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People are discussing how Fitbit Air owners are reusing the tracker’s strap by mounting a separate watch onto the same band. They’re also sharing Google-provided Fitbit Air blueprints that enable others to make compatible bands and accessories.

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Key Takeaway Fitbit Air users are extending the tracker’s strap into a multi-device setup, enabled by Google-released blueprints for custom accessories.
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strap customization open blueprints maker community
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Fitbit Air users are extending the tracker’s strap into a multi-device setup, enabled by Google-released blueprints for custom accessories.

People are discussing how Fitbit Air owners are reusing the tracker’s strap by mounting a separate watch onto the same band. They’re also sharing Google-provided Fitbit Air blueprints that enable others to make compatible bands and accessories.

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Tracker + watch pairing Owners place an automatic watch on the same strap as the Fitbit Air tracker.
Google releases materials Google released Fitbit Air blueprints to let anyone make bands/accessories.
Community builds accessories Owners’ watch-on-band setup “doesn’t look half bad.”

What to Watch

  • Check how makers use Google’s Fitbit Air blueprints to publish new band/accessory designs. 9to5Google
  • Look for more examples of watch-and-tracker strap setups among Fitbit Air owners. 9to5Google

What Changed

  • Fitbit Air owners are placing automatic watches on the same strap as the tracker, and it’s easy 9to5Google
  • Google releases Fitbit Air blueprints to let anyone make bands, accessories  9to5Google
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Should you buy the Fitbit Air?

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The best fitness tracker overall is the Fitbit Charge 6, which functions primarily as a fitness tracker but offers a few bonus features, too. Its SmartTrack function tracks your activity, supporting more than 40 types of exercise and keeping tabs on metrics such as steps, heart rate, calories burned and VO2 max.

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What does it track?

The Fitbit Air covers the core health metrics you'd expect, including 24/7 heart rate monitoring, heart rate variability, SpO2 (blood oxygen level), temperature variation, sleep tracking and analysis, cardio load, training readiness, steps, distance and irregular heart rhythm notifications for atrial fibrillation detection. It also includes automatic activity tracking that you can confirm later in the app. The device is water-resistant up to 50 meters. One caveat: The Fitbit Air uses an older sensor setup than the current Pixel Watch 4, which includes a multipath optical heart rate sensor and

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Why does it stand out?

Both projects are exactly similar, except they use different sources to fetch your health data. The Fitbit version has a script that fetches your health data once you enter your Fitbit account's credentials, while the version for Garmin smartwatches uses Garmin Connect. Once the data is fetched from those servers, it is stored locally in an InfluxDB database. This data is then fed to Grafana for visualization. The idea is to set up a localized solution that can be self-hosted and is completely open source, unlike the official apps from these brands. If you're wondering, the visualization suppo

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