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NEW clocks 2023 / 2024
( also new Daikin aircon app )
| SimpleTrain Install Use running trains to show correct time With Digital and Analog views |
SimpleAstro Install Universe / Astronomy Sun & moon phases Astrology - Zodiac / Analog Digitial clock |
SimpleBubble Install Amazing bubble watch with stats & Time Zone Abacus style | SimpleSports Install Big numbers display for every day use or Quick exercise monitoring with chest strap for better results |
SimpleSleep Install Record sleep positions with anti Snore and Apnea feature, No need for special equipment |
Chest Strap SimpleSleep and SimpleSports [ specially designed for use with this innovative solution to add additional features and accuracy. ] |
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Professional full featured free clock faces to keep track of all your health and watch details and chargings
| Free SimpleClockPro, Quick overview Full Digital mode documentation |
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| Install SimpleClockPro (Sense, Sense 2, Versa, Versa 2, 3,, 4 Versa Lite, Versa Special Edition, Ionic ) See Special for Sense 2, Versa 4 section |
or Click image to install [instructions at the end]
Installable Apps [can be also used as Addons, for easy access, for the SimpleClockPro clock face below]
Click image or app Name for full documentation
Click Install for installing from the Gallery [instructions at the end]
| Simple4Timer Install Full Featured concurrent timers with many options Especially for Versa 3 & Sense |
SimpleTimer Install Full Featured timer with many options Especially for Versa 3 & Sense |
SimpleCalendar Install Easy to track days of the weeks and months (with date calculations) |
SimpleCalculator Install Quickly calculate Tips or other calculations on your watch |
SimpleAlarms Development suspended - contact developer if interested. with Labels & options Synced between phone & watch Can also repeat after x hours |
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Installable Utility Apps
Click image or app Name for full documentation
Click Install for installing from the Gallery [instructions at the end]
| SimplePin Install Secure way to keep payment card PIN and login details handy |
SimpleCheckUp Install Check your watch without opening your phone |
ICE Install In Case of Emergency | Daikin aircon Install Control your Daikin aircons from your watch |
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| SimpleHome Install Control household devices and switches like some Google Assistant operations |
CardImage Install Save loyalty cards, QR or bar codes and photos to your watch for quick access |
SimpleFloors Install Check your watch pressure sensor used for calculating floors | SimpleVibrate Install Check your watch vibration characteristics | |||||
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Other watch faces with different features
Click image or app Name for full documentation
Click Install for installing from the Gallery [instructions at the end]
| CasioWorldTime Install Simple vintage watch with stats & Time Zone |
SimpleAnalog Install dual mode Radial Analog view time and time with stats and full date Digital view |
Full date and time with
Digital stats and Analog |
Analog with floating Digital
hour and minutes |
Famous Swiss Railway station clock
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Older watch faces or with less features
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SimpleClockPro-L
Special left handed version of SimpleClockPro [documentation above]
Install
Sense, Versa 3 - Click image to install [instructions at the end]
This version allows the watch face to be rotated on the right arm to protect the button from inadvertent action.
Quick Clock/App Install
Using your phone to view this page,
- click on a Clock/App image [or it's name here] to see the full documentation,
then click on the title link in the documentation page.
Or simply click on the Install link
the Clock or App will open for install in the Fitbit App or
- for special cases you will get a watch selection page.
Click on your watch image, and on the next page,
choose language [optional],
click the clock or app image for install in the Fitbit App
After installing in the Fitbit App check the description
For clocks choose "see all details"
There you can Rate, and see Permissions and/or Settings, if any
All Ionic, Versa and Sense watches are supported ,as specified.
Contact information is at the bottom of the description
Slow Clock/App Install
Go to the Fitbit App
old version => click on the Profile photo
new version => click on the device/battery icon
=> click on the Device photo
=> click on the Gallery tile
=> click on the Clocks or Apps tab at the top
=> click the search icon and in the search clocks faces or apps field
enter SimpleClockPro or any clock, app or criteria , and do the search
After installing in the Fitbit App check the description
For clocks choose "see all details"
There you can Rate, and if any, see Permissions and/or Settings
All Ionic, Versa and Sense watches are supported, as specified.
