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Alternative options to track steps

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‎10-16-2017 14:21 - last edited on ‎10-21-2017 05:59 by Moderator Alum

‎10-16-2017 14:21 - last edited on ‎10-21-2017 05:59 by Moderator Alum

Sometimes I will not wear my Fitbit, but have other means of tracking my steps, like a fossil hybrid smart watch or my cell phone. When will there be a way to log those steps into the fitbit app so that I can keep track of my daily steps in a weekly total?

 

 

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‎10-21-2017 05:58

‎10-21-2017 05:58

Hi there @mngunderson, good to see you have joined the Fitbit Community! Speaking specifically to sync third party devices is not an option due to the different technologies each brand offers. 

 

However there are a few alternatives you can try. The first is to review if your phone is able to support the MobileTrack feature here.

 

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If your phone is not compatible with this feature, you can manually log your exercise in your Dashboard. When you manually log an activity, its step and calorie data override the data automatically detected by your tracker during the same time period. This ensures that your steps are not counted twice as long as the manually logged activity has the correct start time and duration. To learn more about this please review the following post with the steps for Mobile app or Online Dashboard.

 

See you later and hope these alternative helps.

Roberto | Community Moderator

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