I bought my girl-firend the Charge 3 back in 2018 and it works great … she loved it. Now two years have passed and it’s still working great. I wonder how it compares against the new Charge 4.
Taken from Engadget … The Charge 4 and the Surge actually have a lot in common: both have onboard GPS and heart rate monitors, and both include a splash of smartwatch flare with alerts and on-wrist apps.
But the Charge 4 (thankfully) takes its design from the sleeker Charge 3. Fitbit essentially added a couple of new features to it, specifically GPS, active zone minutes, Fitbit Pay and Spotify integration, and called it a day. While the Charge 4 isn’t radically different from its predecessor, it’s a modest update that will please those who have yearned for GPS in a Fitbit band.
Pros
- Accurate GPS
- Active zone minutes is a good motivator
- Fitbit Pay as a standard feature
- Multi-day battery life
- Finally has Sleep Mode
- Good price
Cons
- Dated design
- Can only control Spotify music playback
- Limited on-device apps
- Not compatible with Apple Health or Google Fit
Summary
The Fitbit Charge 4 is a modest yet important update to the Charge 3, the company’s most capable fitness band. The addition of built-in GPS makes the Charge 4 an even better fitness device for serious athletes and active zone minutes gives all users a new motivational tool by quantifying time spent in elevated heart rate zones. The Charge 4 also adds Fitbit Pay as a standard feature, so users won’t have to shell out more money for NFC tech anymore. The device has some small problems, namely music controls that only work for Spotify and fewer smart capabilities than the Fitbit’s smartwatches, but it’s otherwise an excellent fitness tracker with an approachable $150 price tag.
Read the rest of the review at Engadget
