Fitbit counts driving as exercise!

[elshaera]

Hi,

I have few comments about fitbit chrage HR.
They are things that can be fixed easily by the developers:

1. It counts driving as exercise!! (big issue for me)
If I have a 5 days exercise goal and I never exercised this week but I drove 5 days (I have to log my driving since it sometimes add a lot of steps/floors), I still reach my exercise goal while I actually never worked out this week!!
So, The app developers can easily count driving as a normal activity not an exercise that contribute to my goals (as I'm just sitting in the traffic 😄 )

2. They have to find a better solution for the steps/floors added by fitbit while driving! (not easy for fitbit app developers)
Once, I was driving for 5 hours at a speed of 120km/h and fitbit counted 12000 steps and 145 floors !!
It should automatically correct this (even from the phone after syncing) as my speed was extremely high for walking and my heart rate was very low (as I was just sitting)
Google has a solution for this as Google fit app is a lot smarter in detecting driving automatically.
I understand that Google fit app doesn't export the results so that fitbit app can use them to correct the steps/floors count. but, I think the developers can implement a similar algorithm to the one used by Google fit.

3. When I log my driving, The added steps/floors are removed but the badges aren't !!
This should be very easy for the developers (to give the ability to users to remove badges).
As till now, I have badges that I didn't earn. This makes me feel like a cheater and makes me less competitive 😞 (as I already won the badges)


Thanks,
Ahmed

[Moonshinespirit]

The problem is taking the watch on and off is a step that is easily forgotten and is annoying for those of us that get in and out of the car.

Also, if you delete the driving log it issues your steps back again.

It would be a better solution to not make driving an exercise

Thank you

[Vickydee]

I dont understand how fitbit hasnt fixed this yet. I do not want driving included in my exercise goals for the week.

[BigXiong]

Any progress made on this yet? Not counting driving as an exercise should be easy enough to fix.

[waffles_55]

Nope

[Shbe]

Hi I don't think you a reading through properly before answering. Please look at @SunsetRunner 's reply on this thread. That is the problem most people on here are trying to explain. I have the same issue. My calendar under exercise will have ticks for everyday because I drove not because I exercised.

Also your solution to charge the device while driving is not always and option because I ride a motorbike and so I obviously have nowhere to put it on charge on while I'm riding

[Remriel]

Is Fitbit too incompetent to code in an exception for driving?