If you have an Ionic or Versa Fitbit watch, you can upload music and podcast playlists to your watch. Then, after you’ve connected a pair of Bluetooth headphones or speakers to the watch, you can use your Fitbit to control the playback of your tunes or podcasts.
Apr 15, 2020 How to download the Fitbit Connect app for Mac. Fitbit has an app known as Fitbit Connect, which allows you pair and sync your Fitbit tracker with your Mac using the handy wireless USB dongle. First, download the free Fitbit Connect app. Download now; Click Download for Mac. Open a new Finder window. Click Downloads in the menu.
Jun 17, 2020 If you use the Fitbit app on Windows 10, you can also create playlists in the Fitbit Music app using the drag-and-drop feature to add individual tracks. On a Windows Computer Click the Start. Aug 09, 2019 Are you wondering if there's a way to sync your Fitbit device to a computer instead of to a phone? Luckily for you, there's definitely a way and it's easy to do. In this short video tutorial, we. When Fitbit completes the audio transfer, return to your Fitbit watch, open the Music app, and then tap End Now. You can now control audio playback on the Fitbit watch using the Music app. Uploading playlists from your Mac. To get one or more iTunes playlists from your Mac to your Fitbit watch, you use the Fitbit Connect app.
Before getting started, make sure you’ve installed Fitbit on the computer that contains the music and podcast playlists you want to transfer to your watch:
- Windows 10: You can use the Windows 10 version of the Fitbit app.
- Mac (or an older version of Windows 10 that can’t run the Fitbit app): You need to install Fitbit Connect.
Connect your Fitbit watch to Wi-Fi
The only way to upload audio playlists from your computer to your watch is through Wi-Fi, so your first chore is to connect your watch to the same Wi-Fi network that your PC or Mac is connected to. Follow these steps in the Fitbit app:
- Click Dashboard→Account.
- Click your Fitbit watch.
- Click the Media tile.
- Click Manage Wi-Fi Networks.
- (iOS only) Click Next.
The Wi-Fi Setup screen appears with a list of nearby networks. - Click the Wi-Fi network you want to use.
- Type the network password, and then click Connect.
Fitbit connects your watch to the Wi-Fi network.
Upload playlists to your watch
With your computer and your Fitbit watch eyeballing each other across your Wi-Fi network, you’re ready to transfer a playlist or three to your watch. How you proceed depends on whether you’re using Windows 10 or a Mac.
You can transfer only playlists, not individual music tracks or podcast episodes. You can create on-the-fly playlists by using the Fitbit app or Fitbit Connect. However, you get more control if you create the playlists you want on your watch in advance by using Groove Music (Windows 10) or iTunes (Mac).
Uploading playlists from your Windows 10 PC
To transfer audio from your Windows 10 computer to your Fitbit watch, you use the Fitbit app. Follow these steps:
- In the main navigation bar at the top of the Fitbit app, click the Media icon (musical note).
- Click Personal Music.
Fitbit sets up a connection with your watch, and then displays a list of your Groove Music playlists. - Wake your Fitbit watch.
- Swipe left until you see the Music app, and tap Music to open the screen shown.
- Tap Transfer Music.
Later, after you’ve added one or more playlists, you’ll need to scroll to the bottom of the Music app to see the Transfer Music button.To create a new playlist by using the Fitbit app, click Create New Playlist, click the added playlist to open it, then drag music from Groove Music and drop it inside the playlist. - Select the check box for each playlist you want to transfer to your watch.When you select a playlist, Fitbit immediately begins the process of uploading the audio! Therefore, don’t select a playlist unless you’re sure you want to upload it.Depending on the number of music tracks and podcast episodes that you’re uploading to your watch, it can take an hour or more to complete the transfer.
Keep your eye on the watch storage meter at the top of the Fitbit app window. When that meter is full, you can’t add any more audio to your watch. The storage meter also doubles as a progress bar, displaying the progress of the transfer. - When Fitbit completes the audio transfer, return to your Fitbit watch, open the Music app, and then tap End Now.
You can now control audio playback on the Fitbit watch using the Music app.
Uploading playlists from your Mac
To get one or more iTunes playlists from your Mac to your Fitbit watch, you use the Fitbit Connect app. Here are the steps to follow:
- Launch Fitbit Connect on your Mac.
