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Fitbit Sense & Versa losing 3rd-party watch faces this month, existing downloads remain
Google announced today that Fitbit Sense and Versa smartwatches will soon lose the ability to “install or update third-party apps and clocks.”
This change to the Fitbit App Gallery applies to the Versa, Versa 2, Versa 3, Versa 4, Sense, and Sense 2.
Existing “third-party apps or clock faces installed on your Fitbit device” will remain available, but you can no longer download new ones (or update them) starting November 28. As such, “if you choose to delete an app or clock face, or factory reset your device, you will no longer be able to re-install it.”
Instead, the Fitbit App Gallery will “exclusively feature apps and clock faces created by Fitbit and Google.”
The November 28 deadline also applies to third-party developers. Google will “no longer support uploading new apps and clock faces or updating existing ones.”
Google winding down Fitbit OS for smartwatches is not particularly surprising as the company has been all-in on Wear OS and the Pixel Watch. That said, the Sense 2 and Versa 4 should probably no longer be on sale.
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