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Improve Charge 5 basic features (GPS, battery life, heart rate, syncing)

Status: Reviewed By Moderator Submitted by on ‎08-05-2022 06:33
3 Comments (3 New)
It Fitbit got back to basic.
We want great GPS accuracy, great battery life, great heart rate readings, great connectivity with our devices.
And no more cool hip usless features.

Moderator edit: Clarified subject and updated label
This is needed because:
This would improve our user experience and day to day life. A egk is cool but most people have used it 3 times. Focus more on what used to make Fitbit great and less of "trying to make something nobody els have"
I'd use this: Daily
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3 Comments
Status changed to: Reviewed By Moderator
LizzyFitbit
Premium User
Fitbit Moderator
Fitbit Moderator
‎08-08-2022 11:46
‎08-08-2022 11:46

Hi @Manneman, and thanks for taking the time to share this suggestion about improving the basic features of your Charge 5 such as the GPS, battery life, heart rate data and syncing 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 suggestion 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 which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs. You might also be interested in this other suggestion.

 

Watch this space for status updates. In the meantime, try visiting Health & Wellness to talk with other members about all things health and fitness.

Manneman
Base Runner
‎08-13-2022 07:14
‎08-13-2022 07:14

I'd like to clarify that this applies to Fitbit as a company and every product. Pleas stop trying to invent a new "must have feature" and make the core features work great instead. Like they used to. The ionic was a great watch and so was previous charge watches.

 

kmocarter
First Steps
‎08-16-2022 16:15
‎08-16-2022 16:15

Related to this post, I was very disappointed that the Charge 5 no longer has a key fitness tracking feature found in earlier models: an altimeter. I loved being able to track floors climbed in town and elevation changes on hikes. I obviously wrongly assumed that the most recent Charge would have all the fitness tracking categories found in earlier versions. To be honest, I never would have purchased this version if I had known that the altimeter was removed, and when the time comes to purchase a replacement for my Charge 5, I will look elsewhere if Fitbit does not offer a simple tracking watch with that feature. I don't need fancy displays etc. I just want a watch that gives me reliable step, altitude, and sleep tracking.

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