Best Fitbit 2024: Get these Fitbits for the New Year

Ever since Google bought out Fitbit, we’ve long since wondered what a fitness tracker with Google-inspired features might look like and in the Charge 6, those concepts became reality. Simply put, the Fitbit Charge 6 is one of the best devices to have emerged from Fitbit in a long time, making it an easy one to recommend to anyone shopping within its affordable price bracket.

For starters, the Charge 6 is the only non-smartwatch wearable out there that supports Google Wallet, so if you want to pay for a quick post-run coffee or pick-me-up then you can do so without needing to keep your phone to hand.

There’s also support for Google Maps and YouTube Music. While the former requires a connection with your phone to operate, it is possible to store albums and playlists offline via YouTube music, so you can leave your phone at home.

Admittedly, there’s still work to be done on the GPS front, and we’re still not exactly thrilled by the amount of features that are locked away behind Fitbit Premium, but even with those issues, the Fitbit Charge 6 still shines as a great all-rounder.

Full Review: Fitbit Charge 6 review
Reviewer: Conor Allison

The Fitbit Sense 2 is an all-round smartwatch that has a bit more functionality than a basic fitness tracker. It’s got a thin and light build, an appealing colourful AMOLED touchscreen display, and a physical button on the side.

However, it has to be said that the smartwatch experience here isn’t as well-executed as other brands’ offerings, because the support for certain key apps is lacking (at least at launch, when even the likes of Google Maps and Google Wallet were unsupported), and the performance is a bit laggy too due to an underpowered chipset.

However, the fitness and health features – including in-built GPS, ECG and skin temperature sensors, and blood oxygen tracking – all combine to help give you a strong picture of your overall wellbeing. The watch makes it easy to keep tabs on your sleep and on your stress levels, but if you want to get a deeper look into your athletic training then this one isn’t the strongest.

We found that the Sense 2 could hold up for around six days before needing a charge, though that’s reduced to 3 days if you keep the watch in always-on mode.

Full Review: Fitbit Sense 2 review
Reviewer: Michael Sawh

The Fitbit Versa 4 is the latest device in Fitbit’s Vera line-up, but we actually preferred its predecessor and that’s the one we’d choose out of the two. Why? Well because the feature list is more or less the same as this one, and actually some have been lost; the newer watch doesn’t have Wi-Fi connectivity or a music player, both of which are present here.

For the price this watch delivers plenty of features and is therefore a tempting proposition, though features such as the GPS and the heart-rate tracking are not highly accurate and even the step counter can be a bit over-generous.

However, if you’d like a Fitbit with some smarter features, and want to save a bit of money, then this is a decent option.

Full Review: Fitbit Versa 3 review
Reviewer: Thomas Deehan

Slim and attractive, the Fitbit Luxe is light to wear and has a selection of appealing metallic cases, and equally appealing watch bands, that make it a tab more fashionable to wear compared to standard fitness tracker and smartwatches. The screen is also sharp and bright, and it’s purely touchscreen without any input buttons.

In terms of health monitoring, this watch will gives reliable continuous heart rate sensing and comfortable and accurate sleep tracking too. There aren’t tonnes of additional exercise-tracking options here, but this is a handy little tool for keeping an eye on your day-to-day health and wellness.

You’ll get around five days’ battery life from this wearable before you need to charge it back up, which isn’t brilliant, and it’s fairly slow at recharging too as it takes two hours to go from 0-100%.

This tracker isn’t right for you if you want intensive exercise logging or a host of smart features on your wrist, but it’s still a handsome and helpful little accessory.

Full Review: Fitbit Luxe review
Reviewer: Michael Sawh

It’s no secret that the first-gen Pixel Watch was something of a letdown, but for the Pixel Watch 2, which has Fitbit integration within its UI, Google has gone back to the drawing board and made a smartwatch that’s well worth picking up.

The fact that the Pixel Watch 2 does track your health and fitness via the Fitbit ecosystem helps it to stand apart from similar devices like the Galaxy Watch 6 and TicWatch Pro 5. Plus, if you’re interested in making use of the Fitbit app (which we’ve found to be among the best out there for people at the start of their fitness journey), but you also want a bit more functionality than what traditional Fitbit devices offer, then the Pixel Watch 2 is your best bet.

Running the new Wear OS 4 software right out of the box, the Pixel Watch 2 gives you access to tons of third party apps on your wrist like Calm, Strava and WhatsApp, but it’s the Google integration that’s really worth getting excited about.

As part of the Wear OS 4 upgrade, the Pixel Watch 2 boasts improved versions of Google apps like Google Calendar and Google Maps, so you can get far more information out of the watch than before, all without ever having to reach for your phone.

It also helps that, along with the Fitbit Luxe, the Pixel Watch 2 is easily one of the most fashionable wearables on this list, with a sleek pebble-like design that cleverly hides the bezels surrounding the display.

One of the big issues with the original Pixel Watch – its battery life – has finally been fixed here. Thanks to better battery optimisation, the Pixel Watch 2 can actually reach up to 24-hours of use with the always-on display toggled, which is sure to be great news for anyone who struggled to get through more than a day with Google’s predecessor.

Full Review: Google Pixel Watch 2 review
Reviewer: Conor Allison

The Fitbit Inspire 3 is a polished wearable that is our top pick for anyone that’s new to the world of fitness trackers and would like a gentle introduction. It improved on its predecessor by including a new colour touchscreen, and the slim form factor makes it feel a lot more premium.

There are limited smartwatch features on the Inspire 3, with no payment support, smart assistant or apps. However, it does manage to pack in a fair amount on the fitness and health tracking front, offering up automatic sleep monitoring, an optical heart rate sensor and infrared sensors to measure blood oxygen.

We also thought that the Inspire 3 shined when it came to the basics; daily step counts were in line with other tracking platforms we used and the reminders to hit your hourly step goals ensure that you’re regularly moving throughout the day.

With up to 10 days of battery life and reliable fitness tracking, the Inspire 3 is the best pick for anyone new to the wearable world. We thought that it offered much better value for money than previous Inspire entries.

Full Review: Fitbit Inspire 3 review
Reviewer: Michael Sawh