Fitbit and my iphone 6 Health App

[BigHum]

How do I get my Fitbit app on my new iphone 6 to share data with the new Health app?  MyNetDiary transfers my calories, but I cannot get Fitbit to transfer its data.  Am I doing something wrong, or is integration something that you are still working on?

[SunsetRunner · Accepted solution]

Integration with the Health app is currently not available. That is not to say it never will, but Fitbit at this time has chosen not to offer it.

[BigHum]

I'm not married to Fitbit. Which devices do support the Apple Healthkit?

[SunsetRunner]

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@BigHum wrote:
I'm not married to Fitbit. Which devices do support the Apple Healthkit?

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I'm an Android user, so have not looked into it. You would probably get more info by asking in an Apple forum instead of on Fitbit.

[JVZ]

This is really unfortunate!   I am one of the early users of Fitbit who as promoted it (successfully) to many friends and colleagues including my personal physician.  One of the values of Fitbit devices and the scale is the accumulated data which can have a powerful impact individual efforts to maintain a healthy lifestyle.   This data -- in my view -- is owned by the individual who collects it.  Sharing one's individual data with apps that also integrate other medical data should be a standard practice of Fitbit.  I am VERY disappointed and hope the Fitbit firm will act quickly to provide integration with the new IOS Health App!

[BigHum]

I found out that I don't need a Fitbit any more to count steps or flights of stairs. It's all built into the iPhone 6.

So I've quit using my Fitbit.

However, the downside is that you have to have the iphone6 in your pocket all the time. Men won't have as mush problem as women will....

[Anomoly]

Check out this link:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Integrate-with-iOS-8-Health-App/idi-p/319432

basically it says:

10/8: We do not currently have plans to integrate with HealthKit.

It is an interesting new platform and we will watch as it matures, looking for opportunities to improve the Fitbit experience. At the moment, we’re working on other exciting projects that we think will be valuable to users. The question we want you to keep in mind when providing feedback is: What do you imagine a HealthKit integration would entail and what do you expect to get out of it?

I would hope that they change their mind soon about this statement.

[Zstevek]

I totally agree,

To whom it may concern at fitbit... Give your customers a choice, not doing this will be your undoing. You have a great product but this is going to turn people away

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks for this information. Sad to see a premium priced devices not being able to communicate. MY FB is coming to the end of it's life due to battery issues. I'm OK with this, but any new device I buy will be compatable with the iOS system. Sad to leave FiTbit after 8 million steps 😞

[FlipJoberg]

To my knowledge - the healthkit app has just started 'working' when u checked it the other day. Now, i don't need the ios app to track my steps, i like my fitbit and feel that's more accurate (and conveniant). But what data I'm most interested in is the nutritional data that pulls through from your my fitness pal food log. There's no specific app (yet) to help you analyse this data but it cant be far away. So, for me - fitbit have listened to their customers and have made the link with IOS Healthkit. So don't throw away your fitbit just yet!!

[kestrel1960]

I agree wholeheartedly with the general opinion in this discussion. To ignore integration with the Apple HealthKit app would undoubtedly damage Fitbit's excellent reputation to date & alienate many users. I use my flex daily but like many others will likely increasingly be using the HealthKit app in the future.

If Fitbit continue this stance I will eventually move away to a compatible device (no matter how good the fitbit is) & after that I'm unlikely to return. Fitbit needs to work harder on keeping their users not pushing them away. That reputation works wonders in the grapevine to obtain more new customers so don't jeopardise that reputation, Fitbit, listen to your customers - please..!

[SunsetRunner]

please let me know when the fitbit will be able to sink to my iphone6 other wise i love your product

[Classy]

@SunsetRunner Fitbit syncs with the iPhone 6 just fine using the Fitbit app just like it always has. But it will not sync with new Apple Healthkit app.

[TucsonQuilter]

Apple Watches 😉

[curt81]

There's an app called "Health Sync", which will transfer your steps, weight, calories, etc.. over to Apple Health.  Your workouts though, can't be transfered over.  I've had no issues with it.

[vondo2]

I wished I'd looked at how FitBit responds to issues and known they don't support Apple HeathKit before I bought one. I should never have bought a FitBit. My next tracker will be from a company that cares about its users, not its walled garden.