Running / Jogging Real Time Data

[smithbuilt333]

Hi. 

I am new to fitness and am really enjoying the motivation and benchmarking of progress my Fitbit Charge 4 provides.  To help improve performance while running I want to know my pacing in real time through bluetooth earbuds, looking at the tracker doesn't work due to screen brightness and the risk of taking my eyes off "the road".  Do any fitbit products support this, or are there any apps I can get for my phone that'll work with fitbit and provide this type of audio data?  Any help and advice for a newbie would be appreciated.

[Guitarplayer]

No Fitbit tracker can do what you want and no third apps exist or can be developed due to restrictions on SDK and/or API.

[t.parker]

I think, you can have audio cues enables if you start tracking your run from the Fitbit app on your phone, not from your tracker. The cues will include distance, time and average pace. The minimum interval for audio cues is every 0.5km or every 2 minutes. I think, it's best you can do. If you are looking for something else (like hearing only pace every few seconds) then you won't get it.

[smithbuilt333]

Thanks, I'll look for that feature. I am only looking to hear pace time
per kilometer, or 500 meters. As of now I can only track performance from
previous runs after the run has completed whereas I'd like to know during
the run so I can use it as motivation to speed up just that little bit if
required.

[Guitarplayer]

Bear in mind that even if you wear your Fitbit the heart rate will not be detected. Also consider that, also in case of using your Fitbit app in your smartphone, distance will be measured via stride multiplied by steps (like all Fitbit devices). At this point I would prefer to use a dedicated app such as Nike, Adidas, Strava, MapmyRun, practically everything but Fitbit.