One way you synced the very first Fitbit devices was by connecting a dock to your desktop computer and plugging in the tracker. The widespread availability of smartphones has replaced the need for ...

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Google-owned Fitbit is deactivating its PC app for synching and transferring music playlists to the device from October 13. The upcoming change, spotted by 9to5Google in a Fitbit support page, affects ...

Fitbit is killing the Fitbit Connect app later this year. Those with older Fitbit devices will no longer be able to transfer music from their PCs. They will have to get a Pandora or Deezer ...

Third-party iOS apps can give you more data about your Fitbit activities, friends, and devices than Fitbit's official apps Fitbit’s official mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone work quite ...

The company confirms that Fitbit Connect, an app that features PC syncing, will be phased out soon. The discontinuity of this application will mean that users can no longer sync their devices with a ...

One of Fitbit’s most popular models, the Charge, has a new version out: the Charge 6. It has Google Maps, Google Wallet, and YouTube Music controls built in, along with heart rate sensing that the ...

Don’t miss out on new features; here’s how to get the latest software This article explains how to update a Fitbit to the latest firmware via the Fitbit app. These updates provide bug fixes, new ...