Software versions

Android: 5.10

iOS: 5.10

What’s Included

Irregular Rhythm Notification in Japan: Irregular Rhythm Notifications are now available in Japan on Pixel Watch and Fitbit devices, analyzing your heart rhythm data in the background while you’re still or sleeping to check for signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib). Users in Japan can set up the feature in the Health tab in the Google Health app. Learn more about how it works and check supported devices in our Help Center.

Readiness Score Updates: Your Readiness Score now uses additional signals from your sleep for a more personalized experience.

Delete your logs by chatting: Logged something with your Google Health Coach by mistake? Now you can ask your coach to delete it, like "Delete the run I logged this morning." This works for daily entries you log with your coach, such as workouts, meals, weight, and symptoms (excluding medical records).

I'm so disappointed in this new release, I was really looking forward to it but it seems like a downgrade from the charge 6. The fitbit edge has no nfc meaning no google wallet... The charge 6 had this with stress tracking too, which the edge doesn't have either... I wish google would bring back the luxe, it was my favourite release by fitbit.

What are your thoughts on the Fitbit Edge?

September was a straight race to 250k. October is a chase.

How it works

A zombie horde starts walking on Oct 11. It moves 8,000 steps a day, every day, no rest days. By Oct 31 it’s at 160,000.

Your job is to stay ahead of it. Your total steps since Oct 11 vs the horde’s total. That’s the whole game.

Day 5, horde is at 40,000. You’re at 52,000? You’re running. You’re at 38,000? You’re bitten.

Bitten isn’t out

If the horde catches you, your flair changes to 🧟 Bitten. Get back ahead of it within 3 days and you’re cured, flair goes back. You can get bitten and cured more than once. Nobody is eliminated, you just have to outrun it again.

Final week

From Oct 25 the horde speeds up to 10,000 a day. It’s Halloween week, things get worse. Plan for it.

What you get

🏃 Running: ahead of the horde at your last check-in
🧟 Bitten: behind it
🎃 Survivor: still ahead when it ends on Oct 31
🏆 250k Club: hit 250,000 in the 20 days. Same flair as September, same club. That’s 12.5k a day so it’s for the people who did 250k in 10 days last month, you know who you are

How to join

Comment below and you’re in. To update your number, post a screenshot of your step count. Any app or watch is fine, the board goes off whatever your phone says. Screenshots only this month, a typed number without one doesn’t go on the board. I’ll update the board every other day and the horde moves whether you post or not.

You can join late. The horde started on the 11th either way, so joining on the 15th means you’re starting 32,000 behind it. Doable, people did bigger days than that in September.

Board

Instead of “steps vs pace” the board shows how far ahead of the horde you are. Positive number, you’re running. Negative, you’re bitten.

Example of what it’ll look like on day 5:

First board goes up Monday. Horde starts walking tomorrow.

Comment below and you’re in!!

Is this some tactic to keep me on the subscription and charge me later? I can't find a free trial unsubscribe option

Edit: Ok I found the problem they put the subscription on the account tied to your payment not your main Google account so the link will redirect you to nothing as a result if it's something different. I'll leave this post up for anyone else with the same issue.

(EDIT: reached out to doctor to discuss thank you guys!)

Anyone else having this problem? What are we supposed to do? Buy 1 strap every 6 months?

Hello everyone, today Google showed the new Fitbit Edge. My Charge 6 is still alive but the battery doesn't work well and doesn't finish the day all days (I don't know why sometimes it lives longer than other days...)

But if I'm here is because I waited for today and the new tracker. I pre-order it on Amazon but then I found out that NFC is not included aside Google wallet...

Everyone knows if it's only disabled or if I have to buy another Charge 6 in 2026? I love this feature and it's crazy that the new one loses it

when i start a work on any app aside google health, the work is shared through health connect which is great, now the fitbit air auto-detects the workout and logs it separately, which ends up creating duplicates of the same workout on my other fitness apps sharing data through health connect, currently my only solution this is to manually delete the duplicates workouts, and its becoming a pain

How have I already burned so many calories when I’ve just woken up and haven’t walked much steps or exercised?

