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| Founded = 2007-03-26 | | Founded = 2007-03-26 | ||
| Industry = Activity trackers | | Industry = Activity trackers | ||
| Logo = Google Fitbit | | Logo = Google Fitbit logo.svg | ||
| ParentCompany = Google | | ParentCompany = Google | ||
| Type = Subsidiary | | Type = Subsidiary | ||
| Website = http://store.google.com/category/watches_trackers | | Website = http://store.google.com/category/watches_trackers | ||
| Description = Subsidiary of Google that sells fitness tracking smartwatches. Devices have had faulty strap connectors, burned users, and had functionality removed. | |||
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Fitbit, now a subsidiary of [[Google]], is a company that produces fitness tracking devices, some of which also function as smartwatches. They acquired [[Pebble]] in 2016, and produced the Ionic, Versa series and Sense series with Pebble-like SDKs, OSes and features, but skipped out on a lot of the openness and consumer freedom that Pebble users enjoyed. Most of the anti-consumer practices came following Google's purchase of the company in 2021. | '''[[wikipedia:Fitbit|Fitbit]]''', now a subsidiary of [[Google]], is a company that produces fitness tracking devices, some of which also function as smartwatches. They acquired [[Pebble]] in 2016, and produced the Ionic, Versa series and Sense series with Pebble-like SDKs, OSes and features, but skipped out on a lot of the openness and consumer freedom that Pebble users enjoyed. Most of the anti-consumer practices came following Google's purchase of the company in 2021. | ||
==Fitbit Charge 3 / 4 Faulty Strap Connectors (2018, 2020)== | ==Fitbit Charge 3 / 4 Faulty Strap Connectors (2018, 2020)== | ||
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*In a "beta" state | *In a "beta" state | ||
*Only works with a deprecated version of Node.js | *Only works with a deprecated version of [[wikipedia:Node.js|Node.js]] | ||
*Has no documentation | *Has no documentation | ||
===Missing features=== | ===Missing features=== | ||
Many features were removed from | Many features were removed from these devices, including but not limited to: | ||
*The ability to switch between clockfaces on device | *The ability to switch between clockfaces on device | ||
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*Bluetooth headphone pairing | *Bluetooth headphone pairing | ||
Users also reported the software on | Users also reported the software on these devices to be buggy and incomplete. | ||
==Fitbit Studio Shutdown (2023)== | ==Fitbit Studio Shutdown (2023)== | ||
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==Google Assistant Shutdown (2025)== | ==Google Assistant Shutdown (2025)== | ||
Following Google's focus on Gemini, Google quietly deprecated Google Assistant for devices they considered "legacy". This included Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense devices that were still being newly sold just over 2 years ago, which were now only capable of using Amazon Alexa. Around this time, Google launched a marketing campaign showing their new Gemini assistant on Pixel Watch devices. | Following Google's focus on Gemini, Google quietly deprecated Google Assistant for devices they considered "legacy". This included Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense devices that were still being newly sold just over 2 years ago, which were now only capable of using Amazon Alexa. Around this time, Google launched a marketing campaign showing their new Gemini assistant on Pixel Watch devices. | ||
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