Out of the box, my Charge 4's screen wake setting was turned off by default. It's a fun addition to the plethora of insights that Fitbit can provide – much like the hourly step count reminders that buzz to remind me I need to get off my seat and walk more. These statistics can help you get an idea of which ‘zones' you need to focus on in your current and future workouts. The Charge 4 has a relative SpO2 sensor that monitors these oxygen levels.įitbit is promoting Active Zone Minutes, which are real-time alerts within each fitness ‘zone', like cardio. If you're a Fitbit premium subscriber, you can see extra info like sleep duration analysis, sleeping heart rate and restlessness, and even how blood oxygen levels vary while you sleep. In particular, Fitbit Sleep Score is available for the Charge 4 and it gives you an indication of the quality of your sleep. This is a godsend when you're winding down from a high-stress environment or just chilling out for the night.įitbit's sleep tracking app is worth a look. The ‘Relax' app takes you through either two or five minutes of breathing exercises – inhale, exhale. The app syncs with your Spotify premium account on your smartphone and lets you flip through playlists, pause and resume songs directly from your tracker. The Charge 4 offers Spotify, which must be enabled through the Fitbit app and installed on the tracker. My old Charge 2 became slow and tedious, taking up to five minutes to sync up with the app on my Android phone – the Charge 4, however, syncs within 30 seconds. Syncing through the app requires the smartphone to have both Bluetooth and Location switched on. Of course, the Fitbit app is also important for keeping historical records of fitness data, through syncing through your smartphone. Most of these features need to be managed through the Fitbit app on your smartphone. I do miss the Charge 2's repetitive motivational statements every morning (‘Left foot, right foot'… and ‘Today is the day!'). However, the Charge 4 makes up for the absence with a smattering of different features. However if you've made the jump from Charge 2 or older, the cable is much different so there's no cross-compatibility. I'm told that the Charge 4 charging cable is the same as the Charge 3's cable, so you're in luck if you're upgrading. Over time, my Charge 2's metal clips had become loose, however the Charge 4 has a slightly different clip mechanism that I hope will provide a longer-lasting experience.Ĭharge 4 charging takes a couple of hours at most. The durable, detachable rubber straps remain a mainstay of the Charge product line. Fitbit says the tracker is water-resistant to 50 metres – something I've not put to the test yet as Lake Taupō is a bit nippy at this time of year. The Charge 4's tracker looks almost too shiny and its display too crisp to face a lifetime of sweat-cer-cise, but this one accompanied me on walks, jogs, spin sessions, and bicycle rides around the lakefront. One main feature of the Charge 4 is the GPS tracker, means you no longer need to turn your phone's location on to capture details about your routes. My personal experience follows the transition from the Fitbit Charge 2 to the Charge 4.įitbit is back with a chunky tracker, which houses all of the sensors and chips it needs to do its job. The Charge 4 is the very embodiment of exercise motivation. Having missed the experience of the Charge 3, I caught up with the goss as so poignantly illustrated by my colleague Ben Moore's comments here. Fitbit and I have something of a love-hate relationship - based mostly on my own guilt when I've been sitting at my desk all day gaming, instead of outside exercising.
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