01-30-2020 09:18
01-30-2020 09:18
This question is borne mostly out of curiosity, but as an enthusiastic user it may have some impact on how I wear my tracker.
I am cross-dominant, which basically means mixed-handedness. It is not the same as ambidextrous. I do a lot of things with my right hand, like write, but I do a lot with my left, like throw. Does the dominance setting, or the programming of the fitbit's sensors, take into account people like me?
01-30-2020 09:34
01-30-2020 09:34
I certainly don't know the inner workings, but the "handedness" question is just used to filter out some "steps" if worn on dominant wrist, to try to eliminate some pseudo-steps from action such as brushing teeth or brushing hair which can look like walking to your wrist. For the fitbit setup, I would just try to think about which hand is more likely to be doing regular repetitive motions that could look like steps to fitbit.
And I have no idea how much of a difference that setting actually makes. For myself, I sometimes switch my tracker temporarily to the other wrist without bothering to adjust the settings, but I'm not overly concerned about the presumable small difference that would make for a few hours.