Charge 3 Update - v28.20001.44.33
Just got an update for my Charge 3. Looks like they updated the menu from the bottom and added weight, water intake and weekly exercise.
Still no SpO2 yet.
Posted Nov 6, 2018, 4:00 AM UTC
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Very happy they finally added the modern "step date" face. Don't understand how their UI team initially didn't think users would want to have steps and date in a simple interface.
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Why oh why can't they put the date in the pull up menu displaying all the other stats including charge% ?
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I just updated. I don't don't see anything different besides being able to install the new "step date" clock face. Water intake and weight was always there.
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There is also a function to perform a manual restart in the advanced settings which i think was not there before.
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How do you get to advanced settings?
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I had to look myself.... Swipe over to settings, select "about" and look there.
Yeah, totally intuitive I agree. /sarcasm
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There are now quick replies for Android devices
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Can also answer or ignore calls.
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Yeah wait for SpO2 - I think it won't appear even on the next update
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Waiting on screen time out adjustment.
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Just got my C3 Special Edition yesterday and had updated to this firmware straight out of the box. Seemed like all was well for a couple hours, but the the screen stopped turning on upon raising my wrist and it stayed like that until ran a hard reset....this has happened 5 times now. Started poking around on the fitbit forums to find I'm far from the only one with these kinds of issues lol. Had i known the C3 was a rushed pile of doo, I probably would've just held onto my C2. Whats more, when it was working during my workout last night, it had me at a cool 65bpm while i was sweating on the stair stepper.....so apparently I'm an olympic level athlete. Who knew. Sorely disappointed.
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Can you log water? Is it a weight chart? Curious what it looks like
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I can't sync or even pair my fitbit after this update *sigh*
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Alarm worked this morning, heart rate monitor is still within 1% (tested against a chest strap), added the reboot feature. So far, so good on my end.
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Hoping for swim lap tracking soon.
Pools have clocks, I'd prefer to be able to set my goal for a number of laps, which is hard to keep track of for 30-60 minutes.
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There is a swim option, what it tracks (laps, time etc) I'm not sure. It's the third exercise option now.
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It only "tracks" laps after you're done.
While swimming it only tells you the time you've been swimming, which is pretty useless all things considered.
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Hopefully it somehow fixes the completely inaccurate HR readings during exercise.
Edit: Nope
I have checked mine against wearing a chest strap and it's never wiser than 2 beats off.
Are you sure it's snug on your wrist? Not tight just snug.
Also if you wrist bends a lot try moving it up your arm a but to an area where it won't be moved to much by your wrist.
It may actually be your wrist as most users are reporting the HR sensor on the 3 is more accurate than the 2.
Nope. I had a charge 2 that didn't have this issue, and I'm wearing it correctly 2 to 3 finger widths from my wrist bone. If I start exercising without tracking my workout, the watch won't even realize that im exercising will hover around 110 BPM when my actual HR is around 160 BPM. It's crap and so many other people have this problem that I've seen so far. Maybe we have faulty devices but I don't want to get stuck in the exchange loop only to keep getting faulty devices.
I waited for the update and worked out yesterday morning and it's the same problem, so I'm sending it back and looking elsewhere.
Maybe return it, it seems hit and miss who has accurate heart rate. Mine is always within 3 beats off even in intense workouts. Not scientific but I verified with both my own finger and one of those heart rate apps on the phone which uses the light/camera. The variance between all 3 has not been more than 3 so far.