Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in the OS?

VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:

"R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> wrote:
 

Theo,
 

To use a Fitbit, you need a Google account

 
Which is a good reason no to use it.

 
And what would be the suggested alternative that does not require ANY
account anywhere while still just as robust, or even more robust, in
features?  What is better than Fitbit, but with no account?  Didn't
those extra/premium services require a Fitbit account (now a Google
account)?  Do the better than Fitbit alternatives also have availability
of those extra services, too?

There are devices that are supported by Gadgetbridge, which need no account
and just sync via Bluetooth to the open source Gadgetbridge app on the
phone.  I have no idea how they compare on features - that likely depends on
what you want it for (notifications v fitness v health v communications).

When someone says "Fitbit", I think of the device on my wrist, not of
the app on a phone.  I think "Fitbit" to the OP meant the app.  I'm
still using the Fitbit device without any Fitbit app on my old phone.
The device still works by itself.  I don't need "To make full use of the
Fitbit products and services", because I never used those extras.  And
now their app won't install on my old phone, so the Fitbit device has
nowhere to communicate, anyway.

It depends on the device, some have no display or a very basic display, and
some features are only available in the app (eg tracking trends).

What are those extra "Fitbit services" that I never needed nor wanted?
When I did have the app, I never had to activate the device.  I just
paired the device to the app, and that was it.

You can't pair to the app without a Google account.  'Sign in' is the very
first screen.

Theo