Add dark mode on new Fitbit app

[LIs5]

Disappointed that there is no dark mode option given the awful app update to a block of white - very hard to distinguish sections so if you are vision impaired or have dry eyes it’s just not comfortable to engage with anymore. It’s so infuriating given that I preferred my Fitbit app layout and data to my Garmin one which I use the running.

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[sleep154theweak]

Dark mode for the Android Fitbit app.

Please please please.

[BusyA]

Today’s update has removed the sleep tracker, which was I think the last dark mode screen from the old app.

I find the new app screen very hard to navigate, I can’t find functions, there’s too much white space and it all looks cheap too.

I am wondering if Google is committed to Fitbit as I cannot understand why they would deliberately downgrade the app functionality.

Please sort this out Fitbit and Google.

[StefanosP]

Further to my previous posts, I read this article today which goes into some detail about Google's redesign of the Fitbit app, making it fit in line with Material You design language. All nice pastel shades that I'm sure will appeal to many of the younger generation but after two years in the making there's still absolutely nothing about inclusion of a dark mode. How shortsighted and ignorant of these many posts can this be??

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-design-fitbit-app-redesign

[StefanosP]

In light of Google's reluctance to take onboard the dark mode issue and our concerns, I have today cancelled my paid subscription. I don't see any point in paying this amount of money monthly when the most basic of app UI choices is not included and our voices aren't heard. I have no intention of re-subscribing to the app until dark mode is incorporated in the the UI!

[Tomkw51]

I did that long ago. Notice that they no longer comment on any of the
requests. They are completely disingenuous (liers) I will never buy
any of their products again. I will probably throw away my old charge
4 soon. I am unwilling to subject myself to their application at night
again. Good luck to the rest of you, but I'm done. Goodbye all!

[Penneyjo]

I mainly use this app for sleep, and when I wake up and want to look and see how much sleep I have had, it is just too bright and gets me too much awake, where I can’t go back to sleep again.

[corona50]

I also relied on the sleep tracker.  It looks like a cartoon.  I unchecked the sleep focus and going back to wearing a watch as my primary time tracker.  Too bad. 

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @Penneyjo, thanks for taking the time to share this product feedback about having dark mode available for the Fitbit app with us. Because this product feedback was already requested on this board, I’ve moved your post here. Please support this product feedback by adding your vote, this helps our developers to keep tracking its popularity and demand over time.

[mikey_pdx]

October blog post said it was coming. It's almost May. Let's go, Google.

[jjguice]

Since August 2023 people have been asking for dark mode display for the Fitbit Mobile App.  When is Google going to update the dark mode feature?  Nine (9) months for one small feature is ridiculous when it should have always been a feature.  Developers, make the change already! 

[geminiman7]

It hasn't been 9 months, it's actually been asked for for over 7+ years. But it's taken Fitbit/Google 9 months to finally listen and respond but still nothing... smh!

[Tomkw51]

I am truly thankful for the latest update to the application.  It is now so useless that last night I finally was able to break free and threw away my fitbit and will no longer have to endure the absolutely abysmal customer care and responsiveness. It really seems intentional on the part of Google.  They cannot be so incompetent as to be unable to implement this in a very short time. Every evolution of the application has been a downgrade and the sleep disturbance of the intense blazing white screen in the middle of the night is intolerable.  Now I am free from their abuse and will never subject myself to this form of cruelty again. May the people responsible for this be locked in a room with a thousand fitbit screens blazing 24 hours a day for two weeks. God forgive me.

[Tomkw51]

I am truly thankful for the latest update to the application.  It is now so useless that last night I finally was able to break free and threw away my fitbit and will no longer have to endure the absolutely abysmal customer care and responsiveness. It really seems intentional on the part of Google.  They cannot be so incompetent as to be unable to implement dark mode in a very short time. Every evolution of the application has been a downgrade and the sleep disturbance of the intense blazing white screen in the middle of the night is intolerable.  Now I am free from their abuse and will never subject myself to this form of cruelty again. May the people responsible for this be locked in a room with a thousand fitbit screens blazing 24 hours a day for two weeks. God forgive me.

[geminiman7]

Agreed! lol 😄

[jamespearn]

Another vote for dark mode. 

Especially important for viewing sleep stats at night when deciding whether to sleep more or not. 

A bit ridiculous that we even have to request this feature.

[jamespearn]

As with many other apps there should be three settings:

1. Dark mode on

2. Dark mode off

3. App's dark mode follows Android system-wide settings

[mikey_pdx]

Why is this only "Under Consideration" when we were told in a blog post last October that it was coming? Let's go, y'all. Get it done.

[Gaydrian]

Dark mode has been standard for most of a decade, and yet Fitbit still doesn’t have it. This is such an ableist accessibility fail. It’s 2024. Why has Fitbit still not implemented a setting that many much smaller apps have had for years? Looking at bright screens hurts my eyes as someone with an energy-limiting chronic illness. And it’s even worse when looking at screens in the evening or morning. If you actually want to improve health, for everyone, and especially disabled people, add dark mode, like you should have 9 years ago.

[josekreif]

@LizFitbitSaid  on October 31, 2023 that it was "being considered by the team". Considering it's been 8 months for something as simple as Dark Mode, I think it's safe to say it has been considered, and it has been decided against.

Side note:

What is this?

[SCFrance78]

Seriously, Fitbit development team. Dark mode is a must have feature. I just read a comment to a posting from a user who noted he's been patiently waiting 8 years for dark mode. A requested feature that has not been scheduled for development and release fit more than 8 years? That's not serious app development. That's ignoring your customer base. Attitudes like that will cost you business when your customers start evaluating alternatives. Come on, get it done for goodness sake. An app with no dark mode in 2024? An app with a white background makes me fell like I'm back in 1995.

[jlmr1990]

It is really ridiculous that there is still no dark mode in the fitbit app. It’s such a simple feature to add. 

I want to buy a new sport watch and I think it will not be a fitbit anymore and no darkmode (more concrete: not listening to your community) is one of the reasons for that. 

[geminiman7]

Yes


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[Oppman29]

Every single version, there are hundred of request for dark mode... its NOT hard to change the white to blank and black to white . Why has this been on the list for years but things no one asked for like messing with the sleep graph are top priority?

[magnetix]

Check the dates on these feedback posts under consideration. Some are 10 years old! Mostly are more than 5 years!

Going to check out ‘Not Currently Planned’ section now.

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[Capone81]

Nice to see that I'm not lonely in this!