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Currently you can only configure notifications in the web app. Since I use the mobile app 99.9% of the time I would like to be able to configure notifications from the app.
Sorry I don't understand, notifications come through the mobile app and are only configurable the ought the mobile app.. Which notifications are you referring too?
These are general notifications that come from the Fitbit server, either through email or text. They usually only get setup oncre, and is why I forgot about them.
They are not the notifications that get pushed to the tracker..
They get pushed to the phone! So I should be able to control the configuration from the phone.
Also, all push notifications come from the server. Push notifications do not come from the tracker nor from the phone.
I didn’t even know they existed until I was looking through the Help articles for something.
I NEVER use the web app. I only use the mobile app. I set up my account and everything on mobile. So it makes sense to be able to control messages that reach my phone through my phone.
I don’t understand why I need to keep justifying this request?!
have you ever used another app where you control push notification settings from somewhere other than the mobile app?!
You’re kidding, right? All the notifications that are configured in the link I provided can be configured as push notifications to the phone. For example, low battery notification. You can get it as an email and/or as a push. Same with a dozen or so other types of notifications. ALL of those can also be pushed to the phone. So AGAIN, if I can get notified about **ahem** related to my Fitbit on my phone, I want to be able to configure it on my phone. WHY is to so hard to grasp?!?!?!
An email is not pushed to the phone, it is sent from an email server to an email server. It would be your email server that pushes it to the phone. You could just as easily read the same email on a pc.
As for messaging it is the same thing Fitbit sends message to your provider then the cell phone company sends it on to the phone.
And yes I do all that configuring through my phone
You. Clearly you do not understand what a push notification is. Please first learn what a push is then try again. The provider sends text messages. The Fitbit app sends push notifications that show in the phone’s Notifications Center. Again I’ll try to explain. When you configure the low battery notification option, for example, you can get an email. BUT you can also get a push. When you are notified that the band battery is low, you get a PUSH NOTIFICATION TO YOUR PHONE!! When I get something in my phone I want to be able to configure it in the app. Why is it so **ahem**ing hard to understand?!?!?!?!?!
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