Google Fitbit Charge 6 - Fitness Tracker - Obsidian/Black

Bought January 2024. So, I have had an Apple Watch since 2017. I LOVED it. But I didn’t love the battery time. The things I was interested in, like sleep tracking, I couldn’t do because it needed to charge or I couldn’t use it the next day. My mom has a Fitbit and for years was telling me to get one. After some health issues, I needed to start being more cognizant of my health. I didn’t want to spend another $5-600 on an Apple Watch that at most gets 2 days of battery now. I was interested in the Oura ring, but I have 60 lbs. to lose and those can’t be sized as you lose weight. So I researched and found the Fitbit Charge 6 was my best choice. Mostly pro’s. It is really comfortable. When I fell asleep accidentally with the Apple Watch my wrist was sore after. So far, I’m getting 6-7 days of charge out of it, which is a game changer. I now don’t miss days of tracking because I forgot to charge it. I feel like the screen size is appropriate and it’s well made. I’m not sure about the accuracy, but reviews I’ve watched where people test them they seem close enough. And that’s good enough for me, I want a baseline. You can adjust the haptics for notifications, I have it on the hardest vibration and it’s awesome. It’s easy to read the screen, just 2 taps. It says you can water lock it for swimming/shower but I haven’t utilized that yet. The app… okay so when I purchased this (January 2024) they offered the premium app for 6 months free, then $80 a year. I will be keeping the premium. It still can be used without, but I want ALL the metrics you can get as well as meditations and workouts. It has replaced MyFitnessPal because I can track everything in this app. It also links with my Bluetooth scale. You can track steps, miles, calories, exercise, activity minutes (150 minutes a week as recommended), standing activity by getting up every hour for 250 steps, (it reminds you). SpO2, HRV, skin temp., HR, sleep (including stages). I’m sure I’m forgetting something. I haven’t used the GPS function which I heard drains the battery significantly. Somewhat cons, or things I would appreciate it having. This device is logged in through Google. I do see messages and notifications from my iPhone 13, but are unable to respond which is fine. You can control YouTube music, but not your Apple Music. It’s Just an adjustment from my Apple Watch. I’m also not able to sync it with Apple Maps because I hate Google maps. And I haven’t figured out how to use that between my phone and the Fitbit yet even after watching tutorials. I wish they had more watch faces to choose from, I think there was about 12?. I just felt like the one I picked was as close to what I wanted, but it wasn’t. The time takes up a large portion of the screen which I feel like is unnecessary. What I feel the app is lacking is something to track when you’ve taken your meds. If they did, this app would literally be a one stop shop for my health/fitness tracking. Note: a comment someone made about med tracking was just set an alarm. The problem is that if you are someone like me that is never at the same place everyday, you could turn the alarm off and then forget later whether or not you took them. It’s a really quick fix they could do. I HIGHLY recommend the Charge 6, I wish I had listened to my mom and got it a while ago. The few things I gave up by switching from my Apple Watch is minor. I’m not missing them other than Apple Maps and Music.

I've been using the Fitbit Charge 6 for about a year now, and I'm still very happy with it. My main goal is tracking my daily steps, and it's been accurate and reliable. The Google Health/Fitbit app is excellent! It tracks steps, calories burned, sleep, and many other health metrics, making it easy to see all your progress in one place. The battery life is also very good! I typically only need to charge it every 3 to 4 days. It syncs and updates quickly, and even after a year of daily use, it's still working great. If you're looking for a slim, comfortable fitness tracker with reliable health tracking and great battery life, I highly recommend it.

