I poked around online to see if other reviewers and users noticed how apps can be slow to open and displays slow to switch, and sure enough I wasn’t the only one who felt the Versa 3 could be more responsive. The Versa 3 also lags compared to my Apple Watch SE. Fitbit’s app library is getting larger, but it still lacks compared to Apple’s watchOS App store. I did like the access to Fitbit Pay, as well as the availability of third-party apps for Starbucks, Yelp, Walgreens, The New York Times and more. One caveat is that you can only have one assistant active at a time, and I use both in my day-to-day testing of the best smart home devices, so I could only control about half of my gadgets à la James Bond. In addition to Alexa, the Versa 3 supports Google Assistant, making it the first smartwatch with access to both major voice assistants. Most mornings my score landed in the 80s, although on one particularly restless night I landed in the 40s with hardly two hours of sleep under my belt (or covers.) Fitbit Versa 3 review: Smartwatch featuresĪs a smartwatch, the Versa 3 is capable, but not extraordinary. It also monitored my blood oxygen saturation while I snoozed, so if I suffered any severe changes in SpO2 I could be tipped off to underlying breathing issues like sleep apnea.īased on this data, Fitbit provides a daily Sleep Score between 0-100. When I wore the Versa 3 to bed, it kept tabs on how much time I spent asleep every night, plus how long I spent in the various sleep stages. Similar to activity tracking, Fitbit has a great reputation for sleep tracking tools among the best fitness trackers. Apple Watch 3: Which smartwatch should you buy? In terms of accuracy, I found the Versa 3 generally underreported distance compared to my Apple Watch, but not by much.

Although GPS can be a battery-killer, it’s a necessity for any formidable fitness tracker, in my opinion. I often like to leave my phone behind for outdoor activity, but previous Versa models didn’t offer that convenience. When I did venture outside, the Fitbit Versa 3’s on-board GPS proved useful for seeing my real-time walk/jog/run pace and distance.

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