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Unlike the Charge devices that came before and after them, the Charge 3 and 4 have plastic strap connectors that snap off from the device with regular use, this often happened in under a year. Fitbit was willing to provide replacement devices in many cases, but never admitted to this fault publicly.

==Music Limitations (2020 - ~~2022~~)==

==Music Limitations (2020 - 2023)==

Fitbit supported syncing music from your PC to your smartwatch to play offline. Supported devices for this were:

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*Fitbit Versa 2 (2019)

With the release of the Versa 3 and Sense in 2020, Fitbit removed this functionality, instead mandating that users either use a paid Deezer / Pandora subscription to sync offline music to their device (with DRM), or control music from their phone.

With the release of the Versa 3 and Sense in 2020, Fitbit removed this functionality, instead mandating that users either use a paid Deezer / Pandora subscription to sync offline music to their device (with DRM), or control music playing from their phone.

With the release of the Versa 4 and Sense 2 in 2022, the remaining music functionality in the previous device was scrapped, and Google later added support for YouTube Music controls, requiring the user to have their phone nearby and a YouTube Premium subscription.

In 2022, Google shut down the necessary servers and software for syncing music to the older 2016 - 2019 devices.

In 2023, Google terminated Fitbit's partnership with Deezer and Pandora and disabled those apps on the relevant devices.

==Fitbit Ionic Recall Program (2022)==

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===Missing features===

Many features were removed from ~~this device~~, including but not limited to:

Many features were removed from these devices, including but not limited to:

*The ability to switch between clockfaces on device

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*Bluetooth headphone pairing

Users also reported the software on ~~this device~~ to be buggy and incomplete.

Users also reported the software on these devices to be buggy and incomplete.

==Fitbit Studio Shutdown (2023)==

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==Google Assistant Shutdown (2025)==

Following Google's focus on Gemini, Google quietly deprecated Google Assistant for devices they considered "legacy". This included Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense devices that were still being newly sold just over 2 years ago, which were now only capable of using Amazon Alexa. Around this time, Google launched a marketing campaign showing their new Gemini assistant on Pixel Watch devices.

[[Category:Google]]

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 Unlike the Charge devices that came before and after them, the Charge 3 and 4 have plastic strap connectors that snap off from the device with regular use, this often happened in under a year. Fitbit was willing to provide replacement devices in many cases, but never admitted to this fault publicly.
-==Music Limitations (2020 - 2022)==
+==Music Limitations (2020 - 2023)==
 Fitbit supported syncing music from your PC to your smartwatch to play offline. Supported devices for this were:
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 *Fitbit Versa 2 (2019)
-With the release of the Versa 3 and Sense in 2020, Fitbit removed this functionality, instead mandating that users either use a paid Deezer / Pandora subscription to sync offline music to their device (with DRM), or control music from their phone.
+With the release of the Versa 3 and Sense in 2020, Fitbit removed this functionality, instead mandating that users either use a paid Deezer / Pandora subscription to sync offline music to their device (with DRM), or control music playing from their phone.
 With the release of the Versa 4 and Sense 2 in 2022, the remaining music functionality in the previous device was scrapped, and Google later added support for YouTube Music controls, requiring the user to have their phone nearby and a YouTube Premium subscription.
 In 2022, Google shut down the necessary servers and software for syncing music to the older 2016 - 2019 devices.
+In 2023, Google terminated Fitbit's partnership with Deezer and Pandora and disabled those apps on the relevant devices.
 ==Fitbit Ionic Recall Program (2022)==
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 ===Missing features===
-Many features were removed from this device, including but not limited to:
+Many features were removed from these devices, including but not limited to:
 *The ability to switch between clockfaces on device
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 *Bluetooth headphone pairing
-Users also reported the software on this device to be buggy and incomplete.
+Users also reported the software on these devices to be buggy and incomplete.
 ==Fitbit Studio Shutdown (2023)==
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 ==Google Assistant Shutdown (2025)==
 Following Google's focus on Gemini, Google quietly deprecated Google Assistant for devices they considered "legacy". This included Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense devices that were still being newly sold just over 2 years ago, which were now only capable of using Amazon Alexa. Around this time, Google launched a marketing campaign showing their new Gemini assistant on Pixel Watch devices.
+[[Category:Google]]