![]() However, like other Fitbit wearables, it’s very much tied to the companion app for insight into how you’ve been sleeping, exercising, or moving according to the tracker. ![]() The Charge 5 provides a streamlined summary of daily stats that’s easy to glance at. The Daily Readiness Score seems similar to what I’ve seen in Garmin smartwatches aimed at multisport and triathlon tracking, which I’ve found to be pretty spot-on and helpful for training. This score analyzes your sleep and heart rate variability and looks for signs of fatigue to let you know if your body is ready to train or rest. It will also provide a new Daily Readiness Score for Premium members. The Charge 5 will soon offer Fitbit ECG app support, which allows you to take heart rhythm assessments directly from your wrist. While more basic features like floors climbed and manual heart rate capture would have been nice, too, the Charge 5 focuses on the latest wellness technology. In addition to the usual 24/7 heart rate monitoring, sleep cycle tracking, and active minutes and zones most Fitbits offer, this latest tracker also delivers blood oxygen saturation (SPO2) monitoring and electrodermal activity (EDA) stress level analysis. The Fitbit brand is arguably more about wellness than fitness alone, and the Charge 5 boasts an ambitious list of wellness specs. Notifications arrived promptly from my iPhone and were easy to view and clear with a few taps. This tracker also offers notifications for calls, texts, and emails and quick-reply functionality for Android users. The Charge 5 does this with features like Google Fast Pair with Android phones and contactless payment with Fitbit Pay. While trackers are much more skewed toward wellness than smart features, I’ve noticed the best fitness trackers blend both in a meaningful way. The Charge 5 boasts an ambitious list of wellness specs. When I launched walking workouts from the tracker, GPS capture lagged slightly but never took more than a minute or two to catch up. It automatically captured several of my 30-minute to 1.5-hour treks and hikes without issue. The Charge 5 turned out to be a great motivator to schedule daily walks as my form of exercise while I’ve been sidelined from my near-daily running routine due to injury. ![]() Overall, the Charge 5 supports 20 exercise modes, seven of which feature GPS tracking. The Charge 5 is a dedicated fitness tracker, so you’d expect to see support for some automatic workouts like running, walking, and cycling, which it does offer. I only experienced very minimal sluggishness with left-right swiping motions. It was easy to interact with and lacked major issues with responsiveness. Though the screen is small, with a 1.04-inch viewing area, it somehow feels spacious. I barely noticed I had the tracker on because it was so lightweight and fit so well.ĭespite the glare issue, the display is impressive. You’ll find a sturdier and better-looking tracker made of aluminum, glass, and resin with a silicone band - and an aluminum buckle in the sport band variation. ![]() ![]() The Charge 5 also ups the quality with more premium materials than the plastic resin and rubber of the prior model. These softer lines make the Charge 5 more current and desirable to wear day in and day out. In a departure from the boxy models before it, the Charge 5 takes a page from the rounded angles of the Fitbit Versa 3 or the Apple Watch Series 7. It’s fair to say the Charge 5 received a makeover. For loyal Fitbit fans or first-time fitness tracker users, the revamped Charge 5 has a lot to offer in a super-wearable and user-friendly format. Most notably, the Charge 5 is the very first Fitbit fitness tracker to work with the Fitbit ECG app, joining the ranks of the Fitbit Sense smartwatch. The new design makes this tracker more comfortable and appealing, but it also comes with a hefty feature list that matches the brand’s most decked-out smartwatches. ![]()
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