Fitbit Connect

[Kidlike]

I am very displeased with how Fitbit has handled its relationship with its customers. Until recently, I was able to sync my Fitbit One on my computer running Windows 8.1. Fitbit has decided that its Fitbit Connect will only run on Windows 10, an operating system I do not care for. That means I am no longer able to sync my Fitbit One on my computer. I am a very, very unhappy Fitbit customer.

[Odyssey13]

Hi @Kidlike  using Windows 8.1 myself and use my Android phone to sync. Windows 8.1 stopped being put on computers in 2018, so it is a bit older. Is there a mobile device you could use? Even those system requirements have changed over the years. Android 8 is the minimum now.

[Kidlike]

Hi, Jogger. I have Blackberry cell phones. No one makes apps for Blackberrys. I prefer syncing on my computer because it allows me to view my progress on a broader scale. I can see all the badges I have accumulated during the time I have been a Fitbit customer. I didn't realize Fitbit is owned by Google. I am also not a fan of Google. I don't like Windows 10, primarily because it has software that will track where I have gone on my laptop. I don't like being spied on. I am very disappointed that Fitbit has decided to not allow my preferred OS - Windows 8.1 - to access Fitbit Connect. Thanks for letting me know that my attempt to load Fitbit Connect on my laptop will never happen.

[Kidlike]

Hi, Odyssey13. You can still download Windows 8.1 at their website. My cell phones are Blackberrys. No one makes apps for Blackberrys anymore. Blackberry is supposed to have a 5G phone available by the end of the year. I'm going to replace my current Blackberry with a newer Blackberry. Security is everything for me when using my cell phone.

[Odyssey13]

Sad to say that my Windows 8.1 Fitbit Connect, using a dongle, stopped working quite a while ago @Kidlike . I use my Android phone now.

[Kidlike]

Odyssey13,

I'm not a fan of the "powers that be" telling me how I can use the tools I bought from them. I think privacy in this country sucks because people have acquiescent to the options they are given, no matter how few those may be. I know that when I am long dead and gone, people will still be able to see my Facebook account. I regret the day I got my Facebook account. I thought it was going to be similar to My Space. I was so wrong about what I expected from Facebook. I don't think any of us planned for things to get so out of control.

[Odyssey13]

@Kidlike  Facebook has a legacy feature where you can choose someone to do whatever would be necessary to close your account and save any pictures for your friends or family. If you don't make a decision, they will keep your page open and public until Facebook closes their doors.