Versa 2 - swimming concern

[Linz76]

Hi Fitbit, have you solved the swimming issue  and is the Versa 2 capable to track swimming ?

Moderator edit: subject for clarity

[Ddiddk]

This is because the Versa 2 has a *downgrade* of swimming functions from the Versa original. It’s completely dumb.

[Swim62]

Hi

just brought Versa 2 and the swim app on the watch doesn’t do length counting or distance swam. It only times you.

reading articles about Versa 2 before I brought it said it did.

please help

[Kathwil]

Apparently Versa 2 doesn’t count lengths on watch😡

[Kathwil]

It’s not good for swimming 

[gemnoc]

Thank you for this information.  I just received my Versa 2, after using a Flex 2 for swimming.  I was so looking forward to not having to count laps in my head!  Guess I’ll send back and get the Versa.  I should not have assumed they’d remove the tracking feature!

[VicariouslyFit]

It counts laps on the app... Just not on the watch face itself, which sucks.

[Gemini1]

Was just going to invest in a versa 2 as my flex 2 for swimming was rubbish. Never worked properly since I purchased it. Sent me several replacements but all were the same.  Just as you said not fit for purpose, just an expensive step counter, a d the day I am out of warranty. That's a joke how can that be when it never worked from day one.  Only want to give me a discount on another tracker. But after readi g quite a few comments on this forum the versa 2 doesn't seem to be much good also.  Doesn't show laps which is what I want!,! Does anyone have any ideas on what to go for for an accurate swim.

[Kbionbg]

I've been with fitbit since the first Fitbit back in 2009. My favourite one by far is the Versa so when that broke (my own fault) I though upgrading to the Versa 2 would be a good idea. But I feel like fit bit set out to intentionally make a bad watch. The music controls don't work without rebooting the watch each time. Alexa is spotty at best (plus just bought out by Google so that's confusing), I don't even have words to describe the faults of the charger. Plus having the extra 2 buttons for quick select was awesome and now it doesn't track laps. If Fitbit would let me trade my Versa 2 for the original versa I would do it in a heart beat. DONT BUY THE VERSA 2...

[Gemini1]

Thank you this seems to be my thoughts upon reading reviews such a shame as
I was looking forward to getting a new device. But these Fitbits are not
fit for purpose. so after all my years of having a Fitbit I am thinking of
getting a Garmin. If Fitbit don't address these problems they are going to
loose out bug time.
Thank you for your feedback.

[Swim62]

I did but took it back to shop the next day and got the iconic. It’s brilliant love it

Sent from my iPhone

[MH_London]

Sadly, Fitbit have lost all credibility for claiming they are a swimming watch with Versa 2. It measures time. The end. 

[MH_London]

It is not reasonable to expect that you get out of pool, synch your tracker and check progress in the app. I’d like to see that working in real life. The pool I swim in, do not allow mobile

devices poolside anyway. 

[MH_London]

All you can see is the time. It’s a stopwatch. 

[DrDrew99]

So, I bit the bullet and bought the Versa 2, add my ionic got scratched bad enough to aggravate me.  I set out up, things seem to work, I went swimming, started the activity (swim) and all there is on the screen is a timer. No laps, lengths, or distance, just a timer. I ended the activity and the watch said lengths and distance could be obtained on the Fitbit app.  I've turned the app inside out, but no way to get any report on my swim. This is totally inappropriate for a watch that advertises all the fitness tracking it can do.  What am I missing? 

[gemnoc]

Do you have swimming set up as an auto-recognized exercise under Account in your app?

Sent from meg's iPhone

[MH_London]

The swim functionality has been disabled in Versa 2 (although it worked very nicely in Ionic and Versa 1). 

It is now basically a [waterproof] stopwatch. Fitbit recommend you take a pen &’paper poolside to keep note of the lengths and any other stats you might want to track. 😄

[Gemini1]

The old versa  has the tracking  for lenghts  but they have taken it away for the versa2 which is  rediclous. I liked the watch but now wont get it without the laps.  Who ever decides these changes. Get a refund as it does not do what you want

[DrDrew99]

Hey everyone who wants to track their swimming accomplishments....

The watch does not give any useful information - it is nothing more than a stopwatch.  That's actually true for most of the "exercises".  I don't like that my laps and distance do not display.  With a little help from Fitbit help line, I have finally figured out that the information is actually in the fitbit app.  When I open my app from my phone (Android), there is a bar that says TODAY near the top.  Right below that is a circle of dashed lines that go around a figure of a runner, and information about how many days of exercise I've done this week.  When you click on that bar (or on that circle), a list of all exercises appears.  Under "Swim" it has the minutes, yards, calories and split time (minutes per 100 yards).  When you click on that report, you can get more info - the calories expended during the exercise, the impact on your day, and then, finally, the number of lengths (and it figured out my pool is 25 m in length).

All of my exercises are in there, including those that are "automatically recognized" such as walking and running.  If I remember to start my watch when I tee off for golf, the number of steps, miles and other data appears for that report.

I'd still prefer all that data to be on the watch, but at least it can be retrieved for the Versa 2

Hope that helps.

[Gracefulriver]

Charge 3 worked for swimming for me. I even shower with it on

[Swimmer1964]

Hi, what is the story with this? Is fitbit going to incorporate the swimming functionality that was present in the versa to the versa 2?