How practice I use GPS on my Fitbit device?

Elevate your workouts by capturing GPS data with certain Fitbit devices. If your device doesn't take GPS, use the Fitbit app to record GPS data.

Note: To use connected or phone GPS, brand sure that Allow Location Access is set to E'er or All the time for the Fitbit app on your phone.

ClosedDoes my Fitbit device take GPS?

Device Name GPS Type

Fitbit Accuse 4
Fitbit Charge 5

Dynamic GPS*
Congenital-in GPS
Phone (connected) GPS

Fitbit Ionic
Fitbit Sense
Fitbit Versa iii

 Congenital-in GPS

Fitbit Blaze
Fitbit Accuse ii
Fitbit Charge 3
Fitbit Inspire HR
Fitbit Inspire 2
Fitbit Luxe
Fitbit Versa
Fitbit Versa ii
Fitbit Versa LE

 Phone (connected) GPS**

*If your phone is nearby, these devices utilise the GPS sensors on your phone to capture GPS data instead of the built-in GPS sensors on your device. This option preserves bombardment life on your device. For more data well-nigh your device's battery life, see the related assist article.

**Devices with phone (continued) GPS apply the GPS sensors on your phone to capture GPS information. Keep your phone near your device during your workout.

ClosedHow practice I get my Fitbit device to connect to GPS?

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Best practices

  • Accuse your device to at least lxxx%, equally congenital-in GPS tin cause the battery to bleed more than quickly.
  • Get outside; then connect to GPS and start your do. To make sure the GPS connection is stable, you lot can await upwardly to thirty seconds subsequently you see "Connected" on your device's screen to tap the play icon and begin moving.
  • Sync your device regularly with the Fitbit app (at least once every 24 hours) to reduce the time it takes for the congenital-in GPS sensors to connect to GPS satellites. Make sure the location permission for the Fitbit app on your phone is e'er immune. For instructions, meet the Apple help commodity or the Google (Android) help article.
  • Check that GPS is turned on for the practise. Note that only exercises where y'all comprehend physical distance use GPS. For more data, see How do I turn on GPS for an exercise on my Fitbit device?

Troubleshooting tips

If your device tin can't connect to GPS satellites, or if gaps announced in the map of your road, try these tips:

  • Follow the recommendations for wearing your device for do. For more information, see How practice I wear my Fitbit device?
  • Try loosening the band 1 notch.
  • Make sure your device doesn't touch your wrist bone.
  • Expect until GPS is connected to beginning the exercise.
  • Note that if you're using GPS for the offset time in an area, connecting to GPS satellites might take several minutes. Heavily wooded areas and alpine buildings can increase the time it takes to connect to GPS satellites.
  • If GPS didn't connect the first time, wait five minutes before you start the exercise once more.
  • (Charge iv and Accuse 5) If your tracker doesn't connect to GPS satellites, you lot can cease the practise, change the GPS manner to Phone GPS, and beginning the exercise again. To alter the GPS manner, run across How practise I manage the GPS settings on my Fitbit device?
  • To reduce the time it takes for your device to connect to GPS satellites, hold your arm parallel to your body near your head and at to the lowest degree 2 inches away from you lot when you connect to GPS and start an practice.
    Person with a tracker on his wrist, holding the tracker in front of his chest

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Requirements

  • Become outside; then connect to GPS and kickoff your do.
  • Make sure that your device can sync with the Fitbit app. For more than information, see How exercise Fitbit devices sync their data?
  • Confirm that the Fitbit app can utilize your phone'south GPS sensors:

    ClosediPhones

    1. Confirm that the Fitbit app can use your location (Allow Location Access is prepare to Ever). For instructions, encounter the Apple assist commodity.
    2. Confirm that Background App Refresh is turned on for the Fitbit app. For instructions, see the Apple assistance commodity.

    ClosedAndroid phones

    1. Confirm that the Fitbit app tin use your location:
      1. Allow Location Access is prepare to All the Fourth dimension and Location. For instructions, see the Google (Android) assist article.
      2. Precise Location is turned on.
    2. Confirm that Groundwork App Refresh is turned on for the Fitbit app. For instructions, run into the Google (Android) assist article.
  • Bank check that GPS is turned on for the exercise. Note that merely exercises where you comprehend physical distance use GPS. For more than information, run into How practice I turn on GPS for an practise on my Fitbit device?
  • Make sure that your phone is within thirty anxiety of your device.
  • Note that heavily wooded areas and alpine buildings can increment the time it takes to connect to GPS satellites.

Troubleshooting steps

See if GPS connects afterward each footstep.

  1. Force quit, and reopen the Fitbit app to refresh the connection with your device. For instructions, meet the Apple help article or the Google (Android) assist commodity.
  2. On your phone, go to Settings then Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth off and dorsum on.
  3. Restart your phone.

ClosedHow do I plough on GPS for an exercise on my Fitbit device?

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  1. In the Fitbit app, open Exercise Shortcuts. For more data, see How practise I rail my workouts with my Fitbit device?
  2. Tap the exercise you desire to track, and make certain Connected GPS is turned on.

If GPS doesn't connect, confirm GPS is enabled on your device:

  1. On Blaze, tap the Do screen, and notice the practise yous want to rail.
  2. Tap the gear icon, and brand certain Utilize Telephone GPS is on.

