Last month, Fitbit detailed a handful of upcoming changes for its redesigned app in response to user feedback, including the return of battery percentage for trackers and smartwatches.
With Fitbit 4.04, which is currently live on the iOS App Store, there’s a new device pill that includes the battery. When the battery is low, it will turn red as a prominent reminder for you to recharge.
Top comment by JG
This wouldn't be an app specific thing, but one update I'd love to see Fitbit make would be to "fix" whatever "issue" is preventing us from having multiple Fitbit device active at a time.
Ideally, it would be nice to be able to just take my Pixel Watch # off and put my Charge # on and go. No need to factory reset and re-link or whatever.
Then I could wear the Charge at the gym where I don't have to worry as much about scratching the face. And then slip the Pixel Watch back on when I leave.
Or wear my PW1 while my PW2 charges so I only have a couple moments of no data as I switch watches rather than an hour as it charges.
Or I could take advantage of the Charge's week long battery and wear it when I go on holiday and don't want to have to worry about when I'll get a chance to recharge.
Previously, with the redesign, you had to open the Devices page, which only provided an approximation — like “Battery Full” — of the remaining charge rather than an exact percentage.
On the old app, you could quickly check the battery level by swiping down in the Today tab to initiate a sync. It was somewhat more hidden, but a clever way to declutter the UI until you needed that information.
Something amusing that we’ve noticed today is how battery life for the Pixel Watch 2 appears in the iOS app. On Android, there is no such reading or even the approximation on Fitbit 4.03, and we’ll soon see whether that’s intentional.
Version 4.04 for Android is not yet live on the Google Play Store but will presumably start rolling out in the coming days.
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