A family member had recently raved about her FitBit and I had a very old Apple Watch which needed replacing (due to terrible battery life) so I was convinced to give it a try. Unfortunately, my experience has been quite awful and I want others to be informed before they buy. My main reasons for using a smart watch are the health functions such as exercise logging, step counting, heart rate etc. So if these things are important to you please read further: 1st disappointment: Inability to sync FitBit to Fitness app on iPhone. I had a pretty impressive streak in my Fitness app and it was a huge motivator for me to exercise daily (something I have always struggled with). It was QUITE the blow to see all my progress completely wiped away. (No more 200+day streak for me! I guess). Fitbit does have a free app to collect new data but I’m still disappointed that they cannot combine all your progress from both somehow. 2nd disappointment: SEVERE Inaccuracy on distance. I head to the gym for my first workout with the Fitbit. I get on the elliptical and select the “elliptical workout” option on the watch and press start. As I’m warming up I notice the watch does little vibrations as my heart rate increases to different levels “light” “moderate” and then “vigorous” - which I think is a nice touch. When I get 1 Mile (on the machine) into my run I decide to check my progress (on the watch) but to my HORROR it says only 0.3 miles… How did it miss 70% of my workout!?! I cannot express how devastated I was to see that. I’m working so hard to change my life and watching the miles stack up day after day is my only reward so far. I’ve done lots of googling to solve this problem and tried manually adjusting the stride length to every length there was but nothing fixes it and I’ve read plenty from other people who report the same exact problem so I’m convinced it’s just their terrible calibration. 3rd disappointment: Major exaggeration of calories burned. As I mentioned I have an Apple Watch I used every day for quite some time. I am very familiar with my typical calories burned daily. I also follow the amount on my exercise equipment as well. For some reason the FitBit consistently shows an abnormally high number for calories burned. For instance something that should burn about 200 calories suddenly burns 2 THOUSAND…?? This all makes EVEN LESS sense when you consider the aforementioned distance tracking issue; claiming I burned 2,000 calories by running 0.3 miles??? Ridiculous. This combination of discouragement from the “it won’t matter anyway” distance tracking, to the absurd number of calories I’ve “already burned” today is a recipe for disaster for me. Un-motivating my workouts and encouraging my laziness. Please DO NOT rely on this watch for your health goals. The final straw for me is the terrible battery life. To be completely clear - I have had this device for 4 days and I have already charged it 4 times. So please do not be mislead by claims of charging “once a week” or “once every other week”. NOT true. And, yes, I’ve tried all the different display settings. I hope someone takes the time to read this like I did not do. If Amazon returns weren’t such a headache I would’ve sent it back after that first workout. I’m actually stunned at HOW awful it is. There are many more issues I did not get into because they are mainly aesthetic and I wanted to focus on the ones that could genuinely cause someone harm but I’d be glad to elaborate on those other issues as well if anyone is curious.

Bought this as an upgrade to my current Fitbit Charge 5 on sale during prime days as it is understood to have more accurate sensor readings for fitness tracking, heart rate monitoring, Sp02 detection, sleep tracking, ECG detection, etc, and an actual button on one side for changing the display and initiating heart rate tests and AFIB/ECG detection. It uses the same easy to read display, the same magnetic charger and comfortable bands as the previous Fitbit 5. However, my Fitbit 5 is still working fine after some decent recharging overnight, although it doesn't hold charge as good as when it was brand new. That said, I did not even open the product and returned because I decided I was going to get a Fitbit Sense 2 watch instead later this summer. CAVEAT: To be clear, there was absolutely NOTHING wrong w/ this Fitbit Charge 6 product that I was aware of, as it was completely unopened and still in the box when it was returned. If at some point in future my Charge 5 stops working completely, I will definitely consider getting a new Charge 6 if I don't already have a replacement.

I had a hard time rebooting it, but when I finally did, it started working again and other than that issue I have absolutely loved this Fitbit Love this for the first two months and it just stopped working it wouldn’t reboot it wouldn’t sync with my device. I tried all of the recommended steps.

