Fitbit Aria Air Smart Scale, Black

Easier to set up, faster at weighing than my old Aria scales. Love it.

I had an issue with this scale reading inconsistent by about 1 lb up and down when I first got it. For reference, I am 300 lbs and 6'3 tall. After some messing around with it, I found that the scale does not read correctly on my wood flooring in my bedroom. I started using it on the tile floor in my hallway/bathroom instead and now it reads correctly and consistent every time. I think what was happening was that because of my weight, the 4 measuring feet were compressing the wood flooring (there is a foam layer under my wood flooring so the floor has some give to it and doesn't feel like walking on concrete).I am using the Fitbit app with this. Had no issues linking the scale to the app and so far have had no issues logging my weight. Make sure you have the app open and are on the weight screen in the app before stepping on the scale though. It doesn't wake the app up or anything like that, you need to have the app open on your phone when you want to weight yourself and link it.

Easy to program to my app and use. Works as it should. No complaints from me

I am beyond frustrated with the Fitbit Aria Air Smart Scale. For a product bearing the Fitbit name, and at this price point, I expected a seamless experience and a reasonable set of features. What I got was a glorified basic scale that caused more headaches than it was worth, especially when you see what competitors like Wyze are offering for less.My primary disappointment lies in its shockingly limited functionality. I purchased a "smart scale" in 2024 expecting it to provide key health metrics. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the Aria Air can't even measure body fat percentage. In this day and age, that's a fundamental feature for any scale claiming to be "smart." It literally just tells you your weight and calculates BMI, something a scale costing a fraction of the price can do. What exactly am I paying the premium for? The Wyze Scale Ultra, for instance, not only measures body fat but also muscle mass, water percentage, bone mass, protein, and even heart rate, all for a comparable or lower price. The Aria Air feels like a relic from a bygone era.This brings me to the high cost. For the laughably few features it offers, the price tag is outrageous. I could have bought a far more comprehensive smart scale from a competitor for the same, if not less, money – one that actually measures body fat, muscle mass, water percentage, and more. The value proposition for the Aria Air is simply non-existent when you can get a feature-packed device like the Wyze Scale Ultra.But the absolute peak of my frustration was the inability to reliably sync with the Fitbit app. This is a Fitbit product! It should be a given that it integrates flawlessly with its own ecosystem. Instead, I wasted hours – literally hours – trying to get this scale to connect and sync consistently. It would connect, then drop. Data wouldn't transfer. I followed every troubleshooting step, restarted devices, reinstalled the app, and prayed to the tech gods, all to no avail. The fact that a scale from Fitbit can't even reliably talk to the Fitbit app is astounding and frankly, unacceptable. It defeats the entire purpose of having a "connected" device.If you're looking for a smart scale that offers genuine insights into your health and integrates smoothly with your fitness tracking, steer clear of the Fitbit Aria Air. It's a masterclass in how to overcharge for under-delivery. Save your money and your sanity, and invest in a product that actually lives up to its "smart" label, like the Wyze Scale Ultra. This was a complete waste of time and money.

Updated Review:Updating to 4 stars because another hard reset got me out of the weird state it was stuck in. (To do a hard reset, just press and hold the units button (on the back) until OTA pops up on the screen, then press and hold the units button again until CLR pops up on the screen. That will factory reset the scale and you can re-pair it). After doing that, the scale has worked *flawlessly*, so I have zero clue what caused the initial troubles.Original Review:At my last oncology appointment, my doctor told me my weight dropping suddenly (and without explanation) would be a good first indicator that my cancer had returned. So recording my weight regularly has become a *medical* issue, and not just a *aesthetics* issue. I bought this scale specifically to ease regularly tracking my weight.I'm also no stranger to sync issues with fitbit products, but even this one baffles me. In the past, when a product stopped sync'ing, the "fix" has always been to remove it from the app and re-add it. Even 3rd party integrations seem to follow that rule with fitbit.But this scale is special, and not in a good way. I went through the setup after receiving it, weighed myself, and verified the data was available in the app. Worked exactly as advertised. There was a note that the app had to be open when recording weight, so ok, fine, I can do that no problem. This morning I opened the app, set my phone within 4 feet of the scale, and weighed myself. I then waited a bit to see if it would sync (spoiler alert: it did not). Then I performed a manual sync in the app, which pulled all of the data from my tracker, but not the scale. I tried that a few more times to no avail. App said the last time the Aria Air sync'd was 13 hours ago, so I know it *works*, but for whatever reason it's just not sync'ing now. I fiddled around with a few things on the scale (removing the batteries, etc...) and restarted bluetooth on my phone. Then I removed the Aria Air from my app.This is where the fun began. Now the scale lights up with bluetooth (as expected) *but it isn't connected to the app*. So when I go to re-add the scale, I continually get "An error occurred" or "unable to locate the scale" or however it's worded. Awesome.So for $50 I got essentially what I *could* have gotten for $20. A manual scale. The *entire* point of buying this particular scale is that it's 1) a fitbit product (so one would assume it would *work* with other fitbit products), and 2) automatic so there's one less thing I have to type on my phone.But that's not how it works. I spent the extra $30 **and** I still get to manually enter weight when I record my weight.But hey, at least it has a neat little bluetooth icon that pops up. That counts for something, right?

Does the job you buy it to do. I like that it syncs to my fitbit nearly automatically. I haven't compared it to other scales for accuracy but so far it seems on the ball. Not sure what you'd use this for if you don't use FitBit products, but the convenience when weighing myself is nice and it's fully functional so far.