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if it makes some of our favorite fitness trackers and if your Fitbit user I've got five tips you need to know one he showed us set up mobile track in case you ever forget to wear your Fitbit this will automatically use your smartphone to measure your steps into your trackers back and range open the Fitbit app head to the account tab click set up a device and select mobile track this feature works with the iPhone and most Android smartphones next up make sure to utilize third-party apps the Fitbit app is pretty all-inclusive offering food and water tracking in addition to activity tracking but it's arguably not the best in all these categories if you're used to using a different app such as MyFitnessPal for calorie counting or RunKeeper for your runs you can continue to use those apps and have them sync with the Fitbit app to find them all head to Fitbit comm slash partnership to connect them with your device you have to do it from the app itself for example on My Fitness Pal you will find the option to connect with your Fitbit in the apps and device section now if you're having problems with battery life try turning off the all day sync feature open the Fitbit app tap on your device to enter settings and toggle off all day sync while this could improve battery life you will now have to manually sync your device each time you open the app speaking of the app did you know that you can customize the dashboard so if you care more about calories burn than distance you can place at the top of the dashboard on Android simply long press on a data point and drag it up or down you can even hide it by dragging it over to the X on an iPhone tap the edit button and drag an item up or down or uncheck it to hide it and lastly make sure you specify which wrist your trackers on you tend to move your dominant hand more than the other so letting your Fitbit know which wrist it's on will help it count your steps more accurately head to the settings menu for your Fitbit device and under wrist placement choose either dominant or non-dominant for more tips like this head over to how to Netcom