Using Fitbit Products with Ubuntu Phone

[SunsetRunner]

As some of you may or may not know, Ubuntu for Mobile Devices ("Ubuntu Phone"/"Ubuntu Touch") has built-in Fitbit compatibility which as best I can tell, is due to the efforts of Canonical and the Ubuntu for Mobile Devices Development Team...

My question is - just how compatible is ths with Fitbit products?

Has anyone used Ubuntu for Mobile Devices with a Fitbit product?

How much data is captured? Is the data captured in real-time? Can the Fitbit product be used independently (i.e. without connecting to other devices, such as an Android smartphone)? Is there anything worth noting that doesn't work?

The reason I ask is because I am looking at getting some Fitbit products for the wife and I (probably the Fitbit Charge HR, but possibly the Fitbit Surge), and AU$229.95 (US$161.41)-$AU399.95 (US$285.95) (each!) is a lot of money to spend on sometihng in hope that it works or works well...

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[PureEvil]

@SunsetRunner,

Welcome to the community!

Frankly, I'd be skeptical if they had full (syncing with HR and GPS) support, but you never know.  Fitbit is pretty guarded about the integrity of the data (to the point where they don't allow steps from devices other than Fitbit on challenges), so I'd be skeptical if they could truly sync devices.

That said, the easiest way to figure this out is to track down a friend with a Fitbit (preferably a Surge so you can try out all data, including HR and GPS) and have them log in to their account to see if it syncs.

I hope this helps.

[Rich_Laue · Accepted solution]

@SunsetRunner see the Galileo project, I've been using it for 4 years.

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks for that @Rich_Laue!

Obviously the Galileo Project won't synchronize with Ubutun (Touch) smartphones direclty... But it looks like a work-around that might work.