Since Fitbit was taken over by Google two years ago, their image in the Malaysian market is getting darker. In fact, Fitbit's user account was also turned off and replaced with Google. Despite that last year, Fitbit Inspire 3, Sense 2 and Versa 4 were officially launched in Malaysia. But recently after the Fitbit Charge 6 was launched, there was no information about sales in Malaysia.
In our review just now, Google has actually stopped Fitbit operations in Malaysia. In fact, the Malaysian Fitbit Inspire 3 sales website has also been deleted and replaced with a user support page that states that the sale of Fitbit in the Malaysian market has been stopped.
In addition to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines are also affected by this change. Google stated that Fitbit users in Malaysia will continue to receive customer service support including device warranty, software updates and security updates. At the same time, since last August, the Fitbit Premium subscription has also been discontinued.
Malaysian users who subscribe to Fitbit Premium will no longer be charged monthly since August 2023, and you will also receive access to this service for an additional 30 days for free. This is a bit of a bummer because Fitbit is a well-known wearable device for monitoring health and fitness. Will you be looking for a replacement like Garmin, Suunto, Xiaomi or straight to the Apple Watch?