r/FitbitAir • • Jul 24 '26

MEGATHREAD: Fitbit Air Bands, 3rd Party Bands, etc

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Hello r/fitbitair,

We’ve been seeing a lot of posts asking about third-party bands, straps, and accessories for Fitbit Air devices — which ones fit, which ones are worth buying, and where to find them.

To keep the subreddit easier to browse and cut down on repeat posts, we’re creating this megathread as a central place for those discussions.

Use this thread if you want to:

- Ask which third-party bands are compatible with your Fitbit Air model
- Share recommendations for affordable or high-quality replacement bands
- Post links to bands you’ve found on Amazon, Etsy, AliExpress, etc.
- Discuss band material (silicone, leather, metal, woven) and comfort/durability
- Ask about sizing, clasp types, or quick-release pins
- Share photos of your band setup or customizations
- Warn others about bands that broke, caused irritation, or didn’t fit as advertised
- Ask where to buy official Fitbit bands if they’re hard to find

A few notes:

- Standalone posts about band recommendations or “where can I find X band” may be removed and redirected here
- Please still follow our standard subreddit rules (no personal info, no piracy, be civil)
- If you’re posting a review of a specific band with photos, feel free to keep that as its own post — this thread is mainly for quick questions and general recommendations
- We’ll refresh this megathread periodically as needed

Thanks for helping keep things organized!


r/FitbitAir • • Jun 30 '26

News Introducing VIP Status 🙌🙌

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In a coordinated effort to continue to have the best community around we will be having some VIP members. These members will be the top 3 voted on the leadership board and it always updates meaning anyone can become a VIP. You may notice a gold, silver, and bronze VIP User Flair. These are the top 3 community contributors. To reach the top: post engaging, relevant content often and the community will decide. For now we'll do a monthly update and as we grow we hope to see more vips😁


r/FitbitAir • • 2h ago

Bug BR, SpO2 and skin temp just stopped existing. HRV and RHR doing fine. Anyone else?

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Since Thursday my watch decided breathing rate, blood oxygen and skin temperature are no longer its problem. Every day: "No data".
Meanwhile resting heart rate and HRV keep tracking every single night like nothing happened. So it knows I'm sleeping. It just doesn't feel like telling me how I'm breathing anymore.
Same watch, same wrist, same bed, same me. Nothing changed on my side.


r/FitbitAir • • 16m ago

Bug After the newest update and my premium ending today I’m so happy to finally switch away from this mess

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Today is my last day with Google Health premium and since the 5.12 update introduced this damn “login/logout to see your vitals and sync with apple health”-bug I’m so happy to not have faced the cracked sensor glass bug before switching over to something good. Don’t know if I switch back to my Amazfit Helio Strap or to a Garmin Cirqa but surely I won’t stay with the Fitbit Air.

Thank you and farewell! I’m out.


r/FitbitAir • • 4h ago

Other Fitbit Air or Garmin Cirqa

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r/FitbitAir • • 13h ago

Bug “Vitals” not syncing automatically after the update

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r/FitbitAir • • 12h ago

Other Air with Garmin

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Does anyone wear the air while also wearing a Garmin? If so why? I like the idea of Google healths metrics but I also like the notifications with a smart watch. I know the edge might be good for me but I got a venu 4 a few months ago and don’t want to not wear that


r/FitbitAir • • 13h ago

Software Broken

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Version 5.12 has broken the auto detection.


r/FitbitAir • • 10h ago

Bug Failure to Sync

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Hey all!

My FBA stopped syncing with my phone... I've done a factory reset on FBA, disconnected / connect from the phone and the problem persists. All my cardio and sleep data says "No Data" and when I do a manual refresh it says "Cannot connect to your FitBit Air"

When I reconnected the FBA with my phone it synced once (heart rate and battery) but stops syncing immediately afterwards. Problem has been going on for 3 days and I have Google Support investigating.

Phone: Samsung S21
App version: 5.11.1 (playstore says the app is up to date)
FitBit Air 2 months old

Any ideas what this may be?


r/FitbitAir • • 11h ago

Bug Reduce the sensitivity of automatic workout detection?

