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Save previous countdown timer on Charge 5

Status: Reviewed By Moderator Submitted by on ‎12-03-2021 04:21
4 Comments (4 New)
In the Charge 3, you swipe left, click timer, it shows the previous timer you had set and a start button. You click the previous timer to edit the time, or you can immediately start the existing timer.

In the Charge 5, you swipe around, click timer, it asks how many minutes you want starting on last, then seconds, then you can start, every time.
This is needed because:
You shouldn't have to input a minute and a second every time you access the timer. What if you want to reuse the timer again quickly? What if you set a timer, turn your wrist away getting distracted, then you tell people "ready, set... Oh wait a minute I have to click minutes and seconds again.... Go!"...? I mean really.
I'd use this: Daily
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4 Comments
Status changed to: Reviewed By Moderator
YojanaFitbit
Moderator Alum
Moderator Alum
‎12-03-2021 08:56
‎12-03-2021 08:56

Hi @VasVadum, and thanks for taking the time to share this suggestion about saving previous countdown timer on Charge 5. 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.

SunsetRunner
Not applicable
‎01-05-2022 10:01
‎01-05-2022 10:01

The Charge 4 would also save the timer value until changed. Seems like a step backwards to lose that functionality 

Melmotte
Jogger
‎10-01-2022 14:49
‎10-01-2022 14:49

Yes same with me. It saved in charge 2. I did a 2 minute countdown during exercise sessions at gym. It was a really handy function. Why does it reset in charge 5 so that you have to set timer interval each time. Even at the end of the timer it resets. Annoying. looks like it's across the range of fitbits. Seems like a function that was missed when the hardware/software/firmware/owner was changed and all the old team gone.

I've also noticed that when you try and go back to the home screen it pauses the timer. Sure this didn't happen with the charge 2.

GrowHiLo
First Steps
‎08-19-2023 12:02
‎08-19-2023 12:02

Agree, I used the saved countdown timer almost daily.  Would be even better if you could save multiple timers.

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