08-28-2022
18:24
- last edited on
09-27-2022
18:38
by
LizzyFitbit
08-28-2022
18:24
- last edited on
09-27-2022
18:38
by
LizzyFitbit
Wondering when Fitbit will create a tracker model with wireless charging capability.
Moderator Edit: Clarified subject
08-28-2022 19:21
08-28-2022 19:21
08-28-2022 19:52
08-28-2022 19:52
Suggestion already made, not planned
08-28-2022 20:25
08-28-2022 20:25
Suggestion made back in 2016 and continuing to be mentioned. Customers are continuing to request wireless charging.
08-28-2022 20:43
08-28-2022 20:43
This is Fitbit.
08-29-2022 06:00
08-29-2022 06:00
While this option is nice, it usuallly adds more heat and can shorten the expected battery life.
08-29-2022
06:14
- last edited on
12-04-2023
07:23
by
MarreFitbit
08-29-2022
06:14
- last edited on
12-04-2023
07:23
by
MarreFitbit
Universal Wireless charging is a great idea, like USB plugs. Unfortunately they chose to keep the cheaper unreliable 4 pin charger of the Sense/Versa 3.
The Sense/Versa 3 require about 1.5 W which is unlikely to heat and well within the supply range of wireless charging [certainly for phones with a bigger surface area] but for a watch which has a smaller surface area it could be an issue and limit the charge rate and is more costly.
Hopefully one day it will become the norm and we can do away with different chargers and cables for every device.
Author | ch, passion for improvement.
08-29-2022 14:05
08-29-2022 14:05
@JohnnyRow This is not an answer and it is definitely not the best answer.
08-29-2022 14:27 - edited 08-29-2022 14:28
08-29-2022 14:27 - edited 08-29-2022 14:28
@Guy_ Samsung has been using wireless charging for quite a while and results are currently no different from wired charging. Galaxy Watch 5 Pro charges fully within 2 hours (one of tests I found claimed 2 hours and 9 minutes). This is exactly the same time given to Sense 2 (in Spec on website) to fully charge wired. The capacity of Galaxy 5 Pro battery is 590mAh. The Sense (according to iFixit) has battery capacity of 266mAh. Since Sense 2 will be of similar size I would say the battery capacity won't be much different (I haven't seen anything official). Wireless charging probably would be perfect for Fitbit watches considering issues with chargers.
08-29-2022 14:35 - edited 08-29-2022 14:36
08-29-2022 14:35 - edited 08-29-2022 14:36
I did not mark it best. If it will please you, I can unmark it as a 'best answer' though I don't know how it got marked as such. But sometimes posts (such as this) can have no answers, and it makes sense to mark the best that can be done. But nobody here would have any idea if, or when Fitbit would do that. Your best bet is to suggest it on the features Suggestions Board. On these boards, we try to use our experience to help other users. Nobody here has knowledge of what Fitbit plans for the future; if by chance, any moderator did know, they could not share that info.
08-30-2022 09:32
08-30-2022 09:32
@Guy_ Whilst it appears it will use the same connection on the watch as the previous generation, we don't know if the connection on the cable will be the same. The set up itself isn't necessarily bad, it's just the cable end that could do with some fine tuning (stronger springs and more durable pins).
08-30-2022 09:53
08-30-2022 09:53
@N8teGee - on the Fitbit site it says the Charge cable is the same on all post Versa 2 watches.
Author | ch, passion for improvement.
08-30-2022 10:56
08-30-2022 10:56
@Guy_ Fair enough, well spotted. Well that is a shame then. I guess our only hope now is that hopefully the seating pins on the device itself are more flush with the back, rather than recessed. Although maybe I'm just wishful thinking.
08-30-2022
11:01
- last edited on
08-23-2024
10:30
by
MarreFitbit
08-30-2022
11:01
- last edited on
08-23-2024
10:30
by
MarreFitbit