Basics

Larn how to manage settings, set a personal Pin lawmaking, navigate the screen, and check the battery level.

Navigate Sense

Sense has a color AMOLED touchscreen display and ane push button.

Navigate Sense by tapping the screen, swiping side to side and up and down, or pressing the button. To preserve battery, the watch's screen turns off when non in use, unless you turn on the always-on display setting. For more information, see Adjust always-on display.

Basic navigation

The home screen is the clock.

  • Swipe downwards to see notifications.
  • Swipe up to see widgets, such as your daily stats, the conditions, and shortcutdue south to start the Relax app and EDA Scan app.
  • Swipe left to see the apps on your lookout.
  • Swipe correct to open quick settings or return to the previous screen in an app.
  • Printing the button to return to the clock face.
  • Press and agree your finger on the clock confront to open the Clocks app , where you tin can bandy betwixt saved clock faces.

Navigation map of the device that shows notifications above the clock face, apps to the right, stats below, and quick settings to the left

Button shortcuts

Apply the push button to quickly access Fitbit Pay, voice assistant, quick settings, or your favorite apps.

Printing and concord the button

Concord the button for 2 seconds to actuate a feature of your choice. The first time you apply the push shortcut, select which feature information technology activates. To change which feature activates when you hold the button, open up the Settings app on your lookout and tap Shortcuts. Tap Press & hold, and select the app you want.

Double-press the button

Double-press the button to open shortcuts to four apps or features. To start, the 4 shortcuts are music controls , quick settings , your voice assistant, and Fitbit Pay . To change these shortcuts, open up the Settings app on your watch and tap Shortcuts. Under Double Press, tap the shortcut y'all want to change.

Quick settings

Swipe correct from the clock confront on your picket to access quick settings.

Do Not Disturb

When the exercise not disturb setting is on:

  • Notifications, goal celebrations, and reminders are muted.
  • The do not disturb icon illuminates in quick settings.

Y'all can't plough on the do not disturb setting and slumber style at the aforementioned fourth dimension.

Sleep Manner

When the sleep manner setting is on:

  • Notifications, goal celebrations, and reminders are muted.
  • The screen'southward effulgence is set to dim.
  • The Always-On Display clock face is turned off.
  • The screen stays dark when y'all plow your wrist.
  • The sleep mode icon illuminates in quick settings.

Sleep mode turns off automatically when you set a slumber schedule. For more data, run across Adjust settings.

You can't turn on the do not disturb setting and sleep way at the same time.

Screen Wake

When you lot set screen wake to automatic , the screen turns on each time you lot turn your wrist.

When you set screen wake to transmission, press the push button or tap the screen to turn on the display.

Effulgence

Adapt the screen brightness.

Ever-On Display

Turn always-on display on or off. For more information, see Suit always-on display.

Music Volume

Accommodate the book of music playing through headphones or speakers paired to your watch. For more information, see Connect Bluetooth headphones or speakers.

Understand status indicators

When you lot plough on your device's screen, yous might run into icons at the summit of the clock face:

Status indicators at the top of the clock screen

Your Fitbit device's do non disturb setting is turned on. For more information, run into Nuts.
Your Fitbit device's sleep mode setting is turned on. For more information, run into Basics.
Your Fitbit device's battery is critically low. For more information, see the related help commodity.
Your Fitbit device isn't connected to your phone. For troubleshooting tips, see the related help article.

The icons disappear later 3 seconds. To see them again, swipe right to come across the icons at the tiptop of quick settings.

To turn condition indicators on or off:

  1. On your Fitbit device, open the Settings app then Brandish.
  2. Tap the switch next to Status indicators.

Widgets

Add widgets to your watch to see your daily stats, log your water intake or weight, check the atmospheric condition forecast, and showtime a session in the Relax app or EDA Browse app, and more than. To run across your widgets, swipe up from the clock face.

Screenshot of widgets which show the weather forecast in several locations and the user's core stats

To add a new widget:

  1. From the clock face, swipe upwards to the bottom of the widgets, and tap Manage.
  2. Under More Widgets, tap the Blue circle with a plus sign in the middle icon next to the widget you want to add.
  3. Swipe upward to the lesser of the page, and tap Washed.

To turn off a widget:

  1. From the clock face, swipe upward to the bottom of the widgets, and tap Manage.
  2. Tap the > icon next to the widget you desire to adjust.
  3. Tap the switch icon side by side to Show Widget to turn information technology off.
  4. Swipe up to the bottom of the folio, and tap Done.

To conform the data you see on a widget:

  1. From the clock face, swipe up to the bottom of the widgets, and tap Manage.
  2. Tap the > icon next to the widget you want to adjust.
  3. Adjust any settings you want to change.
  4. Swipe upward to the bottom of the page, and tap Done.

