Google Fitbit Charge 6 - Fitness Tracker - Obsidian/Black

My Fitbit luxe battery was done. I probably would’ve just went with another luxe if that was available. When I saw that the charge 6 has the nice silver casing option, I wanted to try that, but was wary that it would look too bulky on my petite wrist. But I don’t feel like it looks too big. The original band is nice, but it doesn’t have enough bend near the watch face itself to lay nicely around the curve of my wrist. It left too much space on either side of the watch face. I found this aftermarket band that curves quite a bit better, so I like that. Overall, I’m very happy. I tried to use the GPS function on my run this morning, the GPS didn’t connect after several seconds, so I went ahead and started my run, thinking it would connect at some point along the way. But it never did. I looked it up and apparently I need to be still for up to two minutes in order for it to connect. That seems a little excessive, but I guess if I just plan to stretch while it’s connecting that could work. I bought a three-year protection plan. I’ve had several Fitbits and have had premature battery failure, and the band connection break on the watch casing. But at this price point, (I paid 100 on sale), I think it’s still a very good deal. And with the protection plan I should be able to have a good watch and fitness tracker for three years.

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.

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.

This watch is great. I was very overwhelmed by Apple Watches and Garmin's, so I opted for a simple Fitbit to get the time and my health stats. I didn’t want too much, just the basics. Battery life is good, it’s pretty accurate for heart rate (compared to spouses Apple Watch counts when wearing both) and steps, as well as tracking workouts and runs. The stair/flights climbed feature is pretty inaccurate since the watch detects flights climbed via air changes around the watch. So it gets pretty confused if you’re lifting or breathing heavy vs climbing stairs. But I didn’t really ever care for that information anyways so that doesn’t bother me. It does track SpO2 and V02 as well as sleep cycles, ECGs, and wellness- so there are some accurate fancy features too. For workouts, sleep tracking, heart monitoring, and basic connectivity this is a wonderful watch.

I upgraded from the Charge 5 What I like about the Charge 6: - Great price - Sensors to track body activity are more accurate (I don't have a way to test this but other people in YouTube have and these sensors are really good for a device at this price point with no chest strap) - Same great battery life. I get 6-7 days (I use normal brightness, do not use GPS, have sleep mode programmed, and keep the screen off unless I need to see it). - The home button to return to the time screen is great. - Triple tapping to zoom in is nice - When it works the Google Maps app is really nice. When you launch the phone app it kicks in automatically (need to set it up this way in your Fitbit app) otherwise you have to start the walk on the phone app and then manually connect to the app from your Charge 6. It tells you where to turn and it is nicer/safer than staring at your phone. The connectivity to the Phone app however is unreliable. Lots of retries and fiddling with the bluetooth settings to get it to work. Feels like a beta. I hope this is improved with a future upgrade. I have my Charge device set to 12 hr time format but this app shows 24 hr format at the top which to me is confusing and it may be a bug. I hope this is addressed in a future update. - More exercise modes and more settings/mode - The double tapping for water locking the device seems to work a little better to me than the Charge 5. - The unit's vibration when alarm goes off seems to be more noticeable than in the Charge 5. Less likely to miss it. - Bluetooth integration with gym cardio workout machines is nice however I don't have any equipment to test this. I read that there is an issue with the encryption that Google uses. Just be aware that unless you are at a gym that has bought very recent equipment, the machines aren't likely to support bluetooth. Most hotels I workout in don't have this either. I don't really need this but some people may find it useful. What I don't like: - If you are on iOS you still can't reply to texts (I know there is an iOS security constraint that doesn't allow this but come on Google...time to find a workaround) - Like the Charge 5 the GPS is terrible. It drains the battery and it is very inaccurate. I use my iPhone's GPS tracking synced to my Charge 6 instead and it works great. If you don't have your phone with you then you are out of luck. - The biggest disappointment is the YouTube Music app. Like the Google Maps it is a remote control for the phone app. I'm a YouTube Music subscriber so I was really looking forward to this but the connectivity to the phone app is very unreliable (like the Google Maps app). You can't really see your music library, find an artist, and select Shuffle Play. All you can do is use the playback controls. (which I already have in Siri and on my Powerbeats pro earbuds), see a list of your recently played songs, and a couple of Google created playlists that I don't care to use. I really hope that they improve it in future software upgrades. - Some exercise modes have an Auto Detect and Auto Stop feature. Basically this feature auto starts an exercise mode if the device detects that you are exercising. It sound good but in reality I found it to be more of a nuisance. The device can't tell if I'm just in a hurry or warming up for a workout. If I'm in the middle of a workout and I slow down to catch my breath, the Charge 6 will ask me if I want to stop which means I'm forced to interact with the device when I don't really want to. Luckily you can turn this feature off per mode. - When you reach a new target zone the Charge 6 displays the new target zone and the number like the Charge 5 however Google has changed the number/graphic and made it impossibly small to read without stopping and staring or triple tapping which are tedious while you are moving during your routine. I hope Google improves this in a future software update. - When the device is on exercise mode the screens shows the time at the very top. The Charge 5 I believe showed the total calories burned which is far more useful, Not sure why Google messed with this. If I need t know the time I can scroll to it during my workout or I can ask Siri. - I use the timer a lot...it is still limited to 1 hour. The phone app was cool until Google did a complete redesign which a lot of users are unhappy about. I use the app and the web portal to log my food consumption and my weight. IMHO any fitness tracker is worthless if you don't track both. The app calories data is also broken. The calories left for the day count is incorrect compared to the web portal (there is a difference of hundreds of calories). This to me is unacceptable and It has been broken for months. Not sure what Google is waiting on to fix it. As a workaround if I need to see how many calories I can consume...I just look at the portal on a browser on my mac, iPad or iPhone.. In spite of my dislikes overall I do like the Charge 6 and it is a nice upgrade specially for $100. The more accurate sensors are worth the upgrade. That said if you plan to upgrade because of the GPS or the YouTube Music app you may want to hold off.

