Adding friends to a challenge

[Nhansen55]

Trying to add someone to a challenge. I know the fitbit name but nothing shows up when I type it in. How do I reach out to him

[MeylinP]

It's nice to see our Community is growing @Nhansen55! Thanks for joining us! I'd like you to know that a Challenge can have only up to 10 participants. If this is not the case, please make sure you're typing the name of your friend properly and then open the challenge and find the options. You'll be able to select the friends you want to include and send them invitations.

Hope this helps, have a nice day! 

[SantiR]

@Nhansen55 Welcome to the Fitbit Community! Is that person on your friends list? You will be able to see all of your friends when you are creating a challenge. If it is not your friend on Fitbit; you should add him first. Also, challenges can hold up to 10 people. So, if the challenge is already full; that may be the reason why that person is not showing! 

Keep up the super stepping! 

[Mary991]

Not working

[SantiR]

@Mary991 Hi! Make sure you have your friends already added to your dashboard before inviting them to a challenge! If you have, log out from the app, reboot your phone, and log back in, and try again! 

See you around! 

[Mary991]

You didn't answer the question.



How do I add friends to a challenge?



Mary

[SantiR]

@Mary991 Thanks for your reply. First go to "challenges" on your Fitbit app. Then, select the type of challenge you want to create. Tap on "Start". You will see a list with your friends displayed, tap to check mark the boxes to add the desired friend to the challenge. Tap on "Start Challenge". The challenge will then start with the selected friends added to it. 

Hope this helps! See you around! 

[CandiceDC]

How do you add friends to a challenge.. none of the comments are addressing how to initially add them... I had one person show up as a contact automatically.. I don't know how.. I didn't add her... I'm trying to add someone and I don't know the steps.. I need to add them so they show up... before trying to add them to the challenge.  Is it linked to the phone or something that needs to be added in the app on my profile... their profile??? help!!

[SantiR]

@CandiceDC Welcome to the Fitbit family! I'm glad you are looking forward to add friends for challenges, that's awesome and easy at the same time.

There is a thread which talks about adding friends. Check how to add friends here. Easy, right? You will find tons of users there that you can add to start your Fitbit friends list.

Now, if you want to add an specific friend that is not on that thread; I recommend doing that via email. You can contact your friends via PM here or just ask for his/her email address and doing the following:

• Open the Fitbit App.
• Tap the account icon located at the top right corner of the app's dashboard.
• Tap on your name.
• Tap "Add Friends" shown on a pink box.
• Select "Email".
• Type the email and send the friend request.

Hope you find this helpful! Let me know how it goes! 

[capitateone]

Fitbit i was able to add my family or friends 2 the work  week hussle? I've added  some friends for this challenge. Now I'm going to loose my family as Fitbit says only 2 to 10 people?  Please can we make it to at least 15 people?

[SantiR]

@capitateone Thanks for your reply! I'm glad to read that you were able to add your friends or family to the challenges.

Regarding your question about adding more participants to the challenges, it is currently not possible. However, there is a Feature Suggestion asking for it. I'd recommend casting a vote for it and leaving a comment too showing your support towards the idea:

• Increase Challenge Participants to Greater than 10

Hope this helps. Keep me posted!