Fitbit as user interface device

[davorin]

Good evening (o;

Just stumbled upon Fitibit and this forum as I was searching for smartwatches where I can develop own applications....so far Samsung and Apple are on board for evaluating...

From the API it seems that the SDK or Web API (whatever the difference is ;o) is mainly for gathering data from the watch itself....

But is Fitbit also usable as a device where it can make API requests (preferably https) to a local network or even the internet?

And what about bluetooth...can it be used to detect when someone enters a romm wearing a Fitbit?

Background: Looking for new user interface devices for our water/sanitary products to be show cased at an exhibition spring 2021 in Frankfurt...

thanks in advance

richard

[Gondwana]

A watch's 'companion' device (typically phone) can use fetch() or WebSockets to get info from localhost, LAN or internet. That info can be passed to the watch.

There is no Bluetooth API.

[davorin]

Evening (o;

So all Fitbit watches need a companion device to do this?

So what is the WLAN for in the Fitbit watches?

Just for connecting to a companion device?

cheers

richard

[Gondwana · Accepted solution]

Morning. 😉

Yes, the companion is the only way to access the wider world.

WiFi is only used for firmware updates and sideloading apps for testing, I think. All other comms happens over Bluetooth. Note that Versa Lite doesn't have WiFi.