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Fitbit is an a manufacturer of wearable devices and provider of fitness/wellness related services. Since 2009 they have released a large variety of different activity trackers and smart watches with different form factors and sensors, as well as a range of smart scales. Many have been used and validated in research.<ref>https://www.fitabase.com/research-library/?searchString=&category=Validation</ref> In 2019, Fitbit introduced a subscription model called [https://investor.fitbit.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Fitbit-Launches-Fitbit-Premium-New-Health-and-Fitness-Subscription-Service/default.aspx ''Fitbit Premium'' for which the company charges ~10 USD/month for access to particular metrics], such as advanced body temperature details or stress.
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== Data collected by Fitbits ==
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Fitbit is an a manufacturer of wearable devices and provider of fitness/wellness related services. Since 2009 they have released a large variety of different activity trackers and smart watches with different form factors and sensors, as well as a range of smart scales. In 2019, Fitbit introduced a subscription model called [https://investor.fitbit.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Fitbit-Launches-Fitbit-Premium-New-Health-and-Fitness-Subscription-Service/default.aspx ''Fitbit Premium'' for which the company charges ~10 USD for access to particular metrics] such as advanced body temperature details or stress.
Given the large variety of different models and series of Fitbit devices (see table below), details between models change. But virtually all recent Fitbit devices record at least the following:
 
 
 
* [[Activity tracking]]
 
** Steps taken
 
** Floors climbed
 
** [[Heart rate tracking|Heart rate metrics]] (Heart rate throughout day, resting heart rate, [[HRV (Heart Rate Variability)|heart rate variability]], recording of workouts)
 
* [[Sleep tracking]]
 
** Time slept
 
** Sleep phases throughout the night
 
 
 
Additionally, more recent Fitbits also record additional metrics, such as  
 
 
 
* [[Skin Temperature]]
 
* [[ECG]]
 
* Stress tracking
 
  
 
== Exporting Fitbit data ==
 
== Exporting Fitbit data ==
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=== Data export through Fitbit API ===
 
=== Data export through Fitbit API ===
The [https://dev.fitbit.com/apps Fitbit web API] allows you to register your own ''app'', which means that you can create the necessary authentications to access your full data through third-party tools or your own scripts. For some programming languages, such as Python and R, there are ready-made libraries that one can use to access data from Fitbit.
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====Exporting with a Python library====
 
 
 
The [https://github.com/orcasgit/python-fitbit ''python-fitbit'' library] provides access to most data that your Fitbit collects. A recent [https://towardsdatascience.com/using-the-fitbit-web-api-with-python-f29f119621ea guide on how to set it up can be found on Towards Data Science].
 
 
 
==== Exporting with an R library ====
 
[https://github.com/teramonagi/fitbitr ''Fitbitr'' is a library for the R] programming language that provides the same functionality as the Python modules outlined above. The README of the package [https://github.com/teramonagi/fitbitr/blob/master/README.md gives a good getting-started guide].
 
 
 
==== Exporting through Open Humans ====
 
[[Open Humans]] provides two different integrations that enable the export of all historic Fitbit data into a user's private storage with low effort. The regular [https://fitbit.openhumans.org/ Fitbit API integration] does not require any complicated setup on the user end, but is limited to daily aggregate data. The more detailed [https://fitbit-intraday.openhumans.org/ Fitbit Intraday Connection] requires setting up a ''personal Fitbit API app'', but requires no coding of data export functions after this setup.
 
 
 
== Personal Science projects that used Fitbits ==
 
This is to be considered a living and non-exhaustive list:
 
 
 
* [[User:Gedankenstuecke|Bastian Greshake Tzovaras]] used Fitbit trackers and scales to explore
 
** [https://tzovar.as/phd-survival-guide/ how the final writing period for his PhD thesis changed his physical activity and weight]
 
** [https://tzovar.as/on-getting-sleep/ how sleeping alone vs. sleeping with someone else in the same bed effects his sleep patterns]
 
* Jakob Eg Larsen [https://quantifiedself.com/show-and-tell/?project=1082 compared sleep and heart rate data from two Fitbit devices, an Oura Ring, and a Basis Smartwatch]
 
  
==Overview of fitness tracker / smartwatches ==
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== Overview of fitness tracker / smartwatches ==
  
 
The table below [[wikipedia:List_of_Fitbit_products|is taken from Wikipedia]]. It does not include the smart scales.  
 
The table below [[wikipedia:List_of_Fitbit_products|is taken from Wikipedia]]. It does not include the smart scales.  
  
 
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! Model
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!Type
 
!Type
 
!Released
 
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!GPS
 
!GPS
 
!Stress Tracking
 
!Stress Tracking
!ECG<ref>https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/09/16/fitbit-sense-ecg-feature-available-launch-not-canada/</ref>
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!ECG<ref name=":0" />
 
!Fitbit OS
 
!Fitbit OS
 
!Water resistance
 
!Water resistance
 
!Battery life
 
!Battery life
!AOD<ref>Always On Display</ref>
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!AOD
 
!Customizable<br />appearance<!-- as in, changeable bands or holders -->
 
!Customizable<br />appearance<!-- as in, changeable bands or holders -->
 
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|3 hours (GPS)<br />7 days (advertised)
 
|3 hours (GPS)<br />7 days (advertised)
 
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|TBD (GPS)<br />6 days (advertised)<br />Fast charge one extra day in 12 minutes
 
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<references />
 
 
[[Category:Tools]][[Category:Hardware]][[Category:Sleep tracking tools]][[Category:Fitness and heart rate tracking tools]][[Category:Body temperature tracking tools]]
 

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