Make ECG available in all EU countries

[RasmusP]

The Fitbit Sense ECG capability is available in some EU countries already. Since all of EU adheres to the same medical device regulations which allow marketing of a device approved in one member country across the EU, please make this capability available across all of EU.

[Ururebane]

It is not only Finland, but most of EU countries. And it is not like those countries need special acceptance.

I did some digging from Charge point of view. https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-6/ECG-availablility-in-EU/m-p/5482916#M976 It looks like Fitbit nerfs its products to sell others. So from this perspective, it looks like it choses low hanging fruit, largest markets and just ignores everything else. Here a win for Withings, Samsung, and Apple.

To give more perspective, I was Google watch user since 2015, until I briefly used Fitbit for couple of month at 2020, to move over to Garmin. Google, although was first in market does everything possible, to let Apple win wearables race. Instead of nerfing Fitbit (removing altitude sensor wince Charge 5) and its services it could boost it so we could use Wear OS watch and Fitbit side-by-side, which was my plan. Instead, again 2020 happens. Google again tries desperately customers to alienate from its products. Tries the same market Garmin already is, Withings already has its own user base, who would never use Google and Apple just takes over the market with its presence and its support for early adopters.

[Viktor2]

When the ECG is going to be available in Hungary?

[zordiack]

We are in late 2025 and ECG function still not available in many of EU countries (Finland for me). It is really disappointing that there is no news about progress or no news at all about this, it just seems that Fitbit has decided that it doesn't need to deliver this for everyone at all. I'm really disappointed how this was marketed and then not delivered. I'm not believing in any of the regulation bull* at this point, this has been going on for 5 years already.

[MEVAAN]

SpO2 is working but no ECG app in Finland. What is the reason while it works in all neighbouring countries and in most Eu. We have Oura, apple watch and many other devices having ECG but Fitbit not.
For me the reason to replace my old Sense with Sense2 was Fitbit ads telling in Finish the EGC works…

[LizzyFitbit]

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[bobyvankenobi]

Just switching back to apple products. I'm really disappointed how Google treats the people here. 

Bought a new pixel watch (an apple watch killer 😂). Read all the topics to make sure it will have all the features apple watch has. 

I think Google should not advertise it's products like this. 

[csabagmolnar]

This is a joke. I tried with a Dutch VPN and the ECG app was immediately installed with the next sync. Does it mean, that if you are e.g. Austria and you cross the border to Hungary/Slovenia, you can't do ECG anymore on your own device? Can anyone point out what are the regulation differences between those countries that result in the criminalisation of measuring heart signals?