure when we may get 5.1.1. Can not even get to Smart Lock fast enough before the Surge is disconnected.
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