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Pixel Watch users report a Fitbit bug that hides sleep stats on the watch while data still appears in the phone app.
Pixel Watch owners are waking up to a frustrating Fitbit problem. Their sleep data is being tracked, but their watches are acting like it disappeared.
The bug is preventing some Pixel Watch owners, especially Pixel Watch 2 users, from seeing sleep stats on their watches after wearing them overnight. The issue has surfaced in recent user reports and appears to affect the watch’s display rather than Fitbit’s underlying sleep tracking, since the same data still appears in the Fitbit phone app.
For users who rely on wearables for health tracking, the issue adds another reliability concern around Google’s smartwatch lineup.
Android Central reported that affected Pixel Watch owners are seeing a “No recent data. Wear your watch to sleep” message on their watches, despite wearing them overnight. Many users can still see complete sleep records in the Fitbit app on their phones.
The issue appears to be primarily affecting the Pixel Watch 2. One Reddit user claimed the problem had lasted for multiple days. The watch was still showing the same message even though Fitbit continued recording sleep data.
For now, affected users still have a workaround. The Fitbit app on a phone appears to show the missing sleep stats even when the Pixel Watch does not.
The sleep record still appears in the Fitbit phone app for many affected users, even when the Pixel Watch shows no recent data. Since restarting the watch has not consistently resolved the issue, checking Fitbit on a phone remains a workaround for now.
The sleep-tracking issue follows several recent health-tracking complaints involving Pixel Watch and Fitbit features. Earlier Fitbit-related bugs affected step counts, SpO2 readings, skin temperature data, and syncing across several Pixel Watch models.
Phandroid also pointed to a March update that reportedly caused step counts to double or disappear, while calorie totals also behaved erratically. Some users previously reported that their watches logged thousands of steps that did not match their activity.
“The problem arises as the company is in the middle of turning Fitbit into a more expansive Google Health platform, and some Fitbit features have already been discontinued or altered as part of that transition,” Android Authority noted.
There is no confirmation that Google’s Fitbit changes caused the Pixel Watch sleep display issue. Still, the timing provides context for users who have encountered multiple health-tracking issues across Google’s smartwatch ecosystem.
For affected users, the immediate workaround is to check sleep stats in the Fitbit app on their phone. The bigger concern for Google is whether repeated health-tracking bugs could weaken confidence in the Pixel Watch as a reliable wearable.
Wearables now sit somewhere between consumer gadgets and personal health dashboards. Users check them for sleep, heart rate, oxygen levels, blood sugar tracking, and fitness trends. If that information is inconsistent, delayed, or hidden, even temporarily, it can make the device feel less dependable.
For now, affected Pixel Watch owners may have to keep checking Fitbit on their phones until Google confirms the cause or releases a fix.
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Kezia Jungco is a staff writer with five years of hands-on experience testing and analyzing generative AI platforms, chatbots, and NLP tools. She writes in-depth coverage for both enterprise and consumer audiences, focusing on artificial intelligence, data analytics, CRM solutions, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and emerging tech trends. Her work appears in TechRepublic, eWEEK, Datamation, TechnologyAdvice, and Selling Signals.
