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Fitbit Edge review: Google strikes the right balance

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Fitbit Edge review: Google strikes the right balance

Want a beautiful tracker with a screen but don’t want AI on your wrist? This is perfect for you.

In the ten years since I reviewed the original Fitbit Alta, I've noticed a pattern. Try as it might to create an activity tracker that looks attractive, Fitbit has never quite delivered. When the Fitbit Alta was launched in 2016, the company had been working with Tory Burch on accessories to make the device "super-chic." But with its rigid cuff-like band and generic appearance, the Alta didn't come off fashionable or pretty. It was just another fitness tracker in a smaller frame.

Fitbit later unveiled the Alta HR, which retained a similar appearance, and the more recent Luxe, with a shinier stainless steel case and softer, nicer-looking bands. And yet, despite the company's proud proclamation that the Luxe was one of its "most fashionable and comfortable devices yet," I found its small size more impressive than its style.

We live in a world of oblongs, and the Fitbit Edge is admittedly just a curvier and wider oblong than the Luxe and the Alta. Yet it packs quite a punch compared to those before it, thanks to a bright, navigable touchscreen, a more attractive array of straps and an updated feature set that makes the Edge feel as modern as it looks.

A lot of what I like about the Fitbit Edge, especially compared to the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch 5 (and other modern smartwatches), lies entirely in its design.


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