Bing Lee has Fitbit 6 on special for $187. Officeworks still has it advertised as $198. Price beat for another 5% off to get it down to $177.65.
Also AMEX Statement is giving $20 back for over $150 spend at Officeworks, if you have it saved against your card… so you could get a Fitbit Charge 6 for $157.65…
Yep, Fitbit was then acquired by Google.
Does it require a subscription?
Can the bluetooth be turned off on the watch?
No subscription, I’ve been using the Fitbit app for almost the last couple of years.
I don’t think you can turn bluetooth off on the fitbit, but you can turn bluetooth off on the phone, so it’s not connecting to the fitbit
do you need a google account to use the fitbit app and link it to your watch?
@G-rig: are you really that dense?
I already have a fitbit account that links to the watch. Was just wondering if I needed a google account on top.
What part of this is hard for you to understand?
@G-rig: you're right I should've just searched it up instead of asking on forums where internet morons like you exists lol
cuz turns out that you don't actually need a google account if you already have a fitbit account.
@ozbargain-pashim: Glad you sorted it out champ lol
Yes, Fitbit now requires a Google Account to use its products and services. While existing Fitbit users can continue using their existing accounts until February 2, 2026, after that date, they will need to migrate their accounts to Google accounts to log in. New Fitbit users are also required to sign up with a Google
how is this better than Samsung Fit or Huawei band 10
Huawei devices are pretty good value for the hardware you get but there is a lack of integrations in third party apps for it. If you have an iPhone you can get the data from Huawei app into Apple Health, and pretty much any app on iOS will support getting the data from Apple Health. Not so easy on Android, Google Fit is supposed to be the equivalent of Apple Health but very little support for it, including from Huawei devices. FitBit has lots of dedicated/direct API integrations in third party apps as well, But its one of the few devices/apps that doesn't offer native on-device sync with Apple Health, you need to get a third party app like Health Sync to connect to its API and download to Apple Health locally.
Avoid the Samsung if you have an iOS device or ever plan to get one, there is no support for them, they abandoned support for the wearables app on iOS several years ago. Honestly I'd avoid them even if you have an Android other than a Samsung. Samsung of recent years has been even worse than Apple in regards to device support outside their ecosystem.
Comparatively, the band-style FitBits are better priced for their feature set then nearly anything other than Huawei. However, Google's long term support for the product line is perhaps questionable given they bought the company and have their own Pixel line of wearables. Additionally, the longevity of their hardware has always been quite poor.
IMO, there isn't a whole lot of value in fitness wearables if you don't integrated them into other apps like a Macro Tracker or Strava. Sleep data and heart rate during workouts are useful without ingesting into another app I suppose, but other than that what use is it with only the app it comes with. Tracking energy burn without a full-feature Macro Tracker or knowing you did a workout on mon, tues, wed without the social network and data viz of Strava seems pretty incomplete. Most of the new measurements and stats they've been adding to these things recently like VO2 or "Cardio Load" are of questionable usefulness. So start with picking what ecosystems you want data in and grab something that works well with them.
TLDR — the FitBit probably wins overall on software integration over a Huawei, but neither is perfect. Avoid the Samsung imo.
Did these guys bought out pebble