Any way to use multiple Fitbits?

[Hengstone]

I just picked up a Versa 2 for Xmas -- good stuff, but I was planning on using it for daily wear and then my Ionic for sports activities/around the house. I realize the official word is that only one such device can be synced to the account at any given time...any creative work-arounds? I'd really like to keep using both watches. Thanks

[t.parker]

There is no workaround. You won't be able to use Ionic and Versa 2 both on the same accouny simultaneously. The only way is to remove one before adding another but it's not workaround, it's a chore 😉

[SunsetRunner]

It worked with older devices. I just can't understand why they removed that functionality for the latest generation

Don't they want buy/use more of their devices? What kind of business strategy is that? 

Feel free to vote for the feature suggestion I just created: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Bring-back-multiple-device-on-same-account/idi-p...

[t.parker]

@SunsetRunner this is just a result of lazy design and programming. Once done such things are very hard to fix. I have seen that so many times when nobody though "oh, we may need more than one instance of that object", stuffed the code with singletons and built on assumption there will be only one instance of something during runtime, because it's just quicker and then when requirement comes to support more instances then the problem arises. Major refactoring is needed which for sure will bring plenty of new bugs. I don't want to be negative but my experience tells me that sooner pigs will fly than it's going to be possible to add more than one smartwatch.