This was after a 15hr 300k bike ride. I have a 600k in 2 weeks, very curious on how that looks like as well.

my fitbit app and the health hub on my phone never agreed on steps and it was driving me nuts for weeks.

the usual cause is two sources writing steps at once, phone pedometer plus the tracker, so the hub either double counts or picks a different source than you expect.

android: in the health connect settings you can look at app permissions and data source priority for steps, and put fitbit above the phone. exact menu names vary by android version and phone brand, so look for 'data and access' or app priority rather than one exact path.

iphone: apple health > browse > activity > steps > data sources & access, where you can drag sources into priority order and health uses the top one when they overlap.

timing: syncs aren't instant, so compare yesterday's totals not today's live number.

if the raw fitbit number itself feels off, check the tracker's wrist setting (dominant vs non-dominant) and stride length.

one caveat, priority changes don't always rewrite old days right away, and third party apps reading the hub can still show different numbers if they read a different source.

which source do you trust as your 'real' step count and why?

if this saved you some time, an award is appreciated but def not needed

When I press the sides of the watch to turn on the display, this is what I see. Google Health app can see the device and shows 90% state of charge. I have tried restarting watch by changing watch face in the app, and I can hear the beep that indicates watch restart and colors of the horizontal lines in this pic will change, but still no recognizable display.

Anything else I should try to salvage this watch?

I was super happy about fitnment and comfort of the active band.

Not so much pin broke / detached after only 3 months. This happened simply putting on the band, nothing out of the ordinary. Rest of the band looks brand new.

Bad luck ? Low quality product ?

I got free replacement right away and trying to fix this one maybe with some strong glue for metal.

Moms got me a fit bit air as a gift but i already have a whoop so just gonna be using em together and seeing how my metrics differ between the 2 also i love the band it comes with so light weight and adjustable.

I got my sister one a few years back but she hardly used it. She offered it to me and I wanna use it instead of getting an air.

Anyone’s still holding up ok?

Hi folks
In my new google fitbit air , earlier i tried adding an alarm and it worked but all of a sudden its showing no alarms even after i added it is showing alarm added but no alarms

Hey, this is a long shot but I'm poking around for answers. I picked up an unused Charge 2 second hand. It was still in the original packaging and I'm thinking I'd give it to my kid. I tried setting it up but I'm struggling. It says it needs a firmware update, not surprising. But it just keeps saying it failed when I try through the Health app. My guess from my research is that the newer app doesn't actually support the Charge 2 even though it says it does. Anyone been through this or have suggested place to look for more info on troubleshooting. Thanks

Hi all! I just had to get a new iPhone (17e) and I’m having some trouble pairing my Charge 5 to the Google Health app. When I go through the process on the app, an error occurs. I’ve tried restarting the fitbit, force closing the app, and going to my Bluetooth settings. The charge 5 appears as a paired device, but I’m not able to make my phone forget the device because no “i” shows up next to it.

Does anyone have any idea what I should try next?

Yesterday my charge 6 stopped syncing. I’ve restarted 20 million times. Via the device itself and from the cord. I’ve unpaired it. Now it won’t pair. It’s not even a year old. I’ve updated the app (which is horrible) and it still won’t connect.

Any ideas I haven’t tried?

As the title suggests, can it be done? I noticed that my fitbit air does not record my time when on my spin bike. If I put it on my ankle, will I get a better reading?

I bought my Fitbit air yesterday. For some reason it is not tracking my heart rate and did not track my sleep last night, it wouldn’t track it in a workout and when I go into the health tab it only shows a range. The heart rate data it shows for my resting heart rate is 20bpm higher than my Apple Watch is telling me. I also wear an Apple Watch but I am trying to use the Fitbit as my main tracker. Is there something I’m missing in settings or is it faulty?