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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in the OS?
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 20:31:11 +0100
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On 2025-01-01 19:59, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
> [...]
> 
>> I had a Fitbit 2, and now a Fitbit Luxe.  Doesn't upload anything to any
>> account.  I never bought any premium services.  I don't need all those
>> extras for how I use it.  The only "extra" I enabled was to pair the
>> Fitbit to my smart phone via Bluetooth to transfer data from device to
>> Android app.  Don't need an online account for that.
> 
>    I don't know what a "Fitbit 2" is, probably a "Fitbit <something> 2"
> where "<something>" is the relevant part.
> 
>    Anyway, I always needed a Fitbit account for our Fitbits (Alta HR,
> Charge 4, Charge 5 and Charge 6). Without an account, the Fitbit won't
> sync, also not to the Fitbit app on the phone. And to sync, it needs an
> Internet connection. Stupid design, but that's the way it is.
> 
>    So, on the phone, do you use the Fitbit app or another app, if so
> which one?

Google Fit.

> 
>    I think my <insert_loved_one> has a Fitbit Luxe (on an iPhone). I've
> to ask her what she needs to sync. I know they have a Fitbit Family
> account together with her <insert_smaller_loved_one>.
> 
> [...]


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.