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

On 2025-01-01 21:57, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-01-01 19:59, Frank Slootweg wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
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I had a Fitbit 2, and now a Fitbit Luxe.  Doesn't upload anything to any
account.  I never bought any premium services.  I don't need all those
extras for how I use it.  The only "extra" I enabled was to pair the
Fitbit to my smart phone via Bluetooth to transfer data from device to
Android app.  Don't need an online account for that.

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    I don't know what a "Fitbit 2" is, probably a "Fitbit <something> 2"
where "<something>" is the relevant part.
>
    Anyway, I always needed a Fitbit account for our Fitbits (Alta HR,
Charge 4, Charge 5 and Charge 6). Without an account, the Fitbit won't
sync, also not to the Fitbit app on the phone. And to sync, it needs an
Internet connection. Stupid design, but that's the way it is.
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    So, on the phone, do you use the Fitbit app or another app, if so
which one?

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Google Fit.

    Are you sure? The Google Fit entry on the Google Play site [1] doesn't
even mention Fitbit in its list of devices and its website [2] doesn't
list any devices.
    I always thought that *other* *apps* (not devices), could talk to
Google Fit and that Google Fit then showed a consolidation of all the
data.

I don't know for sure where it gets its data from, but it is there. Maybe Google Fit talks with Fitbit app.
I had that app installed from before, then one day I noticed that it had data that seemed to come from the watch. Yes, looking there is displays my siesta data as coming from Fitbit. It also shows the map of my walk this afternoon, with a label that says "Fitbit".
In the details, it shows the elevation graph of the walk, something that is missing in the Fitbit app.
I remember vaguely saying yes to share data, but I don't remember which of the two apps. Maybe both.

    IIRC, I used Google Fit in the past, but I can't remember with which
app/service/device.
 

    I think my <insert_loved_one> has a Fitbit Luxe (on an iPhone). I've
to ask her what she needs to sync. I know they have a Fitbit Family
account together with her <insert_smaller_loved_one>.
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 [1]
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness>
 [2] <https://www.google.com/fit/>

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Cheers, Carlos.