A NotiTrac guide for Fitbit Air and iPhone
How do I make my Fitbit Air more useful?
The Air does a few things very well and stays quiet about everything else. These are the ways to get more from it on an iPhone, with what each one needs and what it costs.
2. Feel calls on your wrist
Free with NotiTrac. While your phone rings, the Air buzzes until you answer. The call alerts guide explains it.
3. Get a buzz for the apps that matter
NotiTrac Pro, a one-off purchase. One short buzz for the apps you pick, a burst of messages folded into one, quiet hours. Everything else stays silent. The notifications guide shows the setup.
4. Wake up without waking anyone else
Google Health's own alarm does this already: a long vibration on the tracker, with Smart Wake. NotiTrac Pro adds a gentler three-buzz wake-up that lives next to your alerts. The silent alarm guide compares the two.
5. Find it when it's slipped under the sofa
The Air has no find-my-device feature; Google's advice is to walk around with a Bluetooth scanner. NotiTrac Pro's Find my Air buzzes the tracker so you can hear and feel where it is, as long as it is within Bluetooth range and has charge.
6. See its figures without the clutter
NotiTrac shows your Air's steps, sleep, heart rate and vitals in a quiet view made for iPhone, read from what Google Health shares. Only your tracker's figures, never your phone's or an Apple Watch's, and a dash where Google Health hasn't written a number.
What you can't do, so you don't waste an evening
- Show message text on the Air. It has no screen.
- Get notifications without an iPhone and a Shortcuts automation. There is no Android version of NotiTrac.
- Read the Air's history from anywhere but Google Health. Everything comes through Google Health, and from there to Apple Health if you share it.