Maintain Fitbit web dashboard going forward

[KBenjamin]

As an older user, my eyesight and hand eye coordination are poor. So, I prefer the website dashboard on my PC. That dashboard keeps directing us to the mobile app. Please assure you will continue maintaining both as I cannot rely solely on the mobile app. Please consider all of your customers when providing tools. Many thanks!

[tc24go]

People love data, personal data and mostly the visualization of that data.  Imagine what a selling point it would be for Google to come back with an even more fully functional and interactive Dashboard for Fitbit/Google devices.  Especially reinvigorating to former devoted Fitbit users who have since soured on the product.  The ROI would be considerable.  I'd even be willing to pay for it as part of the Premium service if necessary.  Google, please reconsider giving users what they want.

In the meantime, restoring the retired Dashboard would be much appreciated.

[JFish84]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to access your fitbit data from a computer, such as a laptop or PC? You could browse all your past data and see goals for the future. It would keep you engaged with the fitbit product and make you happy you can use it any time at your discretion

[JackHenry]

Agree. The food database was terrific but it's unusable now. Does anyone
know of a manual food database where one can enter food v exercise manually?

[Odyssey13]

@JFish84  the ability to see our dashboard on computers was removed July 8th. Doubt they will return it.

[Franko1]

I'm pretty sure Google and a Fitbit management and execs will use dashboards to review the many performance statistics - they won't rely on an app.

Bring back the dashboard, and improve it as a selling point. 

[catdav]

How are you liking the website?


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[hideawayhill]

I have been using Lose It, which worked beautifully before the website was
gone. It still works nicely but it doesn't seem to sync up with fitbit the
way it used to. And exercisequest shows the graphs in more detail but it
doesn't sync well with that either. I have all the information on need,
but in 3 different places. I'm hanging in until my fitbit dies.

[kevin.broadstoc]

I realy think Google does not care, but would  like to know how to give Google all the pain and frustration they have given us all that use the web app,One thing is I will not be buying another fitbit or recommending it to any of my friends again.

[hideawayhill]

I don't know where to answer, but the exercisequest website is somewhat
helpful, not fully complete. This fitbit community website is difficult to
navigate and find anything. Lose It is great. I didn't even think my
answer went through and don't know if this will, but it's taking way too
much time to navigate it all.

[JEGL]

My MyFitnessPal gets calories burned and weight data from the Fitbit app. It blows away the Fitbit portal


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[JackHenry]

Excellent tip. Thanks.

[Caliban]

Do they have a diet tracker?

[Jetpower]

The web dashboard provided far more utility - especially for several classes of users whose health status requires the web version's 1) data granularity, 2) meal building, 3) food item/portion customizing and more, and which status can also prevent their effective use of the mobile app.  

Over and above those values, the web dashboard uses existing data to advise users when their Fitbit devices are running low on power.  This "push" feature is also eminently available - but not installed - on the mobile app - which harvests that data from the Fitbit, has the email of the owner and can easily be coded to send the status alert in email, as before with the web version.  Connecting those dots is a no-brainer.

@Odyssey13, while the web portal restoration's upvote status is not yet in the top 5, it's very popular.  Why do you believe they won't bring it back to life?

[JackHenry]

I am using Fitness Pal. Quite satisfactory.

[QBeyoch]

Ever since they did away with the browser dashboard, i have found the Fitbit to be less and less valuable.  Am already looking for a replacement since this isn't giving me the same kind of information or the ability to add/edit like before.  What's the point if the feedback from the device isn't even useful?  Way to lose a longstanding Fitbit user.  This is probably my 4th device and likely my last. 

[Jetpower]

It may interest folks to know about an effort to fill the gap:  Fitness Dashboard, using the Fitbit API to provide features of the (legacy?) web portal and some of its own.  Whatever google does or doesn't choose to do, this can work as a stopgap and more going forward.

[choralsinger]

@Jetpower Thanks for the link to Fitness Dashboard. It helps.

[gaganng]

Please bring back web dashboard. Ability to see fitbit app data on a website/PC.

[Altoid4ever]

Agree.  It’s easier to work on a bigger screen like this iPad, etc.

[flinsky]

I agree.   I like my mobile dashboard but sometimes making changes is so much easier on a bigger screen,

[CameraSue]

I agree. The web dashboard was a much better way to manage my step data and activities, Plus, for the last seven days, the app is missing data, and reset my daily step goal tracking. I have been told it is a known issue and to keep checking as they work to fix the problem.

[flinsky]

The app has messed up my calorie burn tracking.   It is about 500 calories above where it is on my device.   I hope this is part of the fix.

[NanaBerlin]

Now that you cannot access the dashboard, you can no longer create custom recipes and log them. This was a KEY feature of the web old app - why throw it out? Everybody has their own recipes and you should be able to save them simply by adding ingredients like any normal person would. The new "Custom" tab in the app forces you to log your foods elsewhere, add up macros and calories and then re-enter them manually. This is makes tracking so much harder!  Not great. Please bring back the old functionality, it was already there! Everybody I know used this feature daily.

[067106]

This is my third fitbit.  With every new device, my data is more difficult to manage.  Without the website, I cannot correct any incorrect data, as my corrections an the app do not "stick".  Today, My device recorded five hours of yoga.  I tried three times to correct the duration.  No dice.  Had to delete the exercise. 

And I am not happy with the Inspire 3.  Not at all.  If google can't do better and do so soon, this will be my last device. 

[BillW1]

I TOTALLY Agree with the comment - I NEED PC access to my history