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FitBit Blaze - Smartphone Needed?

NicoleDlugosz
NicoleDlugosz Posts: 11 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
Hello - I'm new to FitBit and my FitBit Blaze will be coming in the mail tomorrow. If I end up liking the Blaze, I was thinking of getting one for my dad, but he does not have a smart phone. Do you absolutely need a smart phone to sync with the FitBit? If you don't have one, are you missing out on several features? Thanks.

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Does he have a computer?
    The Blaze doesn't come with the PC dongle that previous models came with (at least mine didn't have one in the box), but with it you can sync any Fitbit to a PC and view all the data from the Fitbit website.
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    Since the Blaze doesn't have built in GPS, you couldn't use that aspect of it without a smart phone.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    NancyN795 wrote: »
    Since the Blaze doesn't have built in GPS, you couldn't use that aspect of it without a smart phone.

    Ah, yes, that's another thing. Without a smartphone you wouldn't have the GPS, call notification, text notification, calendar notification, or music control features.
  • gdnplnty
    gdnplnty Posts: 167 Member
    Yes and No

    Yes - if you want to have all the features of the blaze working, such as message and calendar notification as well as music controls and such. And it needs to be a smart smart phone. There is a list of phones it will work with and such on FB's website.

    No - if you don't wanna use those features, you do not need a smart phone.

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