On Friday afternoon I received the update notification about the 210.26 firmware update. It appeared as though the update went smoothly and the watch restarted. I was getting the YouTube Music feature setup when the watch froze. I forced a power off and turned the watch back on. The watch froze at the Fitbit logo. I did several more restarts and each time the Fitbit logo would flash and then freeze on the logo. During one restart I got the dreaded red X. My only option at this point was to do a factory reset during the power cycle. That was successful. The watch booted up fully still with the new firmware, and once I removed the “old watch” from the Fitbit app I was able to get the watch functioning as normal.
I have seen a few posts about issues with the update. I hope my experience is able to help someone else. That being said this is the 2nd time my Fitbit has had an issue after an update. Though, at least, this time I was able to recover the watch. The first time I had an issue with a prior update, it was so bad that Fitbit had to send me a replacement. I know Google has really kneecapped Fitbit, but playing roulette with an update is insanely frustrating to the point where I can not recommend a Fitbit device to anyone.
I will update this if any further issues arise.