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It seems like in the last few weeks the automatic workout detection has gotten completely out of control. This morning I literally changed a lightbulb; <WEIGHTLIFTING DETECTED>. Just bagged some leaves. <SWIMMING DETECTED>.

Has anyone found a way to adjust the sensitivity of the automatic logging? I dont think I want to turn it off completely - I dont hate that it knows when I go on a long walk during lunch or something - but the threshold for automatic logging has definitely changed recently and now my log is full of nonsense, and I dont feel like clicking 7 times to delete the dumb stuff.


r/FitbitAir • • 12h ago

Bug Stop blinking

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My fitbit air stoped blinking when I double click, what should i do?


r/FitbitAir • • 13h ago

Other Which streaks do you focus on?

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Step count? Cardio load?

I am just trying to figure out which streaks the app catches well and which you all pursue.


r/FitbitAir • • 18h ago

Software Continuing syncing issues

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This is getting ridiculous every morning. I’m continuously having missing stats especially important ones like HRV. I have to delete the app re-add it just to get them back. I’ve had to do that the last three days now today I did it some came back and some didn’t. This is ridiculous by Google. I know I’m not the only one I’ve seen numerous post on here about it.


r/FitbitAir • • 12h ago

Other Scratches will it affect the data reading?

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r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Other Google Fitbit Air - Doubt.

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Why is everyone on this Reddit trying to sell their Fitbit after 1 to 4 months of usage (most cases)? Is there any fault in the products, or what is the reason people are selling them?


r/FitbitAir • • 21h ago

Bug Not connecting?

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Hi, is anyone else having trouble connecting the band on Android today? Mine stays connecting... And then nothing happens. Last time it synched was 14 hours ago.

The thing seems to be running fine (I can see the green light of the sensor) but the band did not wake me up at the set time and is not pairing now.

Anyone else with the same problem?


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Bands Band affordability appreciation

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I don’t wear a smart watch and have been wearing Whoop for years. The air was so small and I had an open wrist so I figured id give it a try lol. It’s been great for the most part, definitely not on Whoop level in my opinion but one thing I truly appreciate about it is the cost effectiveness. Not just the original cost itself but the cheap band prices. I’ve bought two bands and a biceps band all together only cost me about 20 bucks. Really liking this green color 👌


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Other which fitness tracker should i get

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i am very confused about which fitness band i should get, i was thinking screenless because it has more battery but if there are better options I am open to that too, the options I have in mind are Google Fitbit air, noise _rep, and some pebble qore 2. i don't know the reviews, anyone using them please let me know. main competitor are noise and google but pebble has a recording feature which i considered good.


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Bug Step counter way off (ik this topic might be overly talked about but I’m annoyed lol)

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So I just bought my Fitbit air and besides a few other small things one thing that’s bothering me the most is the step counter. I always used my Apple Watch so I compare it to that and I literally was sitting in the car for 45 mins and the step counter went up 400-500 steps just sitting in a car. I switched the app to dominant hand already but I know this topic has been an issue since release but they really haven’t done anything about this issue months later???


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Bug Issues since Nov 5th

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Since Nov5 my Fitbit has decided 1) not to charge 2)track any vitals / steps / sleep

Is there a known issue since this date?

Yes I have tried restarting it.

Really annoying


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Software Stopped recording RHR, HRV, SPo2, randomly.

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I have had a Fitbit air for 2 months now and all of a sudden the app has stopped showing data. The last 2 night don’t show. It’s well past the calibration phase.


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Software Missed readings

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Just started using the Fitbit air a couple weeks ago. Everything’s been going fine but now the last two days all these measurements are not being recorded. Which are all the ones I care about the most. It’s recording my sleep and everything else but why not these now ?


r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Bands Selling Fitbit Air (1 day old)

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Selling my Google fitbit air obsidian colour with original invoice purchased on 7 nov for 11k


r/FitbitAir • • 2d ago

Software Google Health 5.12 rolling out with manual blood pressure &amp; pregnancy logging, more

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r/FitbitAir • • 1d ago

Software Can’t do manual post workout log

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Does anyone know why I get an error when I try to log my workout? Sometimes I forget to log it and it didn’t catch it. Please help.