Contact information is at the bottom of the description
Simple troubleshooting - [most common issues]
1. Problems with SpO2 or heart rate
If you aren't getting the SpO2 consistently or frequently enough, consider these options.
- Remove any SpO2 clock face and the SpO2 tracker app and gain 2 days extra battery life per charge.
- Buy a $20 dedicated Bluetooth Oximeter which will give you instant and accurate SpO2 and heart rate results whenever you want, such as:
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- No longer a need to worry why the watch or App SpO2 or HRV is not working.
- Have an immediate correct heart rate reading.
- Example heart rate comparison. Showing instant SpO2 96% with HR 79 and watch HR 112.
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2. Problems with sudden short battery life
If the battery life suddenly changes following
- A firmware update [done by you],
- A Fitbit App update [may be its automatically silently updated from the store],
- Your current clock face updated [silently during charging, or manually done].
Note: You can check in the store or the clock face install description when there were recent updates,
In the Fitbit App, click Profile photo and Help & Support to see the current installed version.
In the clock face install description, if it doesn't propose an update then that is the level currently installed.
To see firmware level if the watch is synced, in the Fitbit App click Profile photo and Device photo.
- try restarting the watch
- try disabling the phone's Bluetooth [if this restores normal battery usage it may be a result of a fault in the Fitbit App]
- try temporarily changing clock face to a Fitbit one [if this restores normal battery usage it may be a fault in the updated clock face]
See also section 5
3. Problems syncing
If you can, install and use the SimpleCheckUp app.
- It can always tell you when the watch last synced,
- It can always tell you if the watch can talk to the phone.
- try restarting the watch.
- try restarting the phone.
- try logout of the Fitbit App [you will need the password to login again, if its not saved on the phone].
- On Android, login to the Fitbit App, go to the phone's home screen without closing the App.
- Click on the popup sync notification and wait for it to pair, link or Fixit prompts.
4. Problems staying synced
If you can, install and use the SimpleCheckUp app.
- It can always tell you when the watch last synced,
- It can always tell you if the watch can talk to the phone.
- try restarting the watch.
- try restarting the phone.
- Make sure the phone is not closing either Bluetooth or the Fitbit App to save battery.
4. Problems with time
If you can, install and use the SimpleCheckUp app.
- It can always tell you which time zone your watch is set on,
- It can always tell you when the watch last synced,
- It can always tell you if the watch can talk to the phone.
- Check your phone time is correct and is set to network time.
- Check the Fitbit App is set to automatic time zone [Profile photo, App settings].
- Check your watch is synced.
The time may be set when the watch is charging at more than 50% battery and in range of it's wifi connection.
Note: If the watch is not syncing it cannot set the time, unless it happens while charging.
If a watch is losing [or gaining] time between normal charges [every 4 to 6 days] at a rate of more than 10 seconds per month it may be faulty.
5-a. Problems charging your Sense or Versa 3 - Sense 2 /Versa 4
These watches have been out a year and if your watch stops charging out of warranty you may need a new charge cable.
This one from China is better made, more sturdy than
the original and only costs less than $3,
comes in short cable for
travel [30 cm, 1 foot] or long for home [1m or 3 feet].
The pins are longer and more firmly positioned.
It may be useful to have one on standby given the problems with the original cables.
5-b. Problems charging your Sense / Versa 3 - Sense 2 / Versa 4
Consider getting a charge tester to see how/whether your watch is charging properly.
This enables you to see the charge your watch is taking which varies on the model and state of charge.
