Fitbit Versa

[kuzibri]

Hi all,

this is the new Fitbit Versa smartwatch:

The Fitbit Versa is the successor of the popular Fitbit Ionic.
1. All of Fitbit's healthness/fitness features are availble, yet the heart rate sensor is very fast and much more accurate than the one of the Fitbit Ionic. Built in oxygen saturation sensor available which will be activated in the near future with Fitbit's own iOS updates.
2. Receive notifications from your smartphone, including SMS, Whatsapp, email and,of course Calls.
3. Includes WiFi for faster download of Fitbit or third party apps and OS updates.
4. No GPS included, but the Versa makes use of your Smartphones GPS.
5. When exercising, for instance biking, the Ionic measures your distance and location, but best of all: it recognizes when you have to stop for a traffic light (Smartphone needed).
6. Battery lasts as long as at least 4 days .The max I reached myself was 6 days
7. Crystal clear display, even in direct sunlight, and is made of Gorilla glass 3. Display can be adjusted to your own needs. There are several hundreds of Clock Faces available within the Fitbit app.
8. Contains a weather app.
9. Whenever you use Philips Hue bulbs at home, there is a Hue app available in the Fitbit store, so you can switch your lights on/off with your Smartwatch.
10. Clock faces can be changed to your own liking. Therefore you will need the Fitbit App on your phone. More infornation about that within a short while.

Use this smartwatch now for 1 month and it's highly recommended. For all information, possibilities and accessories about/for the Versa, please visit: https://www.fitbit.com/shop/versa

It's one of the winners of the Tech Awards 2018!!



kindest regards, kuzibri

 

[Unidave199]

Versa

Thanks for starting this thread!

 

[kuzibri]

Thanks for starting this thread!

You're very welcome, more is to come, regards kuzibri

 

[kuzibri]

Clock Faces

Hi all, as earlier stated, I would keep you informed about Clock Faces for the Versa. I've found a clock face that's not only very beautiful but also very functional, heavily customizable and by it's size is also very battery friendly. My Versa, with this clock face lasts 5 to 6 days, depending on usage. See this link:
https://gam.fitbit.com/gallery/clock/364a8989-6105-4418-93aa-10a4e55775ea. Copy and paste the link into the browser on your mobile device, where the Fitbit app is installed or use XDA Labs on your mobile device.

Here are two photo's off how this face looks on my Versa (mind that although the photo shows, for whatever reason, a blue background, imagine that it's dark black on my Versa)

Main display:

Stats Screen (sorry for the blurry image):

On the stats screen, you'll see from top to bottom, besides battery - time -date: Steps - Floors - Calories - Distance - Active Minutes and HR.

kindest regards, kuzibri

 

[marko94]

Hi @kuzibri

Nice thread. Today I got Fitbit Versa for my birthday.
I have a few questions, maybe someone can help me ?

1. I need full gps and bluetooth coverage if I want sync all of the time and if I want receive notifications on Fitbit ? With turned off Bluetooth I can not receive notifications.
2. What about backup ? for example, If I change rom or something else. Do I need backup apps somewhere or it is already backuped on Fitbit ?
3. How to get more from Fitbit, battery etc ? Any tricks for screen brightneess etc ?
4. When I set screen wake to manual, screen doesnt wake on double tap, or I am doing something wrong
Thanks

 

[kuzibri]

Hi @kuzibri

Nice thread. Today I got Fitbit Versa for my birthday.
I have a few questions, maybe someone can help me ?

1. I need full gps and bluetooth coverage if I want sync all of the time and if I want receive notifications on Fitbit ? With turned off Bluetooth I can not receive notifications.
2. What about backup ? for example, If I change rom or something else. Do I need backup apps somewhere or it is already backuped on Fitbit ?
3. How to get more from Fitbit, battery etc ? Any tricks for screen brightneess etc ?
4. When I set screen wake to manual, screen doesnt wake on double tap, or I am doing something wrong
Thanks

Hi regarding your questions:
1. The Versa needs a BT connecion with your phone always, otherwise it cannot be synced. Regarding notifications: in the dashboard of your phone's Fitbit app, press on top of the screen on the right side the watch icon and you get the page where the Clock and App tiles are shown. Scroll down to notifications and enable all items you want to recieve notificications form on your Versa.Regarding GPS, the Versa uses your phone's GPS, so if you're running or whatever, you will need to have your phone with you. Versa does not have GPS on it's own.
2. Backup not needed, all data are stored on the Fitbit servers.
3. Battery usage/drainage is cuased by multiple factors: amount of notifications, playing music, type of Clock Face, exercise, etc. etc. My Versa last 5+ days on one charge. This is achieved by having only enabled one notification, play no music on/with it and use a Clock face that's only 50 kB in size.
4. If you have set the screen to manual, tappin on the display needs some exercise to find the right spot. It's easier to press the left button nad the screen will wake up. If I were you, set it to Automatically, so it responds to your wrist movement. It does not drain our battery more than in the manual setting.

kindest regards, kuzibri

 

[deepu458]

Hi there,
I just bought the Fitbit Versa Lite yesterday and after setting up the entire device whenever i get calls or Missed calls Or Voicemail notifications on my phone, the fitbit versa is not showing up at all. other than the phone app based notifications all other notifications are working fine.
Does anyone have any idea of what can be done to fix this

Phone: Essential PH-1 Android 9

 

[kuzibri]

Hi there,
I just bought the Fitbit Versa Lite yesterday and after setting up the entire device whenever i get calls or Missed calls Or Voicemail notifications on my phone, the fitbit versa is not showing up at all. other than the phone app based notifications all other notifications are working fine.
Does anyone have any idea of what can be done to fix this

Phone: Essential PH-1 Android 9

Hi, the probems you run into are caused by the fact that your phone is not in the lists of the by Fitbit supported devices yet. Keep a close eye to this site: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2315/?q=compatible&l=en_US&fs=Search&pn=1. Sooner or later your device will show up in the list. Kind regards, kuzibri

 

[kuzibri]

Clock Faces

Hi guys,

there is a new, very beautiful and highly customizable Clock Face avaliable for the Versa. Although it's a payed one ($1.5 after a trial period of 30 hours), it worth every penny of it. Yo can change the home display from analog to digital by pressing on the bottom of the home display. By tapping the top of the home screen, you wil get the stats screen, with all the needed stats. See:
https://gallery.fitbit.com/details/5f05513e-568b-4993-92b7-783373d6c8a1. Try it out and you will be in no time addicted to this Clock Face, just like me. The size is only 17 kB which makes it very battery friendly. My Versa lasts 5 days on one charge with this Clock Face.

kindest regards, kuzibri