- Click Manage My Music.
Fitbit Connect prompts you to log in to your Fitbit account. Note that you don’t see this prompt if you’ve previously logged in, so in that case you can skip to Step 4. - Enter your Fitbit credentials, and then click Log In.
Fitbit Connect tells you to initiate Transfer Mode on your watch. - Wake your Fitbit watch.
- Swipe left until you see the Music app, and then tap Music.
- Tap Transfer Music (refer to the preceding figure).
After you’ve added one or more playlists, you’ll need to scroll to the bottom of the Music app to access the Transfer Music button.
Fitbit Connect sets up a connection with your watch, and then displays a list of your iTunes playlists.To create a new playlist from Fitbit Connect, click Create New Playlist, click the added playlist to open it, then drag music from iTunes and drop it inside the playlist. - Select the check box for each playlist you want to transfer to your watch.When you select a playlist, Fitbit Connect immediately starts uploading the audio! Therefore, don’t select a playlist unless you’re sure you want to upload it.Depending on the number of music tracks and podcast episodes you’re uploading to your watch, the transfer can take an hour or more to complete.
Keep your eye on the watch storage meter at the top of the Fitbit Connect window. When that meter is full, you can’t add any more audio to your watch. The storage meter also doubles as a progress bar, displaying the progress of the transfer. - When Fitbit Connect completes the music transfer, return to your Fitbit watch, open the Music app, and then tap End Now.
You can now control audio playback on your watch using the Music app.
Control audio on your watch
After you have your Fitbit watch loaded with your favorite audio and you’ve paired Bluetooth headphones or speakers with the watch, you’re ready to feel the noise.
To get started, wake your Fitbit watch, swipe left from the clock until you see the Music icon, and then tap Music.
To start some audio, use either of these techniques:
- Tap Shuffle All to play all your audio in random order.
- Tap a playlist to display its audio, then tap a track or episode.
To display the audio playback controls, you again have two choices:
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- Open the Music app, tap the current playlist, and then tap the current track.
- Press and hold down the watch’s Back button. If you don’t see the audio playback controls, swipe right.
With the playback controls onscreen, you can pause and play the audio, skip to the next track (tap >>), return to the beginning of the current track (tap <<), skip to the previous track (tap << twice), increase the volume (tap +), or decrease the volume (tap –).
Pair Bluetooth headphones or speakers
Your Fitbit watch can play, pause, and stop audio, but if you want to hear what’s being played (and I think you do), you need to connect your watch to headphones or speakers via Bluetooth. Here’s how to do it:
- Put your Bluetooth headphones or speakers into pairing mode.
See the manual that came with your headphones or speakers to learn how to put the device into pairing mode. - Wake your Fitbit watch.
- Swipe left from the clock until you see the Settings app, and then tap Settings.
- Tap Bluetooth.
- Tap + Audio Device.
Your watch begins looking for nearby devices that are in pairing mode. When your watch locates your headphones or speakers, it displays the name of the device. - Tap the device name.
Your Fitbit watch pairs with the headphones and speakers.
Fitbit Ionic features fitness guidance, health insights, music storage, apps & more. For many users, the feature Fitbit Ionic thrilled them is the ability to store music directly on it. So, you don’t need your smartphone attached when you go for a run or workout. You can store and play 300+ songs on device (2.5 GB). If you are in the US and you have Pandora Plus subscription, you can also sync your stations to the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch. you’ve essentially had two options for music download from Pandora:
- Sync your favorite stations
- Choose from up to three curated workout stations
So what about the users outside US where Pandora service is unavailable, for example, those users in the UK, Australia & New Zealand (Pandora has withdrawn service for Australia & New Zealand)? What about the users who love Fitbit Ionic but use Apple Music as their only music source instead of Pandora. They don’t want to subscribe Pandora only for Fitbit Ionic compatibility. Are they out of luck?
Subscribed Apple Music and want to enjoy on Fitbit Ionic
Since Pandora is the only music streaming service partner of Fitbit Ionic currently and it seems Fitbit will not make agreement with Apple Music or any other music streaming service in the near future, instead of syncing the Apple Music songs directly through apps on Ionic, we can enjoy Apple Music on Ionic with another option: load the Apple Music songs stored on your Windows 10 PC or Macs to Fitbit Ionic through Fitbit Connect.
