Read data from FitBit with my PC over Bluetooth

[semrola]

Hello!

I am wondering if I would be able to read data from FitBit device over Bluetooth on my PC. I am developing a desktop application that would be able to read data from various devices. Is this possible? Is it and I just have to pair the device with my PC? What bluetooth services (profiles) does a FitBit device expose?

Thanks for your help

[PureEvil]

Hello @semrola,

Welcome to the community!

The answer is 'yes' and 'no'.  Allow me to elaborate:

Yes - With the Windows 10 Fitbit App, you can sync your Fitbit over Bluetooth LE without the need for a dongle.  Then you can get the data from your Fitbit account through the Fitbit API.

No - Fitbit does not publish a means to get the information directly off the Fitbit device and allow you to examine it.  Having been active here in the forums, I can see that if there was an easy way for folks to read the data and spoof it (through a man-in-the-middle) or have a device behave like a Fitbit when it isn't (and game challenge data), then people would do it.  I can see why Fitbit wouldn't publish that information.

I suppose my question for you is, what are you trying to do with this data?  Are the stats from your account sufficient?

I hope this helps.

[semrola]

Thanks for the answer.

I would just like to get the data from a fitbit device. I would like to know the pairing process between a PC and a fitbit device.

Thanks

[PureEvil]

@semrola,

My experience is that all Fitbits will refuse pairing by conventional bluetooth means.  I believe that the Fitbit App on Windows 10 will put the tracker in a particular mode that allows it to be paired and then it transfers information.

[Rich_Laue]

Take a look at the python Galileo project for Linux, it successfully syncs all Fitbit trackers to the Fitbit server. While it has the ability to dump the data being synced too a file, since the data is encrypted no one has been able to figure out how to obtain usable numbers from the data. 

[SunsetRunner]

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  I can see why Fitbit wouldn't publish that information.

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easy answer :business