Check SpO2 at anytime on supported Fitbit devices

[mbarylski]

The new Sp02 clock face is nice, but can you also add the ability to check Sp02/pulse ox at anytime during the day rather than just during sleep?

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[SunsetRunner]

I had a watch I got on Amazon for $40. It checked oxygen real time, I even
checked its accuracy with an oximeter. Almost perfect. I gave the watch
away when I got my Sense. Mistake.

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[SunsetRunner]

Does it have the features we've been looking for?

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[nancyhuddleston]

Unfortunately, you do need an iPhone to pair with the Apple Watch.

[SunsetRunner]

My daughter also said that. 😕 Oh well!

[DannyFB]

Truly sad that so many community FITBIT threads are now all about what
non-FITBIT product we should all be purchasing instead of FITBIT.

Hard to believe FITBIT/GOOGLE management is not aware of it.

Or, if they are aware, they actually don't see any problem with it.

[SunsetRunner]

I agree! As I've said before, even though I'm a Premium member, I'd pay for
an on-demand oxygen app. It's hard to believe someone there doesn't know
that!

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[gmcd11270]

I am on premium as well. I too would pay extra for this.  

[nancyhuddleston]

I am done with FitBit!

[gmcd11270]

Hi @LizzyFitbit 

Thanks, this is the first time that I posted.  I have noticed that this is an often-requested feature.  Is Fitbit going to listen to its user base?  This seems to be a popular request for years now.  The technology is widely available so I know that it can be incorporated into Fitbit.  Will it be in a new device?  If so, when?  I am going to be needing a new watch soon and the one I chose will have it.  I have been using Fitbit for a long time. I do not wish to give up all my history, but this is an especially important feature for me. 

[SunsetRunner]

I think the Sense 2 has oxygen saturation on demand. But my Sense 1 is only
a few months old. I won't be changing for a while. Maybe they'll listen to
us after the initial sales of the new product have blown over.

I've decided to give it a bit longer...

Maybe Fitbit should send out a survey!

[DannyFB]

If/when any FITBIT product actually supports on-demand O2 it will
definitely be announced with great fanfare.

To date the only mention of O2 in their product lines is a totally vague
one with no indication of "on demand".

[pbug56]

They know that many of us bought our units to get real time SPO2. No
survey needed.

[syilin]

Maybe Google will terminate Fitbit and put SPO2-on-demand to the new pixel watch. 

This is the only reason I think that Fitbit ignores customers sooooo much. 

[pbug56]

The description in the sales material is very careful to not actually say
that. And those of us who've bought Fitbit's (many of us more than one)
believing 'hints' that we'd have on demand or real time SPO2 have so far
been 'disappointed'. Of course, livid might be a better word. As far as I
know, multiple models of Fitbit have the needed sensors. Quite a few other
brands, some super cheap, have it. We don't. So maybe yes for S2, maybe
not. But I've heard nothing to suggest that existing models can't do it,
we all just know that for whatever reason they don't. You may want to wait
several months - even if they plan to, it might not be there on day 1. And
who knows, maybe they'll suddenly do the right thing!

FYI, I've never, ever heard anyone at Fitbit ever explain in plain English
why we don't have it.

[pbug56]

Fitbit has been ignoring requests in these forums since long before Google
bought them. And specs / descriptions for new watches may lead one to
think that they are getting more than they really will, IMHO. They do
innovate, they just don't give us what we actually ask for or think we're
getting. So the S2 SPO2 description is super vague, as to what and when.
And, as they do make clear, don't make medical decisions based on what you
think you see from your watch. For instance, I can lie in bed wide awake
for hours and my watch thinks that I'm sleeping, or, just the opposite, I
can be sound asleep, low heart rate (normal in sleep) and the watch decides
I'm awake. I eventually figured out that it uses heart rate and wrist
movement, and sometimes wrists move while one is sleeping.

As to SPO2, I'm absolutely mystified as to why we can't get a real sleep
SPO2 chart instead of the mystery chart, or real time readings, such as
when we are exercising. That info is useful, and it's not practical to
walk or run while wearing a finger clip. And most times when I get some
sort of comment from them, it's got nothing to do with my questions.

[redhead618]

I wish I'd read all these comments before buying my Charge 5, so stupid of me.  How can a tracker, that purports to be one of the best, not have real time oxygen saturation readings?  As someone with COPD and other lung-related issues, I need to know my saturation when I'm mobile, not just when I'm sleeping.  Although there's really no danger of my oxygen dropping at night so really it's pretty pointless to know what my saturation is because I know it will always be good.  Not so when I'm mobile...I need to monitor what it's doing.  How hard can it be to make it real time anyway?  Seriously, what an incredible disappointment...I bought this thing mainly for the saturation reading.  And the fact they don't seem to have taken any steps to satisfy their customers, as demonstrated by the fact these complaints go back to 2020, is even more disappointing.  

[SunsetRunner]

I agree whole-heartedly. If only they knew how much trouble it is to have
to stop in the middle of an activity and go track down an oximeter because
you need to know what your saturation is.

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[pbug56]

When I bought my Versa, it was first and foremost for the supposed real
time capability. The sales material made me think so. It was replaced by
a Sense because sleep monitoring was a mess - which I later realized was
more software related. I got a bit off but I'm sure they made lots of
profit. And sleep monitoring is still a lot like rolling dice, IMHO. And
still no SPO2.

And I need it for pretty much the reasons you need it.

And now, S2 material I've read looks again like it's got real time SPO2.
But if you comment here, they either ignore you or eliminate your comment.
As far I know, the SPO2 sensor ability is physically the same (though
there's some other new sensor), so if S2 were to get realtime, there's no
obvious good reason for the original S to not get it. Of course, the
language in the sales material was just vague enough one has no sure idea
what it has.

[pbug56]

Maybe they think we walk with a finger clip on, hoping it doesn't fall off.

[SunsetRunner]

Heehee, or with it hanging around our necks. Very frustrating isn't it?

[Ginazari]

Come on Fitbit we need this!!!

[nancyhuddleston]

I think I may have started this thread. Finally gave up on FitBit
anencephaly it became obvious that they did mot care about customer needs.
Many newer and more expensive models have come out, but none I sm aware of
give real time oxygen readings. I finally bought what I needed.

[SunsetRunner]

If Fitbit comes through I'll go back to wearing my Sense

[mozolcer]

Intraday SpO2 data returns during around sleep times. Are there any plans on making SpO2 tracking available for the entire day in detailed granularity? 

Thank you.

[Gordon-C]

Hi @mozolcer 

To get the most accurate reading, SpO2 is recorded while a person is still and sleeping.   However, that is a great enhancement request that I'm sure others would be interested in seeing.   I'm going to move your request to our Feature Suggestion board.   We encourage others to vote on features they would like to see in the devices.

Gordon