Fitbit To Remove Challenges & Adventures, Open Groups! Here’s What To Do

Griffin Davis , Tech Times 17 February 2023, 01:02 pm

Fitbit announced that the Challenges & Adventures, as well as the Open Groups features will soon be removed.

Fitbit to Remove Adventures & Challenges, Open Groups! Here's What You Need to Do

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For many fans, this is sad news, especially since these are legacy features of the wearable maker.

Before Google completed its Fitbit acquisition in 2021, the American fitness company touted these legacy features as its major strength.

However, it seems like its plans changed as it prepares to integrate Google's technology.

Fitbit to Remove Challenges & Adventures, Open Groups!

According to The Verge's latest report, the Challenges & Adventures and Open Groups would be removed on Mar. 27.

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This means that all the trophies that users earned will no longer be available. But, 9To5Google reported that users can rely on Fitbit points as an alternative.

These can be accessed via the Friends leaderboard and Community Feed. Aside from this, fans will need to use Fitbit's Health & Wellness forums to connect with other users.

Open Groups will also be unavailable. Fitbit users will only be able to create private groups with their friends. If you want to download your Fitbit data, then you need to do so before Mar. 27.

Downloading Fitbit Data

Fitbit allows users to download their data. These include the following:

Direct messages: Conversations in the Fitbit app.

Activity: Steps, distance, active minutes, calories, floors, heart rate, stationary time, etc.
Exercise: Exercise history and exercise logs.
Menstrual health: Symptoms, cycle information, and birth control information.
Profile: Profile picture, child accounts, display name, sex, date of birth, age, etc.
Sleep score: Your sleep scores, including the individual score breakdowns.
Social: Fitbit community groups you're a member of, challenges, badges, community group posts, and comments.

These are just some of the user data that you can export before Mar. 27. To see more, just click this link.

To export them, all you need to do is visit Settings and click the Data Export section. From there, you can choose the data that you want to download.

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