If you’re the proprietor of a Fitbit Versa, Versa 2, oregon Ionic, you’ll soon nary longer beryllium capable to transportation euphony from your machine to your Fitbit device. In a enactment page spotted by 9to5Google, Fitbit says it’s discontinuing its Fitbit Connect app, leaving you with lone 2 ways to download euphony to your device: a paid subscription to either Pandora oregon Deezer.
Fitbit Connect is simply a companion app for Mac and Windows computers that lets you sync fittingness information betwixt devices and transportation euphony to bequest Fitbit devices. Fitbit has dilatory been phasing retired the bundle successful favour of its mobile app, arsenic it nary longer recommends that users download it on its setup page.
But without entree to Connect, there’s nary mode to download euphony to your Fitbit without a paid subscription to either Pandora oregon Deezer. On its enactment page, Fitbit says “you whitethorn beryllium eligible for a 90-day trial” of either service, which volition tally you $9.99 / period for Deezer Premium oregon $4.99 / period for Pandora Plus erstwhile the trial’s over.
This alteration doesn’t impact newer Fitbit models, however, arsenic they don’t travel with the enactment to transportation files betwixt your PC and Fitbit instrumentality (devices similar the Versa 3 and Sense already lone fto you download euphony done Deezer oregon Pandora). If you ain an older Fitbit that has the quality to store music, you’ll inactive get entree to the euphony files you person connected your Fitbit instrumentality close present — you conscionable won’t beryllium capable to download immoderate further songs without Pandora oregon Deezer past the October deadline.
Many users usage their Fitbit devices to power the euphony they’re playing connected their smartphone, whether they’re streaming euphony done Spotify oregon listening to songs already downloaded connected their phone. But still, having entree to section euphony files tin travel successful useful if you’re listening to euphony offline oregon privation to usage your Fitbit without your smartphone.
While Fitbit doesn’t explicate wherefore it’s getting escaped of Fitbit Connect, it’s imaginable that determination conscionable isn’t capable request to support the work up and running. Google (Fitbit’s genitor company) didn’t instantly respond to The Verge’s petition for comment.