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Hi @jkski, thanks for explaining why you would like to have the option to track Skiing with GPS. I've moved it into a similar suggestion which has been updated as "Under Consideration". To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.
I am new owner of charge 5. I ski 30-40 days a year and I am very disappointed skiing is not trackable. Skiing is a very popular sport and I am sure adding it would make many users happy and increased the sale of this device.
Suggested first in 01-17-2016 10:53. Status changed to under consideration 08-16-18 06:55. Safe to say, they are no longer considering it. Time to leave Fitbit behind and look to the future.
The requests go back further than that. This was first suggested by me and some others at least as long as seven years ago in January 2015.
Like most others here who like winter sports, I long ago ditched my Fitbits and have purchased a series of Garmin's, initially a Fenix 5, but now a Fenix 6X. Others I see have gone the Polar route.
I'm afraid with this kind of attitude to what their customers want, it is no surprise than Fitbit have been bought by Google.
Why is it Fitbit doesn't record downhill skiing - enabling it to record skiing should be a no brainer. I have the expensive Fitbit sense and you don't have this while the Apple Watch does. I'm thinking I should have bought an Apple Watch instead for this and the Disney clock face as 99% of the Fitbit watch faces are outright ugly and there are no Disney ones.
It was first requested to add downhill and cross country skiing as an activity back in January 2015 (seven, yes 7, years ago), and the request hasn't progressed past being under consideration.
It would appear that Fitbit just don't really care what their customers want.
Most skiers have thrown their Fitbits away long ago and purchased a Garmin Fenix like me, or else a Polar.
I liked my three Fitbits. All gone. Gave them away. As much as I ski - over 80 days a year, I wanted to have something in a device that is supposed to be a sports tracker that would work with my favorite sport. Fitbit told me they didn’t care. So my new Apple Watch does it better.
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