Typical charging rate values @ 10% battery level
a) Versa, Versa Lite - 130 ma
b) Versa 2 - 135 ma
b) Sense, Versa 3 - 310 ma
c) Sense 2, Versa 4 - 130 ma
When the battery is fully charged this descends to 0 ma, or if it is not charging
(Click on photos for more details)
Basic Charge Doctor tester - $1.80
Sophisticated Atorch Tester - $8.28
Consider this also if powering from Mac or other USB C power sources
USB-C to USB-A adapter Adapter - $0.72
6. Face detached from body, change look, or screen protection - simple solutions
(Click on photos for more details)
a) If you want to protect you screen from knocks or paint etc. try a screen protector
EG. Versa 2 - Screen protector 5pc $3.91
Comes in various colours for changing look and for most watches
Easily removed for charging on pre Versa 3 models
b) If your screen is detached and out of warranty a rugged band may be the answer.
Rugged watch strap Versa/Sense - $5.02
Rugged watch strap Versa3/4 Sense 1/2 - $4.41
If you want to re-glue the face consult the forums
7. Get phone battery state notifications on your watch (Android)
Using MacroDroid
on your Android phone, which allows for 5 free macros, create one macro
like this,
and in the Fitbit App Device, Notifications, App
notifications, select MacroDroid
The definition process is:
Open MacroDroid
Click Macros at the bottom
Click + at the bottom
In Triggers, click Battery level, and ok in the popup
Slide to the desired level and click ok
Repeat for as many levels as you need alerts for, then
Click Actions at the top
Click Display Notification
Enter title = Phone Battery
Enter Notification text ,as shown above
Click ok
Click tick and give the macro a name
That's it !
Each
time the phone battery falls to a level you have selected in your macro
you will receive a message on your watch, if it is Bluetooth connectable at that time.
Of course it can be used to alert you of other events with additional macros.
8. Problems with specific Notifications not arriving on the watch (Android)
If after defining Notifications, App Notifications in
the Fitbit App the messages still do not arrive on the watch but others
do,
Consider Macrodroid - it has 5 macros free.
The macro is simple:
Trigger: Detect the specific App notification
Action: Delete it and issue a Macrodroid one
Of course Macrodroid needs to be added to the list of apps that messages show on the watch
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WATCH ALERTS
To avoid disappointments check watch specs
My Clocks and Apps may run on Fitbit Sense 2 / Versa 4
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The Pixel - released October 6, 2022 (Not recommended) :
- it requires an Android phone with 8.0 or greater
- it won't work with an iPhone or iPad
- it will require a Google account to operate it
- it only has a day battery life new, which will decrease over time
- it is waterproof, a bit - see full specs here
Fitbit Sense 2 / Versa 4 - released September 23, 2022 (Not recommended) :
(are NOT upgrades to Sense / Versa 3)
- they have a different watch menus and navigation
- they don't have any Google Assistant
- they don't have any music functions
- no user Wi-Fi
- they don't have any integration with any other 3rd party apps
- there are no non Fitbit apps currently available
- there is no Agenda app
- there is no SOS or fall detection
- primitive alarms and timers
- there are very few choices of clocks currently, and non Fitbit ones may not be supported
- the software has numerous flaws, may reboot often or stop with a big red X
- the sample battery life is effectively limited to 10% to 99%
- comes with the same flawed charge cable, as on the Sense / Versa 3, may need replacing often
- button will not turn display on and off, only on
- steps under counted by about 10% on sample unit
- heart rate inaccuracy issues during exercise still exists on sample
- some functions of older watches no longer available
- notification alerts quirky
- requires more frequent syncing to get details on the watch
- details on the watch limited [tiles don't expand to give more information]
- waterproofing unconfirmed, may be same as Pixel, more accurately described
- Shops generally offer a 30 day refund, Fitbit ordered, offers 45 days
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Google ruling affecting use of Clocks and Apps for EEA Fitbit users: From June 2024 it is no longer be possible to download non Fitbit clocks or apps. You can save upto 5 clocks and 30 apps.
The published notice by Google:
How do I install and manage apps on my Fitbit device?
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