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Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

>   Anyway, I always needed a Fitbit account for our Fitbits (Alta HR,
> Charge 4, Charge 5 and Charge 6). Without an account, the Fitbit won't
> sync, also not to the Fitbit app on the phone. And to sync, it needs an
> Internet connection. Stupid design, but that's the way it is.

Only if you need the Fitbit device to sync somewhere.  Fitbit upped the
minimum Android version, so I couldn't use it anymore.  For many months
now, the Fitbit device still works all by itself.  The app gives you
more, but I really didn't need more.

>   So, on the phone, do you use the Fitbit app or another app, if so
> which one?

Fitbit cut me off on compatibility with my old phone with its old
Android 8 version.  Don't remember when that happened, maybe over a year
ago, so I've just been using the Fitbit Luxe wrist device without any
sync to anywhere.  If I wanted to manually log its data, well, Excel
works.  My BPM (Blood Pressure Meter) has Bluetooth and a phone app, but
I don't bother, and just enter the readings into a spreadsheet.  The
spreadsheet shows history, and I added trend lines.  However, I've never
bothered recording externally the data from the Fitbit device.

The app adds extras, and some convenience for tracking (history).  I
don't need them.  Others feel they must.  I only wear mine at the gym.