To change the order of widgets:

  1. From the clock face, swipe upwardly to the bottom of the widgets, and tapManage.
  2. Press and concord the widget you desire to motility, and drag it upward or down in the listing of widgets. When it's in the correct new location, lift your finger.
  3. Swipe up to the bottom of the page, and tapDone.

Adjust settings

Manage basic settings in the Settings app :

Display

Brightness Alter the screen'southward brightness.
Screen wake Change whether the screen turns on when yous plough your wrist.

Screen timeout

Adjust the amount of time earlier the screen turns off or switches to the always-on brandish clock confront.
Always-on display Turn always-on display on or off, and change the type of clock face shown. For more information, see Suit e'er-on display.
Status indicators Turn condition indicators on or off. For more information, see Navigate Sense..

Vibration & audio

Vibration Conform your watch'due south vibration strength.
Microphone Choose whether your watch tin access the microphone.
Bluetooth Manage connected Bluetooth devices.

Goal reminders

Active Zone Minutes goal Turn Agile Zone Minutes weekly goal notifications on or off.

Quiet modes

Focus mode

Turn off notifications while using the Exercise app .
Exercise not disturb Turn off all notifications.
Sleep mode

Adjust sleep style settings, including setting a schedule for the mode to automatically plough on and off.

To set a schedule:

  1. Open up the Settings app and tap Quiet modes then  Slumber Mode then  Schedule then  Interval.
  2. Tap the start or cease time to suit when the mode turns on and off. Swipe upwards or down to modify the time, and tap the time to select it. Slumber way automatically turns off at the time you lot schedule, fifty-fifty if you manually turned it on.
Alexa notifications Turn Amazon Alexa notifications off.

Shortcuts

Printing & hold Choose the app or feature you desire to open when you lot press and hold the push button.
Double Press Choose iv apps or features to appear as shortcuts when you double-press the button.

Device info

About Sense

View your lookout's regulatory information and activation engagement, which is the twenty-four hours your watch's warranty begins. The activation appointment is the day you gear up upward your device.

Tap About Sense thenArrangement Info to see the activation date.

For more information, run across the related assist article.

Tap a setting to adapt it. Swipe up to come across the full listing of settings.

Check battery level

From the clock face, swipe right. The battery level icon is at the top of the screen.

Screenshot of the display with icons of a circle with a minus symbol inside it, a moon, a sun, a clock, a watch, and a speaker

Wi-Fi won't work on Sense when the battery is 25% or less, and you'll be unable to update your device.

When your device'due south battery is critically low (8% or lower), a depression battery icon appears for 3 seconds at the superlative of your clock face up when you lot turn on the screen.

When the bombardment is low:

  • The screen brightness is gear up to dim
  • The vibration strength is set to lite
  • If you're tracking an exercise with GPS, GPS tracking turns off
  • Always-on display is turned off
  • You can't utilize the vocalism banana characteristic
  • Y'all can't use quick replies
  • You can't use music controls
  • Yous won't receive notifications from your phone

Accuse Sense to utilise or conform these features.

Set up device lock

To assistance keep your watch secure, turn on device lock in the Fitbit app, which prompts you to enter a personal four-digit PIN code to unlock your picket. If you fix Fitbit Pay to brand contactless payments from your scout, device lock is turned on automatically and you're required to set a code. If yous don't use Fitbit Pay, device lock is optional.

Screenshot of a keypad with blank spaces at the top where the device PIN is entered

Turn on device lock or reset your Pin code in the Fitbit app:

From the Today tab Fitbit logo in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture thenSense tile thenDevice Lock.

For more information, run across the related help article.

Arrange always-on display

Turn on always-on brandish to bear witness the time on your lookout man, even when you're not interacting with the screen. Many clock faces and certain apps have an always-on display mode.

On-device screenshot of a mostly-black screen with the time and date in white

To turn always-on brandish on or off, swipe right from the clock confront to open quick settings. Tap the e'er-on brandish icon .

Quick settings screen with always-on display turned on

Note that turning on this feature impacts your watch's battery life. When e'er-on brandish is turned on, Sense requires more frequent charging.

Clock faces without an always-on brandish mode use a default e'er-on brandish clock face up. Cull between an analog or digital clock face. Open the Settings app thenDisplay. In the Always-on display section, tap Analog or Digital.

Ever-on display automatically turns off when your sentinel'due south bombardment is critically low.

For more information, see the related help article.

Turn off the screen

To plough off your watch'due south screen when not in utilise, briefly embrace the watch confront with your opposite mitt, press the button, or plow your wrist away from your body.

Line art of someone's palm covering the face of a smartwatch

Note that if you plough on the always-on brandish setting, the screen won't plow off.