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MST for future Fitbit products

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‎03-04-2018 17:32 - edited ‎03-04-2018 21:15

‎03-04-2018 17:32 - edited ‎03-04-2018 21:15

Using Fitbit Pay with the Fitbit Ionic is very convenient, however a lot of terminals do not offer Apple Pay (which uses the same technology as Fitbit Pay). My brother has a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, and is able to use Samsung Pay, which uses MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). Basically, MST sends a magnetic pulse to a terminal, emulating a card swipe, meaning you can pretty much use your S3 and/or certain compatible devices with most anything that requires a card swipe!

 

Will the next version of Fitbit (I’m assuming because of hardware limitations the Fitbit Ionic only utilizes NFC) offer MST? Would there also be a possible timeline for which this will occur?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

I first posted this in the Feature Suggestions subforum as well, here: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/MST-for-future-Fitbit-Version/idi-p/2581606

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/MST-for-future-Fitbit-Version/idc-p/2584637%23M156620
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‎03-04-2018 20:12

‎03-04-2018 20:12

That's the place  it should be. Hopefully it gets the votes and will be added!

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‎03-04-2018 21:11 - edited ‎03-04-2018 22:00

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‎03-04-2018 21:11 - edited ‎03-04-2018 22:00

@WendyB, please feel free to add votes to both Ionic and Feature Suggestion subforum posts, if you would like MST to be utilized in an upcoming/future Fitbit product. 

 

Thank you in advance! Smiley Happy

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/MST-for-future-Fitbit-Version/idc-p/2584637%23M156620
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