The decision is even more confusing when you consider the Charge 4 also has Fitbit Pay, letting users leave their wallets at home and pay with NFC. Including only GPS or only music storage makes it feel incomplete, and unfortunately, many wearable companies commit this sin on mid-tier devices. Unlike some smartwatches with both features, you need your phone with you to listen to music while you train.
These overlays give you a better sense of when you were working the hardest.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy.Īnd yet, I couldn’t help but feel like I was missing something with the Charge 4’s lack of onboard music storage. Route lines change color depending on how intense your heart rate was and how fast you were running at that moment. The resulting route maps were accurate, and I appreciated that Fitbit added “heat maps” for heart rate and pace data. Running was a seamless experience from start to finish - the GPS never dropped my location and the device didn’t overheat. I didn’t have to wait, though, because Fitbit lets you start a workout from the Charge 4’s screen while the GPS pinpoints your exact location. It took the GPS about 30 to 45 seconds to grab my location around my home on Long Island. The Charge 4 fixes this glaring oversight: the built-in GPS automatically tracks your location when you start an outdoor activity (running, walking, etc).
None of the Versa smartwatches have it, and the Charge 3 didn’t have it either. It’s baffling to know that the Ionic has been the only Fitbit device with GPS since it was introduced in 2017.
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