Ability to disable automatic goal notification

It would be great if we were able to turn off/disable the vibration on the automatic goal notification.  It can be quite startling.  My heart just about stops almost everytime it happens.  

 

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127 Comments
Ellum
Jogger

Has any one tried experimentering by changing the "main goal" to something that won't occur during night? Fx set "Active Minutes" as main goal. Will that stop triggering notifications of fx "calories burned"? 

naegy
First Steps

I'm not sure why when I search how to turn off vibration for notifications I end up on a thread about turning off notification for daily goal? I am more concerned about being able to turn off the vibration for notifications. It is annoying to get vibrated all night long while emails are coming in. It would be really nice if you could choose whether the notifications vibrate for each thing you have set up for notifications. I would like text notification vibrations but while I want my emails to come through I don't want to be vibrated on those.

sbmedley
Jogger
I agree...I set my goals very high so it won't vibrate...so have many
others. I get lots of these emails. They don't seem to care. I do like the
fitbit...but wish i could set the goals where I want them and track them.
maybe someday they will hear us and respond.
sbmedley
Jogger

all of these comments about wanting to disable the vibrations and no response.  When will we be heard?

sbmedley
Jogger

I see many, many requests for the ability to disable notifications/alarms...please let us know why you are not responding to this request.  People are irritated by it, startled by it, and it causes pain in some. I would like to be able to track my goals, but don't want to be startled at random times from the vibration...please respond to us. I have a Charge HR.

Dinuka
Recovery Runner

Please intergrate this. The notification goes off while i am doing interval training and makes me think i am at the end of an interval when I am not. I can set a rediculously high goal for now but this is really quite silly.

SunsetRunner
Not applicable

I like the goal celebrations but I want to be able to customize the vibration events. For ex, the buzz when a txt comes in is way to long, it should be a fraction of a second, but the phone should be a long buzz. We should be able to find grain set these in the app for notifications 

camilozeta
Jogger

Yes please give us the way to switch it off. 2 years and still nothing?

msands
First Steps

What's the point of having a community forum if Fitbit does not care about user concerns or feedback?  This is such a basic item to implement .  I am astounded Fitbit has not acted on it.

bhwolf
Runner

I am stunned that this can't be turned off!  I understand why some may love it, but i can't stand being interrupted by things like this.

amwolf79
Jogger

I like having a step goal  I also like knowing I've met it. I do not like being buzzed when I meet my goal. I would appreciate the option to turn off the buzzing or at least something less startling.

Questor-013
Jogger

I am trying this method.  Goto Account and scroll down to "Activity".  Set all of the goals to very large values

Steps 99,999

Distance 5,000 miles

Calories 99,999

Active minutes 30000

 

Then go into Advanced Settings and turn off "Push Notifications"

 

bugsey101
First Steps

Got my first fitbit 2 today and knowing that i do not like the vibrate option on any of my phones etc, that is the first thing i looked for in settings. Have to admit i am very disappointed by not being able to turn off vibrate!

I dislike it so much i wish i had done more research before buying, as that is a deal breaker for me!

PaddyLandau
Recovery Runner

 @bugsey101 I'm shocked that this still hasn't been fixed! My old Fitbit finally bit the dust due to old age, and my replacement won't be a Fitbit.

mcmeyer
Recovery Runner
Fitbit company should post voting for specific features. Allow customers to
vote on features they want to be added or subtracted from software. They
should have beta testing groups that own the product and send in reports of
features negative or positive. Company should at least have a moderator
that reads, regulates, and informs software developers or DevOps of popular
customer requests.
SunsetRunner
Not applicable

It's a joke that goal notifications cannot be turned off

CardiganWearer
Tempo Runner

2 years and still nothing?!

 

I had Calories Burned as my Main Goal and got woken twice while sleeping before I could work out what was the issue.

I posted in the Forums - no answer from any fitbiters; and went round in circles with support before they confirmed what I suspected.

 

What is the point of setting a Goal if one has to fudge the number to an unattainable number so it doesn't go off at an inappropriate time?

People have even had steps and stairs counted while sleeping so changing it to something else isn't a good option either.

 

And as others have said, having it go off even when awake isn't appropriate sometimes.

msands
First Steps

Here's a good solution: don't buy Fit Bit.

KangaRod
Jogger

I honestly am absolutely flabbergasted that this isn’t a “well, of course we should have that” type of feature. 

 

 The fact that you MUST receive daily notifications of reaching some goal is silly, especially when you can “turn it off” by setting it to some arbitrarily high number.

KittyL
Recovery Runner

Surely, after all these requests to turn off the vibration you must realize that people don't like it! 

How do I set my steps to 100,000 so I don't have to get shocked every day?

mpacer
Jogger

Agree. Please offer an option to disable the end of day notification. It wakes me up right when I'm about to fall asleep! Man Tongue

Bushman
Base Runner

Agreed.  How can the developers overlook such a BASIC requirement?

I was woken up in the middle of the night AGAIN just so I could be clearly notified that I had hit my calorie goal.  Seriously.  It vibrates like an intense alarm.

 

I can't believe how long Fitbit take to fix basic oversights like this.

KittyL
Recovery Runner
I was able to reset my goal to 100,000 steps so that it never goes off.

I found the buzz quite unpleasant...
SunsetRunner
Not applicable

How many years have users requested this feature without a fix by fitbit? 

SunsetRunner
Not applicable

If I had known it was impossible to switch off this notification, I would not have bought my Versa. I, logically I think, assumed that it would be possible to switch any and all notifications on or off, in common with other smart devices.

 

Seeing here that this possibility has been repeatedly requested for years without any action being taken is very disappointing. It’s a shame because other than this I like the Versa. 

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