What exactly does Enable Transliteration do?

[mkamoski]

What exactly does Enable Transliteration do?

[JohnnyRow · Accepted solution]

"If you receive messages in a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet, for example Cyrillic or Arabic languages, your messages may not appear properly on your Fitbit device. To automatically convert unsupported characters into the closest Latin equivalent, tap Enable Transliteration."

[LZeeW]

@mkamoski  I thought I had tapped on every possible screen and swiped in every possible direction on my Versa.

Where are you seeing this and how did you get there?

What country are you in and are there alphabet issues with language translation?

[JohnnyRow]

@LZeeW  On Android Versa, it's under Notifications > Advanced Settings.

[mkamoski]

I am using the Fitbit versa and the latest version of the Android application. After I launch the Fitbit app I can click in the upper right corner on a picture of the Versa. That brings me to a settings screen. On that settings screen there is an item that says notifications. If I clicked on the notifications item it brings me to a screen for notification based settings. In those notification settings there is a toggle to turn transliteration on or off. I am in the United States. I do not have any issues with text messages or other notifications coming from the Fitbit versa. My primary language is English and all of my notifications and text messages and everything are in English. I hope this helps explain things a bit. Good luck.

[LZeeW]

@mkamoski  @JohnnyRow  This must be an Android thing, not available on iOS.  I don't have my Versa on my account right now.  I have my Charge 3, but that shouldn't make a difference.  There is no Advanced Options in the iOS app in Notifications.

[MikeGn]

@LZeeW, What language do you want to Transliterate? I tried for Hebrew on Ionic - the feature is useless, the transliterated text is unreadable. 

Due to Fitbit, Charge 3 started to support Hebrew with the late update. Ionic and Versa still miss this feature.

[mkamoski]

Mike... I was just asking what transliteration does, that is all. Now knowing what it does, I see I do not need it. So,  to answer your question, my reply is "none". Thanks... Mark Kamoski.

[GaliaS]

Where do I see the transliteration option so that I can tap it!

Thank you

[B.mak]

However, this does not work for iOS. Already voted this issue up and replied that it affects me too on the requesting features . I hope you solve this issue soon. After purchasing your premium watch and spending the same amount of money i could have spent on an Apple Watch SE: this issue is giving me serious buyer’s remorse

[Patyjs]

I have a Versa with Android and have looked everywhere for the enable transliterations. I can't find advanced settings either. What's going on?

[JohnnyRow]

From phone app Today screen":

Profile Pic > your tracker > Notifications > Advanced Settings: Enable Transliteration