help menu

Join us on the Community Forums!

  • Community Guidelines

    The Fitbit Community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas, solutions, tips, techniques, and insight about the Fitbit products and services they love. By joining our Community, you agree to uphold these guidelines, so please take a moment to look them over.

  • Learn the Basics

    Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on Community features, and tips to make the most of your time here.

  • Join the Community!

    Join an existing conversation, or start a new thread to ask your question. Creating your account is completely free, and takes about a minute.

Not finding your answer on the Community Forums?

Cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Any word on missing features?

Replies are disabled for this topic. Start a new one or visit our Help Center.

‎11-30-2018 23:48

‎11-30-2018 23:48

I don't think it is any surprise in over a year the Ionic is still lacking a lot of the "advertised" features.  That while aren't in any specific Fitbit sponsored ads were reported to multiple news outlets and reviewers to ensure they were known.  

 

These include the well known blood oxygen sensor (SP02), but also includes any actual device based smart apps (that don't require a constant internet connection through the app to work.  But I am curious about the continuous glucose monitoring (GCM) from their partnership with Dexcom.  It announced this would be in the Ionic.  Now I understand it is cheaper to put in sensors that might not even work properly than it is to pay someone to develop the software to use them.  I also realize turning on more features on what is already considered low battery life for a fitness tracker but it is higher than most actual smart watches so this could even out. 

 

So where are these features?

 

Also if anyone is interested in details about the GCM collaboration for the Ionic (which if it ever gets enabled might actually make Fitbit a more viable brand as many are now introducing blood pressure and other measurements that Fitbit can't compete with).

 

https://investor.fitbit.com/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Fitbit-and-Dexcom-to-Dev...

 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4106778-dexcom-deal-big-fitbit

 

https://diatribe.org/fitbit-ionic-smartwatch-display-dexcom-cgm-data-2018

Best Answer
1 REPLY 1

‎12-02-2018 09:38 - last edited on ‎11-13-2025 04:08 by Fitbit Moderator

‎12-02-2018 09:38 - last edited on ‎11-13-2025 04:08 by Fitbit Moderator

@SunsetRunner I hope you're doing well! Thanks for your interest in having those features on your Ionic. Thanks for sharing your input regarding this.

I do not have much information about this but the one I can see on the corresponding Feature Suggestions:

The Fitbit team will be updating those features accordingly once any updates are available. Any implementation made will be announced at the forums too. 

Rest assured that if I found out any information about this; will let you know.

Keep me posted!

Santi | Community Moderator, Fitbit

Like my response? Vote for it! Also, accept as solution!
Best Answer
0 Votes