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At the moment, logging food via barcode scanning is only supported for the US food database. I would like the option of food scanning for international food databases as well with nutrition facts.
I would really like to be able to scan barcodes in Norway. Please make an effort Connecting to the Norwegian food database. This would really complete the use and experience of my fitbit.
It would be helpful if they (Fitbit) told us their plans either they are or aren't? But this silence is golden and probably tells us all we need to know!
Just got my Fitbit & was really hoping to be able to log my food using the bar code scanner, really disappointed to see this facility is not available in the UK despite it being raised to the attention for Fitbit well over 12 months ago! Is someone able to give approximate timescales as to when it will become available please?
I have to say as a new fitbit user I am extremely disappointed that the UK is not fully supported. I brought the fitbit under the pretense that I would have full access to all features. It's not as though I have purchased it in the US and I'm trying to make it work here. I purchased it here and it should be supported. I would recommend that the UK and other countries where you sell your products be provided with full features as soon as possible. Would you not think this to be a fair and reasonable request?
I am sure there is a way to inform potential customers about this feature (that this feature is not available for non-US users), so their disappointment can be avoided. Maybe there is a Facebook group about this... you should check it.
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Hmm, so not only can those of us living in Australia not convert our food intake from calories to kilojoules, we also can't scan our barcodes. To quote the late, great Professor Julius Sumner Miller, "Why is it so?". And more to the point, why are we still waiting when this upgrade was first suggested well over 18 months ago?
It extremely frustrating that the app suggests that I can send photos to update the local food database but then after contacting support that it is an US only feature. Can this please be rolled out properly or at the very least have the app inform me that you havent been able to roll this feature out for other countries.
Would definitely benefit from being able to do this in the UK! So many people I know use a fit it and being able to log my food on here would be perfect to have it all in one area and means fitbit would be more likely to get my business.
It is quite frankly disgusting after this period of time that a feature the product is sold with is still only available in the US, not to the UK, or for that matter the rest of the world!
If nothing else enable the feature that allows people to add products and let it start building a database that way
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