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Option to notify a chosen contact if a full day passes without activity

Status: Reviewed By Moderator Submitted by on ‎09-07-2020 17:17
3 Comments (3 New)
The option to have the fitbit app email/text a chosen contact if no steps are made in a single day /half day

Moderator edit: Clarified subject
This is needed because:
In addition to the already suggested option to notify a contact if a fall is detected, as a widow living alone, I would like to have this option.This way if I were seriously ill (stroke in bed?), someone would know to call/check on me (and hopefully find my fitbit battery is empty).
I'd use this: Once in a while
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3 Comments
Status changed to: Reviewed By Moderator
LizzyFitbit
Premium User
Fitbit Moderator
Fitbit Moderator
‎09-07-2020 18:29
‎09-07-2020 18:29

Hi @rickismom. Thanks for taking the time to share this suggestion about being able to notify a chosen contact if you haven't recorded activity for a full day 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.

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

rickismom
Recovery Runner
‎09-08-2020 02:01
‎09-08-2020 02:01

I would evenupgrade to a charge 4 (I currently have a charge 2)to get this service. I also think future models need a fall notification, although that by no means covers all. A stroke in bed would not be recorded as a fall, but one would need someone to know!

Sopanda
Base Runner
‎09-09-2020 03:12
‎09-09-2020 03:12

Really nice idea rickismom!!

 

Maybe it must to be re-thinked somehow to give more usability, but it's a brilliant idea to help many people!!!!

 

As a suggestion, I would add that we could add some range of "life sign". Maybe to set 0 steps in 24h it's too low.

We could configure the steps that we consider that could require an alert.

If for example someone usually have let's say between 3000-10000 steps per day, we would like to set an alarm when for one day there are less of 500 steps. Maybe just the person has a lazy day 😂.

The configuration should allow as well to set sleep hours when the alert will ignore the absence of steps.

 

Other alert could be that the system detects that still there are battery but there is an absence of heart rate or oxygen levels, it could means that the owner of the FITBIT has a real problem, maybe is almost dead and if we know it with an alert we could safe their life!!

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