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Logging when Driving....

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‎11-07-2019 22:50 - last edited on ‎11-17-2020 10:32 by Fitbit Moderator

‎11-07-2019 22:50 - last edited on ‎11-17-2020 10:32 by Fitbit Moderator

So I have read so many posts about how to get round this, and it seems to have been a thing for ages... Why isn't there a solution yet? 😪 

I can't always charge the band every time I go in a car or I will overcharge the battery! 

And people have talked about a driving activity.... I can't seem to find one on charge 3?

I have no idea about how to delete steps or if it is even possible. 

I have tried just taking it off but that doesn't work either.

What to do? Are fitbit ever going to fix this?! It seems daft that it can count steps, measure your heart rate, analyse your sleeping activity but you can't simply pause it when you get in a car!?!

ERG....

 

 

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‎11-08-2019 03:58 - edited ‎11-08-2019 04:01

‎11-08-2019 03:58 - edited ‎11-08-2019 04:01

Yea.. It's a known issue, among many fitness bands I might add. You could always add a custom driving activity: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1306/

 

But that's not ideal in my opinion. There used to be an app which you can enable on your mobile when driving (DriveBit and Travelbit) but they both appear to be gone from the app store (on android). Though you can still find the installation application online on 3rd party websites.. I do believe they are still working if I'm not mistaken.

 

All the app does is create a custom activity and rename it to Driving while neglecting the walks made while driving. If you do get the app to work, don't buy the premium version which is still available in the store. There are a lot of complaints about it that the pro features simply don't work.

 

I wouldn't get your hopes up that they would include it as an activity though. In my honest opinion, fitbit's team only adds what they think is useful, not what the community wants. With the suggestions that the community posted many many many years ago that they want to see to be implemented into the devices and or software rarely comes true. 

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‎11-08-2019 20:41

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‎11-08-2019 20:41

Thanks for taking the time to reply.. I'll give that a go. It is crazy as you say, I've seen posts on this dating back  years. 

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‎02-05-2020 00:16

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‎02-05-2020 00:16

I have been using Travelbit, and I really don't like how it adds 'calories burnt' when you're not even really doing an activity, I am just sat driving. Is there a way to edit that? I initially read when I first got this app, you just deleted that activity, but this just adds the steps its prevented to your daily count.

 

I am so close to moving away from Fitbit because of this step counting whilst driving issue. Its ridiculous, as I can hit goals when I am sat in traffic!

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