Can you turn off the auto light at night when you're in bed?

[DenverMike]

Every night when I go to sleep, my Fitbit Charge 2 lights up when I move my wrist in a position that it interprets as me lifting my wrist to check the time or my steps.  This glowing light in turn wakes up my wife and makes sleep difficult for the both of us.  Is it possible to turn off this feature at night so it won't light up during a predefined period each day?  Otherwise, I might be forced to stop wearing it each night when I sleep which defeats the purpose of tracking my sleep patterns.  Thak you in advance for your help.

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks... the Charge doesn't have brightness settings, and the auto view has always been off.... I think it's just an annoying programming glitch as it will not do it during the day! Hahaha...

[SunsetRunner]

Haha, I've thought about doing the same thing!

[Shortygeorge]

Very helpful.  I move my hands a lot gardening, playing guitar, etc.  also when applauding at the theater.  Kind of annoying.  Have no issue pushing a button.  Also saves battery 

[Shortygeorge]

Very helpful.  I move my hands a lot gardening, playing guitar, etc.  Also when applauding at the theater.  Kind of annoying.  Have no issue pushing a button.  Also saves battery.

[oldboomer]

I agree! If I want to take a look in the middle of the night, I'm perfectly happy to press a button. Remarkably annoying, and as others have noted, needlessly shortens the battery life.  Very disappointed 

For all of the sophistication of this technology, how can the genius designers have missed such an obvious issue?

[JoanneC25]

This is not the solution. Quuckview IS turned off. The best I can  do is set the brightness  to Auto and wear a tennis wristband over it to try to make it dimmer.  

[Blondiebabe]

@Rich_Laue where is the tracker settings? I looked through all the options under settings and advanced settings and didnt find anything about quickview. The light also wakes me up at night when i move my wrist. Tia

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

Hello @DenverMike this feature is called quickview.  if you go into you trackers settings you will be able to turn off quickview. 

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[JoanneC25]

Once again, this problem should not be labelled as "SOLVED".  It is not solved, and FitBit programmers need to fix it.  

[Rich_Laue]

@Blondiebabe from the dashboard tap on the icon of your tracker. 

@JoanneC25 have you checked the feature request board. If it bothers you it might bother others and submarine has probably submitted a suggestion close to what your looking for. 

As for solutions the prof anal poster decides. It probably was solved for them 

[will177]

The Fitbit knows when I am asleep. Can’t it just automatically turn off the auto light during sleep time?

[Rich_Laue]

Actually @will177 your Charge 2 doesn't know when your sleeping, and that is the problem. 

After the user wakes up, and after the first sync, the Fitbit server will then calculate the sleep. 

If the server is very busy it might take a second sync to get sleep displayed on the app. 

[will177]

Ah, I see, thanks a lot for the information. 

[Rich_Laue]

Have you added your votes to 

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Deactivate-Quick-View-at-Night-Option/idc-p/1955...

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Turn-off-quick-view-when-I-m-sleeping-or-at-cust...

[will177]

@Rich_Laue  Does this "fibit not knowing I'm asleep" apply to all fitbits or just the Charge/Charge 2?  In other words, do all fitbits rely on the Fitbit server to calculate the sleep? I have the Alta HR by the way, I should have said. Thanks.

[Rich_Laue]

My understanding is the ionic does the sleep detection. With all the other tracker a sleep is calculated in the web. 

That saying, the tracker could still look at heart rate patterns and do a decent job of implementing this feature. That is why I suggest voting for the suggestion. 

[Han-Lin]

If your clothing is long sleeved and black, would it be dim enough? You can also use an opaque or black blanket to block out even more light. Are you talking about the light used to monitor your heart rate? I don't have a fitbit.

[Rich_Laue]

I find closing my eyes works more than adequately. 

[JoanneC25]

Congratulations on your high quality undisturbable sleep (or your extra thick eyelids)! For the rest of us, a light suddenly coming on while we are sleeping wakes us up.

[JoanneC25]

No, it's not the little green lights that track heart rate so much, but rather the entire screen that wakes me up. A black long sleeved shirt and/or blanket probably isn't an ideal solution for most people, as sometimes sleeves ride up and blankets get thrown off when we move around in our sleep. And some people would be too hot ....

[Han-Lin]

Another idea is a red, orange, or yellow film. Since it cuts out blue light, there's less effect on melatonin. If it blocks green light, it's even better.

Before using it, make sure that it really blocks blue light by covering a blue led with it. If it does, it should look unlit or very dim.