{"id":556256,"date":"2023-02-24T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fitbit-is-scaring-away-its-own-customers-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:32:59","slug":"fitbit-is-scaring-away-its-own-customers-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fitbit-is-scaring-away-its-own-customers-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fitbit Is Scaring Away Its Own Customers \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6c7258e4e7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6c7258e4e7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fitbit-is-scaring-away-its-own-customers-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CFitbit_Is_Scaring_Away_Its_Own_Customers_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Fitbit Is Scaring Away Its Own Customers \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFitbit_Is_Scaring_Away_Its_Own_Customers_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Fitbit Is Scaring Away Its Own Customers \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-146743 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2023\/02\/30a62c68.png?width=1200\" alt=\"The Fitbit Versa 4 on a blue background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Fitbit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Fitbit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The past year hasn\u2019t been great for Fitbit users. Constant outages, feature removals, and some bizarre behavior from Google are slowly eroding Fitbit\u2019s reputation. Unfortunately, it feels like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/841800\/google-pixel-watch-review\/\">unimpressive and overpriced<\/a> Pixel Watch is Google\u2019s priority right now.<\/p>\n<p>On February 6th, Fitbit services suffered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FitbitSupport\/status\/1622627441079615489\">an outage<\/a>\u00a0that prevented users from syncing (or even looking at) their data. This outage continued for two days, and many users lost health and fitness data that was not correctly synced. Another (much shorter) outage occurred on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/fitbit\/comments\/11a3nq1\/app_down\/\">February 23rd<\/a>, leaving customers to wonder how often this will h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s worse, Fitbit plans to ditch many of its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> features, including Adventures and Challenges. These features have always been a selling point for Fitbit, as they encourage friends and family to meet exercise goals together. As noted by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/2\/24\/23612141\/fitbit-google-server-outage-challenges-wearables\"><em>The Verge<\/em><\/a>, many customers are thinking about leaving Fitbit <em>because<\/em> of this feature removal\u2014the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/fitbit\/comments\/11apk9g\/whats_everyones_plan_after_fitbit_gets_rid_of_the\/\">r\/Fitbit subreddit<\/a> is like a funeral service right now!<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the weirdest thing; Google is refusing to bring new apps to the Fitbit Versa 4 and Sense 2, its premium \u201csmartwatches.\u201d Third-party app development for these devices is \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/02\/17\/fitbit-studio\/\">solely for watch faces<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s asinine behavior; what\u2019s the point in selling an expensive \u201csmartwatch\u201d if you\u2019re going to treat it like a much cheaper fitness tracker?<\/p>\n<p>Many Fitbit customers are coming to an interesting conclusion\u2014they believe that Google is forcing the Pixel Watch down their throats. And if that\u2019s the case, then Google needs to do some thinking. The Pixel Watch is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/841800\/google-pixel-watch-review\/\">not an amazing product<\/a>, and it\u2019s not a stand-in for a fitness tracker. While a Fitbit is affordable, simple, and packed with a weeks-long battery life, the Pixel Watch is expensive, somewhat complicated, and last less than 24 hours on a charge.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that Google doesn\u2019t squander the Fitbit brand. 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Constant outages, feature removals, and some bizarre behavior from Google are slowly eroding Fitbit\u2019s reputation. Unfortunately, it feels like the unimpressive and overpriced Pixel Watch is Google\u2019s priority right now. 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