User Urges 3 Fitbit Air Upgrades, Including GPS and Side Button
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Updated · Android Police · Oct 24
User Urges 3 Fitbit Air Upgrades, Including GPS and Side Button
3 articles · Updated · Android Police · Oct 24
Summary
Three additions would make the screenless Fitbit Air a stronger training device: a side button for lap marking, music controls through that button, and built-in GPS.
A single physical button could let runners mark intervals with vibration feedback and pause or resume workouts, addressing a gap for users who track laps without adding a screen.
That same button could also handle audio playback—single press to play or pause, double press to skip, triple press to repeat—so users would not need to pull out a phone mid-run.
Built-in GPS is the biggest freedom upgrade, the user argues, because the Air currently relies on a phone for outdoor distance, pace and route tracking instead of offering standalone run data.
The proposal frames the trade-off as worthwhile for fitness-focused users: Fitbit Air offers 7-day battery life now, and optional GPS use would likely trim endurance but expand training utility.