No Blood Pressure Monitoring?

[happeegirlee]

I recently acquired my first Fitbit. The amount of models out there is a bit overwhelming. I decided on a Charge 3, as it was newest on our market so I thought it would be the most advanced, but to my disappointment it seems not to track Blood Pressure. Is there an app for that, or will it come in an update? I love this Fitbit but do only some models measure Blood Pressure, or was it removed cuz it was an inaccurate feature? Would love advice! TY

[EdsonFitbit · Accepted solution]

@happeegirlee Welcome to the Fitbit Community.

Congratulations for acquiring the new Fitbit Charge 3. I'm happy to answer your question about monitoring blood pressure. Your Tracker does not have the capability to measure this feature, however, it includes a relative SpO2 sensor. In the future, this sensor could give users the opportunity to identify potential health issues like sleep apnea. Our team is still exploring how this could manifest in the user experience, but such technology would use this sensor. At the moment, Fitbit products don't measure Blood Pressure.

If you would like to check out the product manual, please visit this site.

If you have any other question, please don't hesitate to contact us back.

[Klmry]

Do you mean that you want an area of the dashboard to track BP readings taken elsewhere? It won't be possible to take your BP using the device itself as an inflatable cuff is required

[Weng_C]

Felt sad upon learning that my fitbit charge 3 does not monitor bp. Other brands of trackers/smart watch does measure 😒

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@Weng_C wrote:

Felt sad upon learning that my fitbit charge 3 does not monitor bp. Other brands of trackers/smart watch does measure 😒

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Really?? I would like to know which trackers can measure blood pressure?? Can you please tell us?

[PheonixBunny78]

The Walgreens app could help with monotering your bp, but you have to input manually, but bonus you can earn rewards points if you sync the two apps.

hint: just click a Fitbit, because yours is not on the list. Then it will ask you to connect and log in to Fitbit app. And yeah you are earning points.

[Weng_C]

Wow! Thank you for your help 🙂

[PheonixBunny78]

Hope it helps with what you are looking to do

[Steon]

https://omronhealthcare.com/products/heartguide-wearable-blood-pressure-monitor-bp8000m/ for one.  Allegedly reliable as it comes from a leader in BP Monitors/Checkers.

[musclesgam]

Thanks.  This Omron Healthguide watch costs $499.99 US.  Other BP smartwatches are most likely made in China and if you review them on Amazon, you'll find the BP measurements  are not that reliable, especially if your normal BP on the either ends (too low or too high).

It's too bad FitBit has yet to incorporate BP monitoring technology.

[Jackrabbitt]

I would love the BP sensor.  My BP goes up and down all the time.

[Mac_Arez]

I too thot fitbit was advanced but it seems

"Advanced" is a relative term here, lolz

Welcome to the disappointed fitbit users club

[musclesgam]

I found a $60 ECG watch that measures BP, ECG, and PPG on a Chinese website.  It performs something similar to a FitBit.  However, the sleep readings, the steps, the heart rate are not all that accurate.  The sport modes are a joke.  The BP monitoring uses two steps:  Calibrate and Measure..  The calibrate step takes in the BP measurement from a medical monitoring device.  Then the watch measures your BP.  You could do that with either through the watch or through a related phone app.  Of course, both readings are different from each other. However, both gives you the BP similar to what you enter in the calibrate step.  YEAH, I suspect the watch uses the "calibrated" BP to give you a similar reading.  LOL.

[Jackrabbitt]

Lol...did u hear that Walmart is now using VR to see if employees qualify
to be managers.!

versatile soulutions

Moderator edit: personal info removed

[Parker93]

Don't believe those lies. That spo2 function will most likely never come. 

When I bought the watch in October I asked support, when that function will be activated...they told me late November

[Mermandrea]

Home blood pressure monitors are notoriously inaccurate. You’re better off buying a stand alone BP monitor if you seriously need BP monitoring (as I do). Not many are calibrated correctly, or at all. Every doctor and nurse I asked, before purchasing my home BP monitor suggested OMRON monitors. I’ve had it 6 months, and my home reading always match dr office readings

[happeegirlee]

That’s the one I got! I feel much more comfortable with it now 🙂

Sent from Ta's iPad

[Chrisban35]

I have an off brand called "smart bracelet" by a company called iMounTEK. I purchased on Ebay. It does BP. I have a cuff machine, and wanted to check accuracy because it is an off brand. Monitored for 10 days, and the BP was accurate every time with measurements from cuff machine I have.

[Mermandrea]

That’s awesome.

Sent from my iPhone

[aim2stu]

Fitbit design team  How about for BP monitoring, if it were just trackable /recordable in the watch/app like with Feminine Health I'd be happy.  Then I have all my records for provider/i myself  in one place.