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tracking open water swimming

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‎09-21-2022 11:05 - last edited on ‎10-11-2022 11:39 by Fitbit Moderator

‎09-21-2022 11:05 - last edited on ‎10-11-2022 11:39 by Fitbit Moderator

Can you enable GPS on the swimming exercise to allow tracking of open water swimming?

even if it is intermittent...and did GPS assumptions between intermittent points....it would be great for tri-athletes 

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‎09-22-2022 06:38

‎09-22-2022 06:38

Hi @madmax52 

 

What device are you using?

 

Gordon

Gordon Crenshaw
Senior Technical Solutions Consultant
Fitbit Partner Engineering & Web API Support | Google
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‎09-26-2022 09:39

In response to Gordon-C

‎09-26-2022 09:39

Using Fitbit Sense. 

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‎09-27-2022 12:44

In response to madmax52

‎09-27-2022 12:44

I have moved your post to the Sense forum.   Someone here should be able to help you with your device question.

Gordon Crenshaw
Senior Technical Solutions Consultant
Fitbit Partner Engineering & Web API Support | Google
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‎09-27-2022 13:07 - edited ‎09-27-2022 13:08

In response to Gordon-C

‎09-27-2022 13:07 - edited ‎09-27-2022 13:08

@madmax52 unfortunately, the open water swimming isn't supported. You may use Outdoor Workout but it lacks water lock so your watch will be performing random actions while wet. Only Swim activity has water lock on Sense but no GPS. Btw. a triathlete probably wouldn't use a Fitbit 🙂

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