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Since running and hiking are similar in motion as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing and are GPS enabled on the Fitbit app using one’s phone; please consider adding the ability to track cross-country skiing and snowshoeing by GPS for those of us who live in snow country.
Since running and hiking are similar in motion as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing and are GPS enabled on the Fitbit app using one’s phone; please consider adding the ability to track cross-country skiing and snowshoeing by GPS for those of us who live in snow country.
Hi @gsauterrun, thanks for explaining why you would like to have this option. I've moved it into a similar suggestion which has been updated as "Under Consideration". You can learn more about here. Keep adding your suggestions!
The problem I faced with my Ionic is that the parameters of my ride are not shown correctly if I choose "run" or "bike" options in "Exercise" for recording and analysis of my GPS thack. "Bike" gives a track where my maximum velocity is limited by 73.8 km/h (just cut all higher velocities and replace them by this number). As a result, I do not see my real result neither in Fitbit nor in Strava. See, for instance https://www.strava.com/activities/2996011923/analysis/9497/9596
Even more restricted is "run" option.
Alternatively, you may introduce universal "outdoor" option in "Exercise" for correct presentation of all results. Of course, calories and other parameters cannot be calculated there, but the GPS track and velocities will be correct.
Farewell, Fitbit. Tired of Fitbit's lack of response to so many Fitbit users requesting the addition downhill skiing. Also frustrated by two cracked screens on my Charge 2's--first one replaced and last one out of warranty after a little over a year. I have moved on to an Apple watch.
Hi @Aperbellini! Great suggestion, thanks for sharing your feedback. I've moved it into a similarrequest. Post a comment or click on the thumbs-up to show your support.
Been waiting two years for this and reading Fitbit moderator responses paying lip service on this forum. It's clear Fitbit is either incapable or does not care about their users or expanding their product features. I finally switched to Garmin Instinct watch couple weeks back and I don't know why I didn't do it earlier. It's better looking, better built, has better user interface and many more features including tracking downhill skiing! Bye bye Fitbit, I really really wanted to like you and gave you 2+ years to figure it out. But thanks for encouraging me to find Garmin which is super awesome!
Isn't Garmin a lot more expensive though. Especially when you've already got a fitbit? C'mon Admins@FitBit do something about this before tge drift to Garmin becomes a haemorrhage. Nikki
There are definitely expensive high-end Garmins, but the Garmin Instinct is in the $200 range and I see there are even a couple other Garmins sub-$200. You might be surprised and able to find a periodic deal. As I said, I really wanted to like Fitbit and I even converted my parents. So it's unfortunate I won't be able to share progress with them on the Fitbit platform.
Hi there, it would be nice to have more outdoor tracking. Me personally I don't go to gym at all I do everything outside. I really miss some ski tracking, cross-country skiing and for hiking I miss altitude.
Hi @Praha, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback about adding skiing to activities. This feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here to keep this board organized.
I've just returned from my annual (downhill) ski trips with family and friends and was surprised when my friend was able to switch on the skiing activity on his Garmin tracker (not sure which model he had) and I realized that my Fitbit Charge 3 still doesn't have a skiing activity included.
I've moved to Maine and love winter sports! Skiing (both downhill + x-country) and snowshoeing. I'm participating in an insurance Get Fit program and my Fitbit is crucial to my exercise tracking. Much to my dismay, I downhill skied half a day and got "9" active points. 😞 I used the hiking exercise category and then changed it to skiing after the activity was logged. What a bummer. I and everyone else get lots of active points for our "steps" taken. In fairness for the amount of energy and calories expended, as well as the cardio benefits...it would be GREAT to be able to track winter sports accurately in the Fitbit line! Love my Charge 3!
Good luck with that. We have unsuccessfully been asking Fitbit to add snow skiing for nearly 4 years now. Most of us have ditched our Fitbits and bought Garmins which do have skiing.
While waiting for skiing to show up, and yes I voted for it in the suggestion, I thought that linking MapMyRide to Fitbit would enable that app to create an exercise for me so that I don't need to do it manually. Too bad that doesn't work either.
I would like there to be more exercises added into the categories of what you are able to track. I would like to track skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, cross country skiing and other basic out door activities that a lot of Fitbit customers are most likely wanting to track also.
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Stop "considering" just add skiing, both downhill and cross country. and what else people are asking for. They have it in Polar, Garmin, ... How difficult can it be???!
Enable GPS tracking on rollerblading/inline skating/ice skating. If this would be available as a shortcut exercise that would simplify tracking it significantly.
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