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  1. Open up the Exercise app and swipe to find the exercise you want to rails.
  2. Swipe up, and make sure GPS is On.
  3. Press the button to return to the activeness screen.

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  1. Swipe right or left to the Practise app , then swipe upwardly to discover an exercise.
  2. Tap to cull an exercise, and then swipe up through the do settings.
  3. Tap GPS to turn it on.
  4. Swipe down to return to the exercise screen.

ClosedHow do I start an exercise with GPS on my Fitbit device?

  1. Go outside, then open the Practise app on your device and tap an exercise. But activities where you cover physical distance offer GPS tracking.
  2. Wait a few moments for GPS to connect.
  3. Tap the play icon to kickoff the exercise. If the GPS signal disconnects, your phone or Fitbit device continues to search for a signal.

Note: If yous previously turned off GPS for an exercise, turn it back on before you lot start the activity.

ClosedHow exercise I manage the GPS settings on my Fitbit device?

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On your tracker, open the Settings app > GPS Settings > tap to update a setting. Notation that GLONASS and Low Ability Mode are for Built-in GPS but.

Setting How It Works
GPS Mode
  • Dynamic: Accuse 4 sets the GPS blazon at the kickoff of the workout. If you lot take your telephone with yous, Charge four uses your phone's GPS sensors to map your route. If your phone is nearby but not moving when you start the exercise, Charge four uses built-in GPS.
  • Built-in GPS: Charge 4 uses congenital-in GPS sensors to track your route, pace, altitude, and other stats. This selection can reduce battery life on your tracker.
  • Phone GPS: Charge 4 uses your phone'southward GPS sensors to track your route, pace, altitude, and other stats. This option can assistance preserve battery life on your Fitbit device.

Notation: If the GPS signal is lost during the exercise, Charge four doesn't switch to a different GPS type.
GLONASS

For exercises with built-in GPS, this setting can shorten the fourth dimension it takes for Charge four to find a GPS betoken and enhance GPS functioning.

Notation: Turning on this choice tin reduce battery life on your tracker.
Low Power Manner

For exercises with congenital-in GPS that last more an hour, this setting tin preserve battery life on Charge 4. To enhance built-in GPS performance, turn off the Low Power Mode option.

Note: Turning off this selection can reduce battery life on your tracker.

ClosedCharge five

Swipe down from the clock screen and tap the Settings app to open information technology, then tap GPS then GPS.

Setting How It Works
GPS Mode
  • Dynamic: Your tracker sets the GPS type at the start of the workout. If you have your telephone with you lot, your tracker uses your phone's GPS sensors to map your route. If your telephone is nearby only non moving when yous starting time the practice, your tracker uses built-in GPS.
  • Built-in GPS: Your tracker uses congenital-in GPS sensors to track your route, step, distance, and other stats. This option tin reduce battery life on your tracker.
  • Phone GPS: Your tracker uses your telephone'south GPS sensors to rail your route, stride, altitude, and other stats. This pick tin can assistance preserve bombardment life on your Fitbit device.

Annotation: If the GPS signal is lost during the practice, Accuse 5 doesn't switch to a different GPS type.

ClosedHow practise I see GPS data captured past my Fitbit device?

After you end your workout, open up the Fitbit app and tap the Exercise tile to meet a workout intensity map that shows your route, altitude, heart-rate zones, and pace. Tap the map to meet detailed stats about your conditioning.

GPS-tracked workout in the Fitbit app, where the color of the route corresponds to the user's heart rate intensity

Annotation: If the GPS indicate is lost during the exercise, a map might not appear in the Fitbit app.

ClosedHow do I use the Fitbit app to capture GPS data?

If your Fitbit device doesn't have GPS, use the Fitbit app on your phone to capture your route, distance, step, and more.

ClosediPhones

  1. Ostend that the Fitbit app tin use your phone's GPS sensors:
    1. Confirm that the Fitbit app tin use your location (Allow Location Access is set to Always). For instructions, see the Apple tree help article.
    2. Confirm that Background App Refresh is turned on for the Fitbit app. For instructions, see the Apple help article.
  2. Tap the Today tab and tap the gray + icon on the Exercise tile.
  3. Tap Track at the acme.
  4. Choose an action: run, walk, or hike.
  5. To hear cues during your action, tap Cues and fix the type, frequency, and volume.
  6. Tap Start. During the activity, swipe left to see a GPS map.
  7. When you're done, tap Pause, then tap and hold Finish.
  8. Review your workout summary.

ClosedAndroid phones

  1. Confirm that the Fitbit app can use your telephone's GPS sensors:
    1. Ostend that the Fitbit app can use your location (Permit Location Access is set to All the Time). For instructions, see the Google (Android) help commodity.
    2. Confirm that Background App Refresh is turned on for the Fitbit app. Open up the Settings app on your telephone. For instructions, encounter the Google (Android) assist article.
  2. Tap the Today tab then tap the greyness + icon on the Exercise tile.
  3. Tap the stopwatch icon in the top correct then Tracking at the top.
  4. Choose an activity: run, walk, or hike.
  5. To hear cues during your activity, tap Cues and fix the blazon, frequency, and volume.
  6. Tap Start. During the activity, swipe left to see a GPS map.
  7. When you're done, tap Break, then tap and concord Finish.
  8. Review your workout summary.

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