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Google announced the Fitbit Edge earlier this week, making it the company’s first Fitbit with a screen since the Charge 6 was released in 2023. Pre-orders are open now, and the devices are expected to start shipping on Oct. 27.
The Fitbit Edge ($179.99) has features and a price that are right in between the Fitbit Air, which has no screen and retails for $99.99, and the Pixel Watch 5, a full-featured smartwatch that starts at $399.99.
You can pre-order the Fitbit Edge here. It comes in black with a black band, silver with a “fog” (gray) band, “champagne gold” with a salmon-pink band, and a metallic color they’re calling “satin pyrite” with an olive green band. There’s also a Steph Curry edition for $219.99 in gray and orange. The standard packages come with two bands, a small/medium that fits wrists 130 to 170 millimeters around, and a medium/large for wrists 170 to 210 millimeters. There are a few other bands available for an extra fee: an “active sport” band with larger holes for ventilation ($39.99), a magnetic band ($49.99), and a band with metal links ($149.99).
What’s new in the Fitbit Edge
Unlike the screenless Fitbit Air, the Fitbit Edge adds its own GPS chipset, so you can track distance without bringing your phone, and an altimeter to detect elevation changes like hills. The latter also enables a “floors climbed” metric each day. The Fitbit Edge also has an ECG app, a morning report, and can control music playing on your phone no matter what app is playing it.
If you’re upgrading from a Fitbit Charge 6, the Edge adds an altimeter and a morning report, and you’ll be glad to see the music controls work for any music app, not just Youtube Music. The Edge is missing some features, though: With no NFC, it can’t do tap-to-pay with Google Wallet. The Edge also does not have Google Maps directions at launch, although Google says these are coming soon. The EDA scan and stress tracking are also gone. (Personally, I’m glad about that. Stress tracking isn’t accurate enough to be useful.)
