Estimated Oxygen Variation

[Den_in_USA]

Why is this now available on only some Charge 3 and Versas? 

[Helenvpowassan]

Hello.  I have the inspire HR.  I bought itnapecifically for heart rate and sleep.  

[Helenvpowassan]

Thia is what my sleep tab looks like like.

 

[pbug56]

Then how to watches from other firms give a reading? And how does my
finger clip give its constantly changing reading along with my pulse? The
sleep piece does seem useful, though. But I'd have to see it to know.

And there's still a problem - right now, at last check, the October Versa
update still has an excellent chance of bricking your Versa, and I've heard
nothing of Fitbit fixing those buts or those in later releases.

[Den_in_USA]

A quick SpO2 measurement using a finger monitor or even a smartwatch may not catch a potential problem. An 8 hour recording of your blood oxygen level is a far better way to detect medical problems such as sleep apnea.

[pbug56]

Couple years ago I went into an ER having trouble breathing. They couldn't
decide what to do about admitting me (prior to blood tests that made the
need very clear) - so they had me walk down the hall with a finger clip
monitoring my O2 level with me off a nasal cannula. They watched how in a
couple minutes my O2 level dived. I got admitted, then they found out that
I had 2 major respiratory bugs plus a staph infection. The quick O2 check
was very useful. An indication of a serious problem.

In apnea, matching up a night's worth of SPO2 readings against heart rate
and body motion is a decent way to diagnose apnea - not complete but a
decent indication, and far more useful then if you didn't have the O2
levels.

There are a number of firms actually delivering watches that can do all
this. It's why many of us bought our Fitbits with SPO2 sensors. And it
sounds like maybe, after a multi year wait, a few people now may be getting
that. Though how one risks the usability of their Fitbit by accepting the
horribly buggy upgrades since October is a different story.

[Den_in_USA]

pbug56, my wife says that walking gave her an accurate lower reading, but by sitting still, her level would rise. Like you, my wife and I bought Fitbits mainly because of the SpO2 feature, of which we are all still waiting for. 

[pbug56]

Exactly why people want this feature to work, wny many of us wanted it.
Ignoring the shakiness of my Versa in monitoring heart rate, when it does
work properly I can see how my body reacts to exercise and other
situations. We're not looking for extremely high accuracy. Like when I
was in the ER it wasn't the exact reading they wanted, they wanted to see
how my O2 level reacted when I got a bit of exercise. It really dropped.
Then they got back the results that basically told them that I was quite
sick (not that I couldn't tell that myself, but this gave them 'scientific'
evidence. The lab results reinforced it.

What I don't get is how Fitbit did not understand this even a few years
after they first featured an SPO2 sensor, and even after other companies
had them working. Instead they kept saying they were trying to figure out
what to use it for - and many of us kept telling them what.

[CompJunky]

Whatever sort of 'progressive' release they are doing needs to start progressing a little faster or have an opt in.  Seriously thinking about returning the device as my stats are pay walled at this point and I have a Polar smart watch that gives me all the fitness tracking this does plus recovery stats.  The Sp02 was the main factor that caused me to switch from the polar device I was happy with and that didn't pay wall my own stats.

[Jennguin]

Hi Matt - I received this as well a few weeks back, but it is always blank (no data).  Thoughts?

[Owls1982]

I enjoy this feature. I think it helps make you more aware of your sleep patterns. I wish my husband had it on his fitbit.

[attheinlet]

My Mom and I bought our charge 3 on the same order yet she has the oxygenation feature and I don’t, why not?

This seems really unfair or wrong, what made you decide to activate one and not the other?

Hers only works on her iPhone, mine is on my iPad, is this why I don’t have it?  But I cannot find a separate app for phone in the Apple store. I only see fitbit for iPad.

I hope that you will soon be providing this to all of us as we have all paid for the same watch and the features should be the same on models bought at the same time, in the same order.  Is it because I bought Mom the special  edition watch with two band color choices that she got the feature first?

[pbug56]

Supposedly a small, slow rollout. Now idea how many months or years it
will take, nor whether the firmware upgrades will actually be safe to
install.

[JonDavidL]

I totally agree with your comment.  You would think that Fitbit would roll out a major new feature like this to those users (like myself) who pay the inflated $9.99 a month to be Premium members.  You would think that getting new features first, would be a perk for paying extra.  They still could have slowly rolled it out to the rest of Fitbit users too at the same time.  I just hope that when Google take over, they have a better insight into things like this.  

[pbug56]

Everyone who bought Fitbits with spo2 sensors has the same right to have
them work. Paying extra for a dubious service must not give priority for
something we all already paid for.

[Den_in_USA]

It doesn't matter what model you bought or when you bought your watch. My wife has it on her Charge 3 but I don't have it on my Versa.

[pbug56]

2 things affect it if your watch supports SPO2;

1. You were willing and managed to take all the updates including the last
one or two which apparently bricked a lot of watches.
2. You get lucky.

[CompJunky]

So this started rolling out on the 19th of last month but it seems the majority of us have still not seen it.  What gives @MattFitbit ? Would love an update or option to opt in....

[pbug56]

We also need to know if the firmware upgrades over the last couple months
have been fixed so we don't brick our Fitbits trying to get the O2 features
we've been waiting for so long.

[mpacker]

It just showed up for me.  Not fitbit app update.  Honestly I don’t even know how long I’ve had it.  I noticed it only a few days ago

im on versa device

i hadn’t heard anything about it.  I was looking at my sleep and happened to scroll down. Not even sure why I scrolled down 

[CompJunky]

Guess your one of the lucky "chosen".