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New Year’s resolutions are imminent, and with Fitbit bushing stockings the apple over, it’s about time you set up that fettle tracker. Those added roasties won’t assignment themselves off…
If you’ve got a cast new Fitbit action tracker for Christmas, or you’re aloof acquisitive to dust off your continued abandoned band, you’ll allegation to go through the Fitbit bureaucracy process. It’s not too difficult thankfully, but it can be catchy if you’re accomplishing it for the aboriginal time.
Below we’ve categorical how to set up your Fitbit in as few accomplish as possible, for iOS and Android devices, PC, and Mac. We’ll awning bureaucracy for the Fitbit Zip, Fitbit One, Fitbit Flex, Fitbit Flex 2, Fitbit Charge, Fitbit Alta, Fitbit Allegation HR, Fitbit Allegation 2, Fitbit Blaze, Fitbit Surge, and Fitbit Aria.
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The acceptable annual is that the Fitbit app is accordant with added than 200 adaptable devices, spanning beyond iOS, Android, and Windows 10. Here’s what you allegation to know:
1. Make abiding you accept a accordant device. You can analysis affinity here.2. Acquisition the Fitbit app. If you’re appliance an iOS device, like an iPhone or iPad, again it’ll be in the App Store. If you’re appliance an Android device, like a Samsung Galaxy phone, again it’ll be in the Google Play Store. And if you’re appliance a Lumia buzz or Surface tablet, it’ll be in the Windows Abundance for Windows 10 adaptable devices. The alone barring is that if you accept a Fitbit Surge, you’ll allegation to annal bottomward to our Windows 10 Computers guide. After you’ve set that up, you can again accompany to a adaptable device.3. Already you’ve begin the app, install it. It’s absolutely chargeless of charge.4. When the accession is finished, accessible the app and tap ‘Join Fitbit’. This will adviser you through the action of creating a Fitbit account. The app will additionally appearance you how to brace your tracker with your adaptable device. This will acquiesce the abstracts from your tracker to be synced with your buzz or tablet. Make abiding your tracker is charged, or this won’t work.5. A final note: The advice you put into Fitbit is private, but you can change this in the ‘Privacy’ settings, so that your age, height, or weight can be aggregate with Fitbit friends. Alone if you’re activity brave, mind.
If that was artlessly too confusing, here’s a accessible video to advice you out:
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If you don’t accept a adaptable device, or you anticipate smartphone syncing is aloof too mainstream, you can opt to clue your Fitbit fettle stats appliance a Windows 10 computer instead.
1. First, you’ll allegation to get the app. Hit the Start figure and arch into the Windows Abundance – this may be artlessly alleged ‘Store’.2. Search for ‘Fitbit app’. If you’ve never downloaded an app from the Windows Abundance before, you may be prompted to actualize an account.3. Download and install the app.4. Accessible the app and you’ll be guided through a bureaucracy process, which involves creating a Fitbit account.5. If your computer has Bluetooth, you can accompany the tracker with your PC wirelessly. But if you don’t accept Bluetooth (or it aloof isn’t working), try active the wireless accompany dongle that came with your tracker into a USB anchorage on your computer. The Fitbit Surge requires that this dongle is acquainted in anyway, for instance. The alone barring to all of this is the Fitbit Blaze – you’ll allegation to put the tracker into its charging cradle, and again bung the added end of the cable into a USB anchorage on your computer.
This is for the absolute hipsters. If you’re not appliance a smartphone, and you still haven’t fabricated the jump to Windows 10, you can get by aloof accomplished with a Windows 8.1 PC. The action is a little trickier as it involves downloading a chargeless software appliance alleged Fitbit Connect. But don’t worry; we’ll explain how to do that below.
1. First, admit the wireless accompany dongle into a USB anchorage on your computer. If you accept a Fibit Blaze, you’ll apprehension you didn’t get a dongle. The alone two workarounds for this are either (1) affairs a dongle from the Fitbit Store, or (2) advance to Windows 10.2. Arch over to Fitbit’s UK bureaucracy website here.3. Annal bottomward the folio and hit the ‘Download’ button. You may allegation to baddest your operating arrangement i.e. PC, rather than Mac.4. Save the file, and again barrage it by bifold beat the figure – it should be alleged ‘FitbitConnect_Win.exe’.5. If you launched the file, you’ll acquisition the Fitbit Connect installer has opened. Click Abide to assignment your way through the installer.6. Eventually you’ll be prompted to ‘Set up a New Fitbit Device’. Accept that option.7. Follow the instructions, which will adviser you through creating a new annual and syncing your tracker.
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Finally, the apprehensive Mac. The Mac bureaucracy action is agnate to the Windows 8.1 bureaucracy process, insofar as you’ll allegation to download the Fitbit Connect software. Never abhorrence however, because it’s free, and accessible abundant to acquire.
1. First, arch to the Fitbit UK bureaucracy folio here.2. Annal bottomward the folio and hit the ‘Download’ button. You may allegation to baddest your operating arrangement i.e. Mac, not PC.3. A .dmg book alleged ‘FitbitConnect_mac_DATE_VERSION.dmg’ should download. Accessible it already the download is completed.4. Two options will appear. Accept ‘Install Fitbit Connect.kg’.5. In the ‘Install Fitbit Connect’ window that appears, hit Abide to advance through the installer.6. Eventually you’ll be prompted to ‘Set up a New Fitbit Device’ – accept this option.7. Follow the instructions, which will adviser you through creating a new Fitbit annual and abutting your tracker.8. If your Mac has Bluetooth, bureaucracy will abide wirelessly. If not, you’ll allegation to bung in the wireless accompany dongle that came in the box with your tracker. Unfortunately, the Fitbit Blaze doesn’t appear with a dongle, so you may allegation to acquirement one on the Fitbit store.
If you accept any problems or you anticipate we’ve absent out a basic allotment of information, let us apperceive in the comments and we’ll do our best to advice you out. Additionally be acquainted that although the advice in this commodity was actual at the time of writing, the bureaucracy action may change in the future.
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