Fitbit Inspire 3 Update 210.26

[aliciag831]

There was an article saying the Inspire 3 would be getting a firmware update.  The number listed was 210.26.  Has anyone received this update yet?  I haven't and just wanted to check.  Thanks! 

[AngusBeef]

Well the Fitbit is smaller and battery lasts 10 days. Any clock is going to be huge and last a day.

[AngusBeef]

Update is great. There's nothing wrong with it not much changed

[g33kgrl]

Obviously, I already did, so...

[g33kgrl]

That's BS and an idiotic comment. It used to just show the clock face while I was walking, the same as when not walking, and now it's completely different, so that IS a big change.

[JohnBoy1978]

So I just put in a pretty big update, (one of those 20 minute updates) don't know if it was a firmware. Now my map tracking feature is gone, and exercises start themselves. Bluetooth connects, but phone doesn't tell me that GPS is running!!!...that sucks!!!...good luck everyone else!!!

[AngusBeef]

Mine says GPS connecting then connected

[BugoftheNorth]

This has been my experience with the firmware update. Fitbit does not map my walk when I start the exercise WALK using the inspire 3 device. I also do not see the GPS location arrow on the Inspire 3 device since the firmware update.The iOS location service is always on for my iPhone for all apps. Still no map & inspire 3 is bluetooth connected according to my iphone settings. The lack of the GPS icon in the firmware update means I have no idea whether or not it is mapping, and once done with the exercise, I find there is no map generated. 

So, I start the WALK exercise on the iOS app on the iPhone with location services turned on and I get a map when done, but I cannot turn off auto-recognize exercise, so I get 2 logs of exercise, one from the iOS app and one from the inspire 3 which has less distance and time, and whatever exercise is first in the list on the inspire 3. If there is an comfirmation setting, I can’t see it in the bright sun and the print is too small for these old eyes to read. And the auto-exercise feature won’t turn off (I have all set to ignore and it still wants to autorecognize). 

I am recovering from brain surgery which had left my right side partially paralyzed, but getting better. I use a 4-wheel walker outdoors and use the Fitbit GPS to determine my actual distance traveled, heart rate zone, and pacing since I walk on uneven ground outdoors and need to get an idea of my progress & conditioning. I need to know just how difficult walking a steeper incline is because I know from the map where they should be.

I have restarted the app many times,, resync’d the inspire 3 many times, and just did a hard restart of the inspire 3 just now. Let’s see if it works today. Or not

[AngusBeef]

That's odd. Mine shows GPS but I'm on Android. Before you hit start and scroll down and look for GPS setting.

[BugoftheNorth]

Where does it say GPS connected?

With the firmware update Inspire 3 screen no longer has a gps icon, and the inspire 3 does not vibrate when connected to GPS.

In my iOS app, I see the GPS arrow in the upper left, but when starting the exercise on my Inspire 3 since the firmware update, it will not map. 

[AngusBeef]

On any exercise screen

 

[AngusBeef]

Do you have it on 

 

[BugoftheNorth]

OMG!

It worked! I’ve never seen these settings before! I see GPS, turned it on, and got the arrow on the display. I saw auto-start and turned it off because I want to start the exercise myself when I walk out the door, not wait until it knows I am walking more briskly. With a walker once I get going.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!

[AngusBeef]

Great to hear and here's the clock

 

[lmacmil]

In the prior firmware version, the GPS was either always on or on by default.  I have never seen this screen before and the GPS always connected automatically as soon as I started an exercise.  Since the GPS function only works with the phone, I'm not sure why an on/off setting on the tracker is needed.

[AngusBeef]

The setting stays. Mine was always turned on I never touched it. It saves phone battery if you turn it off

[BugoftheNorth]

Privacy. Google Maps has that option to turn off geotracking, and may have incorporated the default non tracking unless the user gives permission.

[Tinkerbell36]

I got it Saturday and it messed up one of the clock faces which is annoying

[CJ202417]

This is exactly my issue! I can’t see a running total of my daily steps either. How am I supposed to know when I’ve hit certain figures if all I get is the step total for that one particular walk?! 

[AngusBeef]

Scroll down on the main screen for daily steps. What happened to your clock face?

[Jrranch]

My GPS was off. Never had a problem before this release always automagicly connected GPS to phone .

Still have a problem not showing sleep stages.