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Google has opened the floodgates on asking 3rd party companies to release Fitbit Air<\/a> accessories, band, and anything else you can think of to put the little Fitbit Pebble in (which is what the pod of the Fitbit Air is officially called).<\/p>\n This will enable companies to create 3rd party bands\/straps of all varieties, similar to what we\u2019ve seen for other companies. However, unlike other companies, Google is just putting the specs out there and mostly saying \u201cgo forth!\u201d. Hopefully, that \u2018forth\u2019 results in a bicep band ASAP.<\/p>\n Google\u2019s page on the topic<\/a> is basically split into five sections:<\/p>\n 1) General life-guidance on designing bands that humans want to wear Most of the things Google lists in those rules all make sense\/etc\u2026 The PDF itself basically has three pages that show the pod from different sides, and then all the dimensions.<\/p>\n That said, I do find two things mildly notable. I\u2019d assumed they\u2019d have simply included\/attached the actual CAD files, rather than the PDF\u2019s<\/a>. And secondly, I note at the bottom, they left the Google Confidential bits. Also, I feel like the \u2018Not to Scale\u2019 piece probably doesn\u2019t belong here either.<\/p>\n In any case, hopefully, this quickly opens the door to cheap bicep bands galore!<\/p>\n Now, that said, if someone wants to create a combo Apple Watch fabric band + Fitbit Air holder on the opposite side, I\u2019m all ears.\u00a0 The same goes for any other combination of bands. I like having long-term platform data on multiple devices (though generally only do accuracy testing on proper straps\/placements). So minimizing the number of straps I have to wear would be handy. Just throwing that out there.<\/p>\n With that \u2013 thanks for reading!<\/p>\n FOUND THIS POST USEFUL? SUPPORT THE SITE!<\/p>\n Hopefully, you found this post useful. The website is really a labor of love, so please consider becoming a DC RAINMAKER Supporter<\/a>. This gets you an ad-free experience, and access to our (mostly) bi-monthly behind-the-scenes video series of \u201cShed Talkin\u2019<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n Support DCRainMaker – Shop\u00a0on\u00a0Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n Otherwise, perhaps consider using the below link if shopping on Amazon<\/a>. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn\u2019t cost you anything extra, but your purchases help support this website a lot. It could simply be buying toilet paper<\/a>, or this pizza oven<\/a> we use and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google has opened the floodgates on asking 3rd party companies to release Fitbit Air accessories, band, and anything…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[40470,279268,74],"class_list":["post-682258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-fitbit","tag-fitbit-air","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2) Branding things to not make Google upset (don\u2019t call it \u201cGoogle Fitbit Air Wannabe Whoop Clasp\u201d)
3) A link to the actual CAD drawings (PDF file)
4) A list of technical rules to keep in mind (basically, don\u2019t block the sensor, and release retention thresholds)
5) A list of policy rules around materials that Google has (e.g. lead-free, no PFAS, etc\u2026)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FitbitAirSpecs.png\" "\\"FitbitAirSpecs.png\\"")
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