Fitbit app will not download

Fitbit not charging? Nobody likes to wake up in the morning to a dead Fitbit. You may need to switch charging cables or clean your device. Many Fitbit devices come with a Quick View feature, which allows you to simply raise your wrist to wake the display.

Instead, all it takes is a simple tap near or on the display to swipe through your daily stats. Unfortunately, many Fitbit users claim to have problems with Quick View and tap recognition being too slow to respond. If this happens to you, you may need to restart your tracker or try syncing with another mobile device or computer.

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Users on the Fitbit forums said Fitbit has contacted them and suggested they return their Fitbit Sense smartwatches to the company. Fitbit told these users that it would replace their smartwatches free of charge. Read: The best Fitbit alternatives from Garmin, Samsung, and more. Still having issues?

If so, be sure to speak up in the comments below. The most common Fitbit problems and how to fix them These quick solutions should get you back on track in no time. How To By Jimmy Westenberg. Potential solutions: Make sure the Fitbit app is installed on your phone.

Try removing and re-adding your Fitbit device from your Fitbit account. Open the Fitbit app, select your account photo, select your tracker, then tap the trash icon in the top-right corner. Select unpair. You can then pair your Fitbit device with your Fitbit account. If your smartphone is running Android 6. You may need to force quit the Fitbit app. Alternatively, you can press and hold the Fitbit app icon on your home screen and release it when you feel a vibration.

Tap the small i icon. Then tap Force stop. Try turning Bluetooth off and on again. You can also turn off the Bluetooth toggle by tapping the icon in your quick settings panel. Try restarting your mobile device. If all else fails, try uninstalling and reinstalling the Fitbit app. Potential solutions: First, make sure you have notifications enabled in the Fitbit app. Open the app on your smartphone, tap your profile icon, then tap your device.

Scroll down and select Notifications. This may cause interference that prevents notifications from appearing on your Fitbit tracker. Make sure Do Not Disturb mode is turned off on your Fitbit device. It should be as simple as following the above, but experience tells us that it's fairly likely you'll come across some kind of issue with Fitbit syncing.

Problems with syncing are usually because you're not filling a requirement. Here's a checklist of the very basic things to double check if your Fitbit isn't syncing. Check the Fitbit app is compatible with your device here , and that it's running the latest version if on iPhone or Android, check for this through the App Store or Google Play Store.

Your connected device is running the latest software. Your connected device has a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection. Your connected device has Bluetooth turned on, and that you aren't connected to multiple things some issues are related to conflicting Bluetooth connections. Your Fitbit device's battery isn't low. Your Fitbit device's software is up to date. This list should be your starting point for if you're experiencing consistent issues with syncing, but, if all these are ticked, it's time to start troubleshooting with the tips below.

Perform a reset of the Fitbit app. Uninstall and reinstall the Fitbit app. Solution 2: Check your date and time settings. When you try to download an app from the Play Store, the Google servers will try to check for the time on your device. If the time is incorrect, it will not sync the servers with the device, which can cause a problem in downloading anything from the Play Store. If the download doesn't start, click here.

Live commented videos community of anime, comics and more! Find My Fitbit. My aria scale wasn't syncing so I uninstalled the app per instructions from the community postings and tried to download again from the app store. It has been "pending" now for about an hour. Hi there akiliB , thank you for sharing your first post in the Fitbit Community! I saw you are not able to download the Fitbit app. I believe this is more an issue from the Google Play store.

I'm wondering if you are seeing an error after the app download remains pending?