help menu

Join us on the Community Forums!

  • Community Guidelines

    The Fitbit Community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas, solutions, tips, techniques, and insight about the Fitbit products and services they love. By joining our Community, you agree to uphold these guidelines, so please take a moment to look them over.

  • Learn the Basics

    Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on Community features, and tips to make the most of your time here.

  • Join the Community!

    Join an existing conversation, or start a new thread to ask your question. Creating your account is completely free, and takes about a minute.

Not finding your answer on the Community Forums?

Cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Little ‘bug’ icon added to RHR spike during illness

Replies are disabled for this topic. Start a new one or visit our Help Center.

‎07-10-2021 22:24

‎07-10-2021 22:24

I’m currently fighting off a cold, and as expected when I’m decently unwell, my heart rate has spiked way above usual along with a drop in heart rate variability. I’ve been using Fitbit/Charge 3 for about three years (?) and am enjoying the little ‘bug’ icon Fitbit has added to today’s heart rate data point. It’s so tiny it’s hard to see, but it looks like a little beetle icon. If I knew how to add photos, I would!

 

Has anyone else seen this? Is this something Fitbit has added since Covid? Is this a premium feature that I have skimmed over? I’m so curious!

Best Answer
2 REPLIES 2

‎07-11-2021 06:54

‎07-11-2021 06:54

Hello @SunsetRunner and welcome to the Help forum.  That is a display bug in the iOS app, but not a beetle.  A moderator acknowledged this, so Fitbit is aware.  I enlarged a few screenshots.  I have a low resting heart rate.  When it is in the 40's, I can see a 4 mixed in with other unrecognizable stuff.  When my RHR is 50-51, I can see a 5.

BCD6AC43-F437-4C6D-8A85-92B3432CB57C_4_5005_c.jpeg

 

I hope this satisfies your curiosity.

Laurie | Maryland
Sense 2, Luxe, Aria 2 | iOS | Mac OS

Take a look at the Fitbit help site for further assistance and information.

Best Answer

‎07-11-2021 07:24

In response to LZeeW

‎07-11-2021 07:24

Oh wow, thank you for that! I was not expecting it to be a digital bug rather than a graphical representation of an actual insect 😂 it seemed so fitting with me being sick, I thought perhaps that little icon was trying to signify that my spiked heart-rate was due to a ‘bug’/illness. Which, come to think of it, would be a pretty neat thing to be able to record alongside major changes in our physiological readings. 

I zoomed in on a screenshot of mine and it’s a 6 with an X and a blue teardrop-shape next to it. My poor feverish brain can be forgiven for thinking it looked like an insect 😂

 

Thanks again!

Best Answer