The battery life is phenomenal – almost a week off one charge, and a full day of use from 12 minutes of charge. However, while its features are more limited than the Sense, it still does a great job of upholding its “mass appeal” moniker. The Versa 3, like its predecessors, is definitely more of a fitness tracker than a wide-ranging smartwatch. We found the now-indented side button slightly unreliable, especially during more strenuous activity. However, there is one downside to the design upgrade: by taking away the side button, Fitbit has forfeited some ease of use for the sake of aesthetics. Its design is, along with the Sense, among the best on the market, and the wide array of clock face options has something for everyone – there’s space on the watch to save five faces, but the Fitbit app’s library is easy to use. The new design is slightly softened around the edges, and the screen is a good size for details and physical interaction. On top of this, a skin temperature sensor will track variation each night to give you a running average, picking up on any anomalies that could indicate stress. While the watch might be more geared to the fitness market, it still has an ECG sensor, and now offers a feature that seems acutely apt for our current situation: an app that measures blood oxygen saturation levels while you sleep gives any user worried about this a history of their average SpO2 levels through the night.įitbit’s own sleep tracker will make a note of light, deep and REM sleep to give you a “sleep score”, and offers a smart awake alarm, waiting for the optimum time in your sleep cycle to rouse you from slumber.

A built-in GPS is the biggest and long-awaited improvement over the Versa 2’s “connected GPS” that ultimately resulted in an imperfect link to your phone’s GPS.

Originally marketed as the “mass appeal smartwatch”, the third edition of Fitbit’s wildly successful Versa model still offers more than enough to hold the title. Useful features: ECG sensor, SpO2 tracker, guided mindfulness and breathing sessions, sleep tracker, menstrual health tracking, music capability, Bluetooth call and message/app notifications. Assistant: Alexa, with Google Assistant most likely incoming

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