Fitbit Updates Lineup With Sense 2, Versa 4 Smartwatches, Inspire 3 Tracker
If you're in the market for a new fitness tracker or a health-focused smartwatch, Fitbit has some fresh options.
The Google-owned wearable device maker is refreshing its Sense and Versa smartwatches, and its Inspire fitness tracker. Announced Wednesday, Fitbit's fall 2022 wearable device lineup includes the $299.95 Sense 2, the $229.95 Versa 4, and the $99.95 Inspire 3.
Fitbit is not updating the Charge 5 or style-focused Luxe fitness trackers this season, but introduced some new accessory straps for them, including vegan leather.
The premium Sense 2, Fitbit's most advanced health-tracking device, is the follow-up to the original smartwatch released in 2020. On the design front, Fitbit says this model is 10% thinner and 15% lighter than its predecessor while offering the same 6-day battery life.
The original Sense was the first smartwatch to feature an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor, which measures small electrical changes in your skin's sweat level to track your body's response to stress. This year's model features a continuous EDA (cEDA) sensor for all-day stress tracking.
When the Sense 2 detects a "body response," as determined by an algorithm that takes into account microsweat levels, heart rate, heart rate variability, and skin temperature, it notifies you and asks how you're feeling: excited, calm, worried, frustrated, etc. In times of stress, it also offers some suggestions to help you chill out, like taking a walk or doing a guided breathing exercise. The Fitbit app keeps a record of your stress data, including charts of your body responses over the last two hours and day.
The Sense 2 can alert you about body responses in real time, at the end of the day or week, or you can disable these
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