Keeping fitness affordable and accessible, Fitbit has launched four new devices meant to make tracking your activity all the more streamlined, and without breaking the bank.
The four trackers — the Versa Lite, the Inspire, the Inspire HR, and the Ace 2 — feature all of the core fitness tracking features, all in more affordable packages.
The California-based company, which was founded in 2007, has steadily been releasing new and improved wearables over the years, and moved into the smartwatch industry with the 2017 release of the Ionic. Since then, new features and integrations have made tracking your workouts, health, sleep, and more, even simpler.
Now, the company’s latest releases marry two of its great advantages: the price point and the technology.
Let’s take a look at the four new trackers to join the family.
Fitbit Versa Lite
The Versa Lite, an everyday smartwatch, includes the most beloved features of the original Versa watch, including a four-day battery life, activity and sleep tracking, and 24/7 heart rate monitoring. It’s also swim-proof, can track your running and ride pace and distance in real-time, gives you push notifications from your apps, has female health tracking functions, and includes more than 15 different goal-based exercise modes.
Unlike the Versa, it does not count the number of floors you’ve climbed, laps you’ve swam, or offer music and on-screen workouts. But the key features, at a price point of , really can’t be beat.
We were even able to put the Versa Lite to the test, taking it for a run to put it through the paces. In my training for the Popular Brooklyn Half later this spring, I’ve relied on smartwatches to track pace, distance, and to measure my improvements over the weeks.
The Versa Lite’s connected GPS means you can sync it with your smartphone (and the running apps you’re using) to track your route, while the watch itself monitors your speed and heart rate throughout the run — an extra helpful feature if you’re trying to meet time or distance goals in your workout. Simply start running, and the watch immediately recognizes your movement, logging the time and distance moved from your starting line (in case you forgot to “Start Workout,” Fitbit has your back).
If you don’t disconnect while running — and are a “with-the-phone” type of runner — then you’ll receive notifications, including calls, texts, and app alerts, throughout your workout, so you’re never without the ability to send a message. Finish up your workout and you can access the Cardio Fitness Score, which will detail for you the personalized ways you can boost your performance and improve your fitness levels over time.
The Versa Lite is available in white, lilac, marina blue, and mulberry.
Fitbit Inspire & Inspire HR
If you’re on the market for a simple and user-friendly tracker that gives you the healthy functions for everyday use, say “hi!” to the Inspire and Inspire HR.
Both watches have all-day activity tracking that tracks the number of steps you take, how much distance you’ve covered, how many calories you’ve burned, and how many minutes you were active throughout the day. More than that, it’s swim-proof and has the ability to track your pool workouts.
Sleep tracking, which we’ve come to love and rely on from Fitbit, reminds you when it’s time to go to bed and gently wakes you when it’s time to start the day. On top of that, female health tracking has also been integrated into the app, notifications keep you up-to-date with any messages, calls, or app alerts you may have set, calorie burn tracking and meal tracking keeps your healthy eating routine on lock, and automatic workout recognition notices the moment you start to sweat.
You’ll also see the reminders to move — every hour, aim to get 250 steps — all on an intuitive touchscreen display and with up to five days of battery life.
That’s what you’ll see with the Inspire, all for . But the Inspire HR, for , goes even further.
The Inspire HR’s main added feature — it’s in the name, after all — is its heart rate tracking ability. This added feature let’s you see heart rate zones (Fat Burn, Cardio, and Peak HR) to see when you’re putting in hard work throughout a session. The Inspire HR’s sleep functions have also been improved, and you’re now able to see how much time you’ve spent in each sleep cycle, from light, to deep, to REM sleep, and learn how you can sleep deeper and longer. It also has guided breathing sessions where you can alert the watch to a breathing exercise at times of a high heart rate. Like the Versa Lite, you can get your cardio fitness level and log more than 15 different goal-based exercise modes, giving you celebratory alerts when you’ve met your goals.
The Inspire is available in black and sangria.
The Inspire HR is available in black, white, and lilac.
Fitbit Ace 2:
Outfit the whole family with new Fitbit wearables, even the kids. The Ace 2 tracker, built for kids ages six and up, features all-day tracking activity (including steps and active minutes), bedtime reminders and alarms, reminders to move, and comes in a comfortable silicone brand with an adjustable clasp. The swim-proof watch can be worn in the pool and shower (it’s water-resistant up to 50m), has five days of battery life, sleep tracking, and simple buttons and a touchscreen that’s kid-friendly and intuitive.
To encourage movement, parents can set reminders to move and stretch every hour, and the 60-minute-per-day move goal (as recommended by the CDC) has been implemented to help reach daily physical activity goals.
The Ace 2 is available for in watermelon and night sky colors.
Now get moving!