Up until the firmware update occurred the Fitbit Charge 6 worked perfectly! After the firmware update which Google Health was then rolled in, my Fitbit Charge 6 would no longer charge. Was not aware that the vendor on Amazon was NOT an authorized Fitbit dealer so Fitbit would not provide any assistance. Tried to contact the dealer but kept getting routed back to Fitbit. Ended up contacting Amazon Customer Service who were great!! They refunded the money and I purchased another Fitbit Charge 6 directly from Fitbit on Amazon. The new Fitbit Charge 6 is working great & I have to give kudos to Amazon for helping me out.

So I upgraded from a Fitbit Charge 2, to this fitbit Charge 6. Yes I know I was living in the stone ages, but the Charge 2 has worked all the years I've had it, so It was still getting things done for me. Well, I bought the Charge six because I really liked the reviews, and it was definitely time to upgrade. The Amazon price was absolutely excellent. It arrived right on time, and since I am a prime member, free delivery. Bonus! I have had it up and running for one day, and all my data that I had stored on the google app was still there. I usually walk at least 6 -7 Miles a day, and the Charge 6 covers all of my stats. It's just excellent. The watchface is easy to read, and the reminders are bright and colorful. I also like the idea that It has a google wallet feature, and all the health metrics are just great, Didn't take me long to learn how to use the watch to look at finding and looking at things I wanted to know. Anyway, using it in conjuction with the app provides everything you need to keep track of your health, and your mileage. There are just to many features to go over, so watch a You tube video or two, and you'll appreciate what this little guy can do. Am I happy I bought it? Absolutely!! Oh and by the way, the app is loaded with graphs and charts, highly intuitive, and self explanatory. Just a couple of more things...The weight is negligible. The screen quility is bright and clear, and it looks great with everything you wear. Finally, one suggestion is to purchase a protective band if you're rough on things. They are available on Amazon. All in all, a great product. Highly recommended.

Been using the charge 6 daily for almost a month. Background: I exercise 5-6 times a week, 1-2.5 hrs a day. My main goal with the device is to track heart rate during exercise and to track sleep in order to gauge recovery. The good: 1. Heart rate tracking. I didn't compare it to the better known heart rate devices like Whoop strap or Polar. But based on all the youtube comparison reviews, charge 6 is decent in this regard. I did compare it against another home heart rate monitor, the result is very similar. The app breaks down each exercise into heart rate zones. It's nice to know exactly how many minutes I was in fat burning zone vs cardio zone. You can also set customized heart rate zones. I've been trying to get into zone 2 cardio, so I find myself constantly checking heart rate during outdoor runs. The screen/display is bright and clear, even on super sunny days. 2. Sleep tracking. Good insights into how long I was in deep sleep vs. light vs. REM. I check it everyday first thing in the morning. And it doesn't always align with my own assessment. Some nights I get less than 6 hrs of sleep and wake up thinking I must be tired. However the app might show that I spent a good amount of time in deep sleep, which can have an instantly uplifting effect. I also feel extra motivated to do some breathing exercise before bedtime, knowing that it might promote better sleep and give me better stats. 3. Recovery estimation. For a week or so, my resting heart rate inched up everyday. Turned out I was doing too much, stacking weight training with core work and a 5-8k run. Once I slowed down, my RHR came down too. The whole time, I was feeling fine physically, so I wouldn't have caught this so early if it wasn't for Fitbit. The bad: 1. Blood oxygen saturation is wildly inaccurate. If I take its number seriously, I'd be going to the ER twice a week. It's also way off when compared to a home blood oxygen device. 2. Bugs. First bug relates to exercise timing. One day I did weight training from 11:30 pm to just after midnight. Whenever I tried to view details of this exercise session, the app crashed. This has since become a replicable behavior. Second is double counting. There's a particular running coaching session I like on the Fitbit app. But whenever I use it during a run, it counts as a separate exercise in addition to my tracked run. I can delete the dup exercise but somehow it can't be deleted from active zone minute, not from the app or the web dashboard page. 3. Readiness score is a joke. Since this is a feature behind the Fitbit premium paywall, maybe its incompetency is a blessing so that no one should feel the need to pay for it. It works by collecting your sleep, heart rate and active zone stats for the first 1-2 weeks and then "personalize" it to fit you. So as expected, the first 2 weeks, my readiness score was constantly at 1 (out of 100) because without a baseline, it thought I exercised too much. Once baseline is established, the opposite happened. Now the score is constantly close to 100 because it took an average of my past active zone minutes and now tells me to go over that avg every single day. Now there're a few issues here. First, past average is inaccurate because of the double counting issue noted in #2. Secondly, it's inappropriate to tell people to go for such a high number everyday without recovery consideration. If someone were to follow this readiness score's advice, there's a very big chance that they will overtrain and result in injury. Thirdly, this is not some sophisticated algorithm. I write code for a living and I can almost guess how this readiness score is created. Since it's based on sleep score, heart rate variability number and past active zone minutes, someone probably wrote an IF statement breaking the score into the 3 buckets and calculating the exact number using basic formula involving average/percentage, nothing more than grade school math. Note: many people have complained about firmware update that causes massive issue and renders the device useless. I'm waiting to see on this one.

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.