Stats on how many "beacons" ping fitbit trackers!

Based on the "great" notification feature our fitbits have. I think it would be great if Fitbit would provide  some data insight into how many times our trackers are pinged by the bluetooth location tracking "beacons." Its an issue Fitbit  brings up here in the android section, https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2134 , but it applies to both ios and android apps. I do think it would apply to the trackers in general as the app isn't the only way for our location to be tracked. Also fitbit didn't provide any steps on their side  as to what they have done to limit the issue.

 

It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Picture something like the floor counter.  It could just count the number of times we are being tracked just like the floors. Picture just a tally of the number of pings

 

What would be nice.  If we got a little notification either from the tracker or if the tracker triggered a notification in the app.  It could say "you're being tracked"

 

What would be amazing. Picture the apps that are out there that are able to help you find your fitbit in range. Imagine relaying the signal from the fitbit to the app and then we can find out where those "beacons" are, so we can try and stay out of their range.

 

@LizzyFitbit  please note, much like the other posts, this is a feature request and should remain in the feature requests. Its not specific to any app nor device.

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Status changed to: Not currently planned
YojanaFitbit
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Hi @thenameless1, thanks so much for sharing this suggestion! While we don’t currently have plans to release this feature, we always appreciate the passion and creativity that comes out of this Community. Since we know this idea is important to many of you, we have left voting open to continue tracking interest and will post another update if anything changes. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.

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