
Fitness trackers: what you need to know
Jennifer Allen
There are two methods, and they’re both pretty simple
You might have bought a Fitbit with the primary goal to keep you up and active, but it does also mean you can wave bye bye to wearing a traditional watch.
That Fitbit fitness tracker or smartwatch is designed to accurately display the time when you first set it up with your phone, but there might be a reason you’ll want to tinker with the time yourself.
You might have bought a Fitbit with the primary goal to keep you up and active, but it does also mean you can wave bye bye to wearing a traditional watch.
That Fitbit fitness tracker or smartwatch is designed to accurately display the time when you first set it up with your phone, but there might be a reason you’ll want to tinker with the time yourself.
Maybe it hasn’t automatically changed to the new time zone you’ve entered, or registered when the clocks go back or forward.
Fortunately, if you want to change the time, it’s a relatively simple process. If you’re wondering just how to do it, we will take you through step-by-step how to change the time on your Fitbit.
The quickest way to correct the time is to re-connect or ‘sync’ it with the phone you used to set up your Fitbit with.
Make sure Bluetooth is turned on, on your phone to make sure you can successfully sync the time displayed on your phone to your Fitbit.
If it’s not turned on, the app will display a message telling you it’s turned off and will prevent you from being able to perform that sync.
Your Fitbit will routinely sync with your phone throughout each day, but you can force a sync by opening the app. This can be done in two ways;
If that doesn’t do the trick, then you might need to check that the Fitbit app on your phone has the correct time settings set up.
Checking this slightly differs depending on whether you’re using an iPhone or Google Android phone. We’ll show you how to do it on both platforms.
If you prefer to see if it’s 18:00 as opposed to 06:00 pm, Fitbit does let you adjust how the time is displayed on your fitness tracker or watch.
To change this you’ll need to go into the Fitbit app on your phone that’s connected to your Fitbit.
The way you can change things is the same whether you’re using an iPhone or an Android phone. Here’s how to do it:
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Written by Michael Sawh he/him
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Michael is a contributor for Saga Exceptional. He’s a freelance journalist who has covered consumer technology for over a decade and specializes in wearable and fitness tech. Previously editor of Wareable, he also co-ran the features and reviews sections of T3, and has a long list of bylines in the world of consumer tech sites.
With a focus on fitness trackers, headphones, running wearables, phones, and tablet, he has written for numerous publications including Wired UK, TechRadar, GQ, Men’s Fitness, BBC Science Focus, Metro and Stuff, and has appeared on the BBC Travel Show.
Michael is a keen swimmer, a runner with a number of marathons under his belt, and is also the co-founder of YouTube channel The Run Testers.