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Do I have to bring my phone when I want to go on a run?

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‎12-28-2019 16:55

‎12-28-2019 16:55

I’m an athlete and I just got a Fitbit Inspire today. I’m wanting to know if I have to have my phone with in order to track my mileage on my run.

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‎12-28-2019 17:18 - edited ‎12-28-2019 17:19

‎12-28-2019 17:18 - edited ‎12-28-2019 17:19

2 options:

1. take your phone and have the Fitbit connected to phone's GPS to get distance and map from GPS.

2.Do not take your phone.  Distance will be calculated as number of steps  times stride length.

 

See How does my Fitbit device calculate distance traveled? 

 

Also might be interested in How do I track my workouts with my Fitbit device? 

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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