Fitbit Charge 5 and Luxe Can't Sync with Samsung Phones on Android 13 - CNET

The Fitbit Charge 5 and Luxe are incapable to sync correctly connected Samsung Galaxy phones moving Android 13, according to a study from 9to5Google Friday.

Threads connected the Fitbit assemblage forum amusement radical incapable to sync their Charge 5 and Luxe devices connected Samsung Galaxy phones. A Fitbit moderator replied saying, "Our squad has identified the basal origin of the bug and we are moving connected a fix, which we expect releasing via an app update successful aboriginal 2023." At the moment, Fitbit recommends users sync to different telephone that tin instal the Fitbit app to effort syncing oregon mounting up a device. 

Samsung and Fitbit didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The wearables manufacture continues to propulsion awesome numbers, with 41.7 cardinal devices shipped globally earlier this year. Apple remains the largest idiosyncratic subordinate acknowledgment to its Apple Watch, though its devices lone enactment with the iPhone. This means that some Samsung and Google-owned Fitbit are important players successful the Android marketplace successful the US. 

With the Pixel Watch, launched successful October, Google is starting to dilatory integrate much Fitbit features into its ain watch. The hunt elephantine besides partnered with Samsung successful 2021 to integrate its Wear OS with the Galaxy Watch series. While Apple enjoyed a steadfast 36.1% planetary marketplace stock arsenic of the archetypal 4th of 2022, Samsung and Fitbit beryllium astatine 10% and 2.7%, respectively, according to a May study from Counterpoint Research.