Kilojoules rather than Calories

[Phoebus]

I've found the preferences where you can convert from miles to kilometers but where do I ask to convert from calories to kilojoules?

Thanks. 

[SteveH]

There is no setting for this. We can only track in calories.

[Phoebus]

Hmmm. Hopefully changed in a future update. According to just about every website I read, with the exception of the US and people over 45, nearly everyone on the planet officially uses kilojoules.

[MarcoGFitbit · Accepted solution]

Hello @Phoebus, it's great to see you around, I hope you're having a great day. It's nice to see you too @SteveH! 

@Phoebus, as @SteveH mentioned, currently it's not possible to convert from calories to kilojoules but I went ahead and found a suggested idea by @dssims to implement this in a future update. Feel free to add your vote and comment to this suggestion, this is truly the best way to make your voice heard. 

I hope this can be helpful, keep me posted in case you need anything else. 

[BWardy]

I added my vote to the suggested idea mentioned. The idea was dated 2013 which is not encouraging. 

Logically it would seem simple as it's a straight multiplication to convert to Kjoules.

[joeyjojojnr]

This has been a suggestion/request on these forums for years now.  It is a simple mathematical operation no different to the height/weight/distance units options.

The links to vote are not encouraging if after 3 years of requests.  And if these forums are indeed "the best way to make your voice heard" it seems that no-one at FitBit is listening.

[Phoebus]

This has over 900 votes so far - but still not implemented.  What more can we do?

[nussbi]

Thanks again the US out of step with the world. It’s just annoying!

All the best

Petrr

[MarcoGFitbit]

Hello @nussbi thanks for joining the conversation, have a warm welcome to the Fitbit. It's nice to see you too @Phoebus, I hope you're doing well. 

I appreciate your participation in the Forums and for sharing your feedback with us. We value what the community are interested in, and we need to balance this with all the research and assessment that our internal teams do around market opportunities and areas for development, which is why you might see several features that have not been implemented yet. 

Our engineers are constantly coming up with new and exciting features for current and future devices, and these features may be similar to various Feature Suggestions subsequently received from our users. A Feature Suggestion characterized as "Under Consideration" or otherwise, may have already been independently conceived of and internally evaluated by Fitbit.

Thanks for your patience and understanding regarding this matter, have a great day. 

[Phoebus]

Now implemented.  At least on the Charge 3.  Thank you.