Allow Fitbit to sync all exercise stats from Health Connect

[Jaskierek]

Activities Fitbit imports from Health Connect contain only the most basic metrics (time, distance, avg speed/pace, energy burned) even if there's much more data available in Health Connect e.g. activity name, heart rate, power, cadence etc.

Even Google Fit is much better at this and imports activity name, HR, speed.

[BRogers80]

There are many posts about external activities and fitbit likes this 

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Product-Feedback/More-accurate-count-of-active-minutes-from-Strava-t...

The inability to import data from other systems and connect sensors to Fitbit (HRM, power meter) makes the ecosystem less accessible for athletes. I have a bike computer that already records everything. If I want the data in Fitbit, I would have to wear the watch as well to get the data.

I would like to use the Pixel Watch as my everyday device and my bike computer and Suunto watch for sports activities.

Nowadays, we have a format with FIT that everyone supports. So it's just a question of will.

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @Jaskierek, and thanks for taking the time to share this product feedback about allowing Fitbit to sync all exercise stats from Health Connect with us. We rely on feedback like yours to help us develop products and features that we know our community wants to see. If this product feedback receives votes from other customers and gains popularity, it will be shared internally with various teams at Fitbit. To learn more about how Fitbit decides what product feedback is developed, visit our FAQs.

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[mwcorbin]

It is very important that I be able to bring in heart rate data to Fitbit from a third party source via Health Connect.  I have difficulty with bogus heart rate readings from my Pixel Watch while walking with long sleeves (ex: watch reading 160, actual HR 76!) and biking on rough terrain.  I have tried many ways to improve the accuracy, such as tightening the watch band (until it is unbearable to wear), wearing it underneath my wrist, and moving it further up my arm (keeps sliding down!).  Sometimes it works better, sometimes it doesn't.

I understand that vibration can throw off a light-based heart rate sensor.  It is for that reason that I prefer to use my Polar chest strap based sensor.  I just need to be able to bring that data into Fitbit via Health Connect.  Without that capability, Fitbit is useless for tracking zone minutes if I get 40 zone minutes for a leisurely walk!

As stated in the initial post, "Without importing at least heart rate these external activities are excluded from cardio load making this feature (and workout readiness) useless."

[awex]

I’m writing this because I’m beyond frustrated with the current state of Health Connect integration. I am a long-time user with a setup that should work perfectly: For example, I use e.g. Wahoo ACE bike computer and a Polar H10 chest strap for precision heart rate. But this only an example. All my data is clearly visible in Google Health Connect.

However, Fitbit only pulls the most basic metrics (time, distance, calories). The heart rate data and power/cadence are completely ignored.

This isn't just a minor missing feature; it breaks the entire ecosystem:

1. Useless Metrics: Without HR data from external activities, features like Cardio Load and Readiness Score become completely useless for anyone who uses specialized gear for their sport.

2. Double Tracking Nonsense: I shouldn't have to wear my Pixel Watch during a ride just to "prove" to Fitbit that I have a pulse, especially when a medical-grade chest strap is already recording everything.

3. The "Bevel" Comparison: Look at how an app like Bevel handles this in the Apple ecosystem. It uses Apple Health as a true central hub, pulling EVERY data point available—full HR curves, power, HRV , regardless of the source. Google Health Connect was designed to be exactly that for Android: an open, central hub. Even Google Fit manages to display the heart rate curves from my external sessions perfectly. Why is Fitbit, a Google-owned company, the only one trailing behind with such a restrictive and hardware-centric "walled garden"?

To be honest, this experience is making me seriously consider switching to the Apple ecosystem. There, the integration is open and perfect. Apps utilize all available sources without punishing the user for using professional sensors.

[Bradleycorn]

Please do this. 
How can you expect people to take Fitbit seriously as a health and fitness app if it doesn't show fairly basic workout data like heart rate?
I use Peloton and it writes my heart rate data, but I can't see it in the Fitbit app. It's especially maddening because the heart rate data for my Peloton workouts is captured with my Pixel 3 watch, and if I turn off the "display health connect data on Today" setting, it DOES show my heart rate data for the same workout!