So… let me get this straight. Google sucks and Pixels are only sold in some countries, so their solution is to reduce Fitbit devices to those same countries?
This is foreboding. Could this be the start of either a rebrand of Fitbit or, worse, a culling of the line in favor of Pixel smartwatches?
Google, I swear if you fuck with my Fitbit I’m adding it to The List (right under Play Music and Inbox). I don’t want a smartwatch, I never wanted a smartwatch. I want my compact little step tracker that gives me a ton of metrics data.
The second Google bought them out should have been the moment you started to be on the lookout for a potential way out. It’s unfortunately really on brand for them. There’s not a lot that survives acquisition.
That’s a bit unfair. Waze is still going and unaffected by being acquired by Google. YouTube is obviously still going and has become a core part of Alphabet’s business.
For acquisitions that have strong existing user bases, they have a history of keeping them around. I’m surprised by this move, I can’t think of another example where they’ve killed a product with a large user base they’ve spent Billions on. Not that they’re killing FitBit, just reducing the countries it will be sold in.
So… let me get this straight. Google sucks and Pixels are only sold in some countries, so their solution is to reduce Fitbit devices to those same countries?
This is foreboding. Could this be the start of either a rebrand of Fitbit or, worse, a culling of the line in favor of Pixel smartwatches?
Google, I swear if you fuck with my Fitbit I’m adding it to The List (right under Play Music and Inbox). I don’t want a smartwatch, I never wanted a smartwatch. I want my compact little step tracker that gives me a ton of metrics data.
The second Google bought them out should have been the moment you started to be on the lookout for a potential way out. It’s unfortunately really on brand for them. There’s not a lot that survives acquisition.
That’s a bit unfair. Waze is still going and unaffected by being acquired by Google. YouTube is obviously still going and has become a core part of Alphabet’s business.
For acquisitions that have strong existing user bases, they have a history of keeping them around. I’m surprised by this move, I can’t think of another example where they’ve killed a product with a large user base they’ve spent Billions on. Not that they’re killing FitBit, just reducing the countries it will be sold in.
FitBit will die with the 3rd gen pixel watch, calling it now.
Fitbit has premium subscriptions. Not sure why anyone bought them to begin with.
Even before Google, Fitbit made it hard/impossible to sync your stats with other apps.
Get a Mi Band or something better.
I went Fossil smartwatch. I’d figure google would keep the apps around longer than the device.
RIP fitbit
Fitbit will be an app soon
It already is, they’re just removing the competing product they bought for the very reason they bought it.
They already took away the only features I bought one for some time ago. The app itself will meet the same fate sooner or later.