I’ve been a fan of Fitbit for years and usually upgrade when my current one starts wearing out. My Charge 5 was dying too quickly. Ironically it stopped working around Father's Day and at the same time Fitbit has a Father's Day promotion going on. I was able to get the Charge 6 for about half off, a great value for my money!! Overall, it’s a strong fitness tracker. One of my favorite improvements is the expanded workout options. The Charge 6 includes rowing and interval training, which weren’t available on the Charge 5, and it makes a big difference in how accurately my workouts are tracked. The new Google features are helpful, especially Google Coach. I’ve been talking to it every morning to get feedback on my day, and it provides genuinely useful insights. I’m already considering the premium version once my free trial ends. My only real complaint is the hydration and weight‑tracking interface. I loved the old layout WAY more. Entering my water intake is much more tedious now, and custom ounce amounts rarely register on the first tap. The app definitely needs improvement in this area. Besides that, I absolutely love the Charge 6. It’s a meaningful upgrade with better tracking, smarter features, and a more personalized experience.

This is the third time I review this watch. First I gave it 2 stars. In the second I gave it 4 stars. Now I just changed to 5 stars. If you use it and work on its design, you are going to like it more and more. I just finish my first workout with it and I saw the data. it is impressive. It contains the graph of your heart rate during the whole time, broken into zones, your average HR, calories... (Even that I wore it only "one finger away" from the wrist, the data seems pretty accurate. Bottom line, If you put some time on it, setting it as you want, you will end up with a fantastic tool for giving you data about your activity, your exercise, your sleep, even your "readiness", "stress" etc. I keep my previous reviews below if you want to read them to see my transition from frustration, to acceptance and finally to happiness. I gave originally 2 stars because I was frustrated with this watch. But I would like to change to 4 stars because it is really an impressive piece of technology and you can do so much with it. If you buy it. be prepared to feel like an immigrant in a strange land. You will have to work a lot to set it up to your likings and erasing so many options you don't want. I used AI a lot (and I mean, a lot) to help me navigate on how to do things and spent a lot of time in it. But, after all this I am happy with the watch that I actually fell I redesigned. Below is a revised version of my first review. However, that you can do so much with it, is in itself a problem. Of course, you can use it very simply like a watch with one or two extra features, but this would be a waste of this watch. I see many problems with this watch. 1) As I already state it, it is very complicated dealing with it. 2) On top of this, it is clogged with commercials and excessive somewhat irrelevant information. It took me a lot of time to set the watch as I wanted and eliminate all the "junk" on it. 3) There is the issue of accuracy. It is supposed to be very accurate but because of the optical reading, the placement of the watch in your arm, the sweat... can change the reading for a good 20% (in strong exercise). It also can spike in its reading giving you very high values, etc. All watches have this problem but I thought this particular new model solved these issues satisfactorily. It did not. It is a big improvement though. I myself, most likely, will return this watch because it felt short in my expectations. The end: I kept it and I am quite happy with it even though, at times, I still have to count till 10.

I have been using a Fitbit Inspire 3 for the last 22 months and appreciating how it has helped my fitness and sleep. So when the Charge 6 was on a very good sale I thought I would "upgrade". I've only used it one day and thus this might not be a fair review. At the start of the day I had it charged to 100% and had my phone charged too. With the Inspire 3 I know I will be using the phone's GPS for my daily walk but I wanted to see how the Charge 6 built in GPS would work. After going on walk I know to be slightly over 5 miles the Charge 6 showed 6.75 miles. Looking at the map of the activity it showed me walking like someone drunk, wandering, zigzagging, side trips (like wandering across an interstate highway), etc. Okay, not an upgrade but downgrade. On top of that, after 24 hours with the google Fitbit/health app running on my phone (the normal way I have done it with the Inspire 3) my phone's battery was almost drained. That might be because of the app and not a fault of the Charge 6, but why did it happen in the first day after switching devices? On top of everything else the band is not at all comfortable to wear. I can get a different band, make sure the health app is closed except when I want to see the data, only use the phone GPS, but that's not an upgrade! At least the display is easier to read.

This is a fabulous tracker and with the new Google health app really informative would recommend

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Good price although it's end of life item

Produto ótimo, já tive outras versões e o produto continua muito bom

Muy práctico, exacto y amigable. Da mucha información para beneficio de la salud.