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Sense 2 short battery life

‎03-16-2025 17:48 - last edited yesterday by Fitbit Moderator

‎03-16-2025 17:48 - last edited yesterday by Fitbit Moderator

Recently I read, on techradar, about a mandatory update to Fitbit versa 3 and Sense 1. But that update messed up the battery life (from 6 days to one day) of those devices.

I'm about to buy Sense 2 and out of curiosity I went to Fitbit community forums and found out some Sense 2 users were also complaining about the short battery life after the update.

Is this problem is also affecting Sense 2?

 

Moderator edit: clarified subject.

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‎03-16-2025 20:09 - edited ‎03-19-2025 05:07

‎03-16-2025 20:09 - edited ‎03-19-2025 05:07

Hi @jone4646 - the forced battery update was for the Versa 3 and sense 1 only.

Some watches of all types can have battery problems for loads of different reasons but a Sense 2 firmware update has not been released recently or in the same time frame, so is unlikely to be the cause.

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‎03-17-2025 14:18 - edited ‎03-17-2025 14:18

In response to Guy_

‎03-17-2025 14:18 - edited ‎03-17-2025 14:18

Lol. The 1st post was a copy of a post I made yesterday on Reddit. Copy+paste.

Anyway. I didn't have much feedback on Reddit and was planning to post here. 

What I found in this community were people, on another post, that had a normal battery life, on February 2025. After an update they said they received, the battery barely lasts one day. That post is still on the 1st page of sense 2 community. If my battery is fine, I receive un update and now my battery is now not ok, the culprit of course is the update.

I would like to see more feedback from Sense 2 users, because I plan to buy Sense 2. And it's on hold. I refuse to buy something that I have to charge more than 1 time a week.

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‎03-17-2025 14:37

‎03-17-2025 14:37

I have a fitbit sense 2 and the update definitely affected it. I will definitely not be getting another fitbit in the future.  I have had this less than a year and i now have to replace it. I am not happy at all.

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yesterday

In response to slowdive

yesterday

If you are able to hold off, do so. If you are looking to buy something now, I personally would not get this.  I absolutely LOVED my sense 2, however after the update I can no longer use my watch. I have tried many different attempts to get it to work. It won't turn on now. I have had previous versions of Fitbit before Google took over, and they all lasted MUCH longer for less of the investment. I came to rely on the data, and now no longer have that data. It is very sad, and seems like it was not a good investment for the short amount of time it lasted for me.  

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yesterday

In response to Mmh1

yesterday

Has anyone reached out to Fitbit regarding this issue to see if they plan to do something to remedy it?

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