From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-29 17:07, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-28 19:35, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >>>> Hi,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I just noticed that there is a 6 seconds delay on my smart watch (Fitbit   
   >>>> charge 6) compared to my phone (Lenovo G52).   
   >>>   
   >>>     Do you mean in the displayed time?   
   >>   
   >> Yes.   
   >>   
   >>>     That would be normal, because the Fitbit has its own clock. It only   
   >>> syncs once in a while with your phone.   
   >>   
   >> 5 seconds delay is not acceptable.   
   >   
   >    Well, my Fitbit Charge 5 is off (late) by 3 to 4 seconds, probably   
   > closer to 4. So I think 5 to 6 seconds is not that bad.   
   >   
   >    "not acceptable"? I don't think there's a spec for that. Anyway, what   
   > can you do about it?   
      
      
   A difference in clocks beyond 1 second this far in the century in   
   devices that have some networking capabilities is not acceptable. It is   
   an engineering failure.   
      
   Do? Probably nothing, that's why I'm asking.   
      
   >   
   >    Perhaps you can do a manual sync to/from your phone and see if that   
   > makes the offset smaller. I just did that for my Fitbit and that seems   
   > to make the offset smaller, now some 2 seconds, but not zero.   
      
   I have not seen where to force a sync.   
      
   >   
   >    Anyway, the Fitbit must be able to work without the phone for extended   
   > periods. For example when the phone is not in Bluetooth range, when there   
   > is no mobile coverage, when the phone is in airplane mode, etc., etc..   
      
   Sure. But that was not the case. I verified by asking the application to   
   download data in the watch. They call that syncing. Syncing data.   
      
   >   
   >    Example: Our very long flights to Australia, our travels in Outback   
   > Australia (where the *is* no mobile coverage for days on end), etc..   
   >   
   >    Bottom line: It's a watch.   
      
   I expect perfection in the time keeping aspect.   
      
   >   
   > [...]   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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