
Since last year’s major redesign, Fitbit has increasingly updated its app with Material You. Today’s update changes the color palette used by the Fitbit app.
Instead of a white background, all stat cards are now slightly darker. Correspondingly, the actual background of the app will be a little lighter, not quite as gray, but the bottom bar will be much darker than before. The contrast between the background and each card is definitely reduced.
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This is a very small adjustment on all main feeds, stats pages, and other screens while we wait for the dark theme. We hope these changes help with the promised night mode.




Meanwhile, Google continues to update older parts of the app with Material You. The latest one is the “Add Device” page. It’s not just a long list, there are filters for everything, smartwatches, trackers, and scales. You can only have one current device associated with your account at a time.
In the last release (4.27), Fitbit enabled you to[You]It’s also now easier to “edit your profile” from the tab.
Fitbit version 4.28 for Android with these new app colors is now available via the Google Play Store.


Other changes this week include the @fitbit account on X (formerly Twitter) being no longer active and announcements now coming from @madebygoogle. This handle is still in use on Instagram and Facebook, but you can still use @FitbitSupport on X.
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— fitbit (@fitbit) October 14, 2024
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