Notification on Sense when phone is out of range

[kobr]

Hi.

I wish my watch would vibrate when disconnected from the phone, like Pebble.  I won't lose my phone. I did not find it in the settings, although it seemed to me that in the device over 300$, such a function should be present. I understand when this function is not added to the Beep, due to a weak Bluetooth transmitter, but here... I've tried watch faces with this feature from third-party developers, but that doesn't work either. Does anyone know a way?

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject and updated label

[kobr]

I'm try to install the watchface with this function (vibrate on disconnect) and this is not work.

This is the answer of developer: 

"I've looked into this and there appears to be a vibration issue in the Versa 3 and Sense devices.  Instead of the longer vibration that I had it set up, it feels like a small bump instead, and unfortunately there is nothing I'm able to do about it.  If I find a solution I will update."

"It is a free feature in a free watchface.  I'm very sorry the vibrate does not work for this watch (it does work in the older models) l, but apparently Fitbit has made a change which mean the vibrate does not work in the way I have intended, and there is nothing I can do about that."

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[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @kobr. It's good to see you here in the forums.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, as well as your efforts while trying other clock faces from the App Gallery. I understand how helpful it'd be to have this feature available in the Sense and I'm sorry for this inconvenience. Our team is always working to improve our products and features, as well as make Fitbit more useful for you. For this reason, I'd encourage you to vote for this idea posted in the Feature Suggestions board. While it's not currently planned, our team left voting open to keep tracking this request over time.

In regards to your other question, I'd recommend keeping the communication with the developers to see if there is anything else that can be done to get those clock faces working on your watch.

[kobr]

But the developer Bvdesigns says that the problem is not with him, but with Fitbit.

[LizzyFitbit]

@kobr I hope you're doing well.

Thanks for sharing your feedback about your Sense. As you may know, we provide support for any product including the apps and clock faces developed by Fitbit. However, for third party apps and clock faces, the design and maintenance are carried by the developer. I'm sorry for this inconvenience and my best suggestion is to visit the Fitbit App Gallery where you can search for other clock faces or apps that fit your needs.

Fitbit strives to improve the experience with our products and features based on the feedback we received from the Community, so rest assured your comments won't go unnoticed.

[Guy_]

@kobrIt would be good to have that feature, however it probably needs to be implemented at the Fitbit OS level for several reasons.

1) The Sense vibrate is so weak you probably won't feel it
2) The polling necessary to monitor the connection might use a lot of battery, so would have to be done at a very low level, regardless of what was displayed on the watch [app or clock]
3) Being able to detect when the phone is reconnected again is more difficult, than knowing when its not there, so the developer is probably right.

You can try SimpleCheckUp which has a test to see if the phone is reachable. But after a few minutes of it not being connected, the program has to be relaunched to check if it has been reconnected.

It still gives you useful information and access to Find my phone, if its within range.

Once the phone is out of Bluetooth range nothing will work but at least the app tells you when it was last synced.

[kobr]

1.Do you mean apps don't have access to normal vibration like in messages?

2.In clock,  is optional, but I'm ready for more battery drain for this feature.

3.Vibro on "reconnect" is less critical for me.

4.I try the SimpleCheckUp but is not what I need.

5.This function worked great on my Pebble and also on my wife's  GT2 watch.

Maybe it's not so difficult to implement it in Sense?

[Guy_]

@kobr 

There is a Haptics Api for doing vibrations, though it's possible that system functions may use some additional features, like possibly for messages and Alarms.

As the Sense vibrate is so poor you may not always detect message notifications or disconnect ones.

You can implement a disconnected test but at the expense of battery.

See the test phone connection in SimpleCheckUp [which was designed to check when needed, not as a permanent check]

All you need to do is see if the phone is reachable, like it does, in a loop and vibrate when its not.

You can write your own clock face to do it, or perhaps there is one already in the Gallery but unfortunately there isn't a low level system function.

So if there is a Gallery face presumably the battery wouldn't last long, and you would always be needing to charging the watch.