But the users who own both Apple Music subscription and Fitbit Ionic smartwatch soon find another problem when transfer Apple Music songs to Fitbit Ionic.
“I have loaded some songs to my Ionic from my iTunes, however, out of the 75 songs I transferred, only 5 are playing. I am wondering why?? I had to call tech support to assist in the transfer of this music and thought all was good to go until I started playing and only 5 songs were able to play…what am I doing wrong?? I was hoping for an easy transition to transfer music….so far it has been a frustrated struggle. What format should the songs be in?”
To load music files on Fitbit Ionic, they must fall under one of the following audio file types:
Windows 10
- MP3 files
- MP4 files with AAC audio
- WMA files
Mac
- MP3 files
- AIFF
- MP4 files with AAC audio
But if the files have copyright protection, they most likely won’t play. That’s the problem why the Apple Music Songs won’t play on Fitbit Ionic. All streaming/subscription music services are DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected, as required by the music industry. The music industry believes you are renting music, and therefore when you stop paying you no longer can access the music.
Remove DRM from Apple Music
One thing we need to do before loading Apple Music songs on Fitbit Ionic is to remove DRM protection from those songs and convert them to plain music formats, for example, MP3 files. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Open Apple Music Converter, here you can choose any one you prefer from the best Apple Music Converters we reviewed before. Click “Add” to load the iTunes library where would also list all your Apple Music tracks and playlist. Select the songs you’d like to add to Fitbit ionic.
Step 2: Choose MP3 or AAC as output format through the settings panel. Here we set the output as MP3 for example. Other settings such as audio quality, output folder, conversion speed… you could adjust according to your needs.
Step 3: Start the Apple Music to MP3 conversion by clicking “CONVERT” button on the bottom. The default conversion speed of the program is 20x. It is especially useful if you want to convert a plenty of songs. Wait until the conversion is done, find the converted Apple Music through the output folder.
Now you get the converted Apple Music songs ready, let’s see how to have a successful transfer from Win 10 PC or Mac.
Transfer Converted Apple Music songs to Fitbit Ionic
You will need the following:
1. Win 10 PC or Mac
2. Connect the computer and the Fitbit Ionic with the same Wi-Fi network
3. Must connect to a 2.4GHz frequency network (5 GHz frequency is not supported)
4. Fitbit Connect Software (Win10/Mac) must be installed, we recommend you download the latest Fitbit Connect
5. Software from Fitbit official website, some users failed with Windows Store App.
6. Ionic battery life must be above 40% (Keep charging during the process is recommended)
Note: If you are using iTunes, launch iTunes on your computer > Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Share iTunes Library XML with other applications > OK.
Fitbit Ionic can only transfer music from iTunes or Windows Media Player playlist, so you need to create at least 1 playlist of songs or podcasts in iTunes or Windows Media Player before you do anything else. Import the converted Apple Music songs (plain MP3 files) to iTunes or WMP first.
Follow these steps then:
1. Restart the computer and connect it to a strong Wi-Fi network whose frequency is 2.4GHz
2. Restart your phone and Ionic, tap the Fitbit app on your phone and go to Account/Media/Manage Wi-fi Networks and remove all saved networks. Connect back to the same Wi-Fi network which computer connected.
3. Charge your Fitbit Ionic. Tap Music app on your Ionic and then Transfer Music.
This screen will show on Ionic when connection is established.
4. Launch Fitbit Connect (make sure you got the latest version from the Fitbit official website) and click on Manage My Music.
A spinning wheel will show on Ionic screen when it tries to connect. Once connected, you can choose the iTunes/WMP playlist you want to transfer to your smartwatch on your Mac/PC. After you select the playlist, the transfer starts automatically.
The time spend on transfer varies, depending on the size of your playlist (around 6-8 minutes to transfer 1 hour of music). You’d better not choose a large playlist to avoid failure. Once transfer completed, the Ionic screen says “Transfer Complete”, you can safely tap “End Now” on the screen.
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At last, connect to Bluetooth headphones like Fitbit Flyer so you can hear your favorite Apple Music songs on the go.
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