Blood pressure

[pcoloma]

Hi, very interested by the Sense, owner of a charge 4, at 53 fitbit app says my heart score is good but recently went to the doctor and had my blood pressure taken. It appeared to be very high and was asked to regularly measure it and write it down. I got a small device to just do that, and was wondering if Fitbit could come up with such a strap as an accessory to monitor the pressure.. Might be a feature to investigate in a further release

Thanks!

[SunsetRunner · Accepted solution]

Hi @pcoloma - Good suggestion and one I would take advantage of, also. This suggestion has been posted in the Feature Suggestion Forum. Tap here to add your vote. 

[HSS79]

It's a good idea, or Fitbit could work with other manufacturers of BP monitors and read their data.

The sad truth is they have problems trying to add a simple section in the phone app and watch app for users to record blood pressure manually.  Currently I am using the weight and fat% section to record my BP.

There was a old feature suggestion for manual entry since 2017. I doubt Fitbit have the ability to do it as a new hardware/device since they have been struggling adding it on the software side since 2017.
https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Section-to-manually-log-blood-pressure-amp-Gluco...

On the other hand Samsung health app already have a manual entry blood pressure section (you can even use the camera to capture the BP value from a BP device screen). They even have a glucose section for manual entry. In fact Samsung watches have gone past all that and their watches can even measure blood pressure now.

Samsung blood pressure watches
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-announces-blood-pressure-monitoring-application-for-galaxy-w...

[pcoloma]

Yes thanks for the feedback. If Sense is orientated as a medical monitoring device it should provide connectivity with specialized input devices such as blood pressure or even glucosis for diabetes. It should also have deeper connection with the diet input to help you lower sodium intake, avoid fats, reduce sugar, by pointing out items that are bad for your health when you add food items in your logs

Cheers.

[sunnyallday]

I won't trust these gadgets to monitor my BP. I take BP daily. If only the fitbit has a way to let me log BP data, much like water and food intake, that's good enough for me. 

[sunnyallday]

It's hard to get the fitbit devices to do BP monitoring, but adding BP logging by users manually, much like food/water intake, should be such a no-brainer. I don't understand why fitbit doesn't just add it to the app. 

[trotto]

Yes, totally agree no need for smart hardware, just allow the app to log it. I have blood pressure device and log it in Apple health why Fitbit cannot do the same is beyond me.