Google to Disable Support for Third-Party Apps on Fitbit Smartwatches
Starting November 28, owners of certain Fitbit watches will no longer be able to install or update third-party apps and watch faces.
The change will affect the Versa, Versa 2, Versa 3, Versa 4, Sense, and Sense 2 models. Already installed third-party apps and watch faces will continue to work, but after November 28, downloading new ones or updating existing ones will be impossible.
Google also warns that deleted apps cannot be reinstalled. The same applies to resetting the watch to factory settings: after this, third-party apps and watch faces will no longer be recoverable.
Similar restrictions are being introduced for developers. From the specified date, they will lose the ability to upload new projects or update existing ones via the Fitbit App Gallery. However, the store will continue to offer apps and watch faces created by Fitbit and Google themselves.
The decision is linked to Google's gradual phase-out of its own Fitbit OS platform in favor of Wear OS, which is used in the Pixel Watch smartwatches. Against this backdrop, the continued sale of the Versa 4 and Sense 2, which will also lose support for third-party apps, raises questions.
