If you want your 10,000 steps, you can check in with this from some of the watch faces, or swipe down. It’s a good way of keeping tabs on your daily activity, and there’s more than one way to set a goal. Step tracking and heart rate tracking are ever-present and can be seen by swiping down from the home screen. It's not something everything will need, but for many people this will be immensely useful and possibly life-saving. If you are alerted, you can then use the ECG feature to take a reading, and then use that as a basis to talk to your doctor. That uses the PPG sensor to look for abnormal rhythms automatically. The Fitbit Charge 5 has also been treated to the new continuous heart rate rhythm detection feature that has rolled out across the Fitbit family.
The results are shown on the Fitbit Charge 5, and in the Fitbit app. It's easy to take a reading, by placing your fingers on the case as shown. It packs in every feature of the Fitbit Sense health watch, puts it in a smaller package, and for a lower price.įirst up as an ECG sensor, and the prospect of that feature being available on a sub-$150 fitness tracker is certainly appealing.
The Charge 5 – on paper at least – is a health and fitness powerhouse. Around 10 minutes on the charger will net you about 20%, so we didn't suffer any missed nights. When we did use the always-on display, making use of the rapid charging was needed. If you toggle this on in the settings, expect 3 - 4 days between charges instead. However, we did spend plenty of time with the always-on display. If you do use the GPS, you can expect more of a drop-off. We got around 5-6 with standard use, dropping about 15-20% per day. Battery lifeĮven with all the bells and whistles, the Fitbit Charge 5 promises seven days of battery life. It’s certainly a step up from the Charge 4 visually, although the raise-to-wake and lack of a physical button feel a bit of a backward step. The straps are removable – with plenty of options from Fitbit to attach new straps with premium finishes. The case is aluminum and there are three color options: gold, silver, and back. The Charge 5 does have an always-on option, and we quickly turned this on to overcome the frustration about the raise-to-wake – and accepted the knock-on effect on battery life (we’ll discuss this next). Fitbit Charge 5 specs, features, and price: The Charge 5 brings a serious set of features, from ECG and EDA sensors to built-in GPS, inside an aluminum case with an AMOLED display.īut is this still the best fitness tracker money can buy? We lived with it to find out. And even the Fitbit Inspire 3 now brings many of the best features of the Charge 5, at an even lower price. But it was our top pick fitness tracker, thanks to the excellence of health data and advanced sensors in the activity band form.īut in the face of stiffening competition from the likes of the Huawei Band 6, the Charge 5 has brought its A-game.
We were quite critical of the Charge 4 from a design standpoint, which didn’t change from the Charge 3, and lagged its rivals in terms of screen quality and usability. The Charge 5 is the latest in Fitbit’s supercharged fitness tracker range – and this generation is all change.
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