Fitbit Versa
The Fitbit Versa is a good looking and swim proof Smart Watch that keeps you on track to look pretty good yourself, thanks to its health and fitness management features.
Your own dashboard
The personal Fitbit Dashboard will guide you as you strive to reach your individual goals. Meanwhile, the Fitbit Today feature is a simple way to check daily stats and progress, plus personalised insights and reminders right there on your watch. It's also nice and easy to track the length and quality of your sleep and its different stages, including light, deep and REM sleep.
Female health tracking
Female health tracking can be accessed to log periods, track your cycle and gauge ovulation.
A moving reminder
There's no need to worry about becoming chair-bound! Regular "Reminders to Move" will gently encourage you to keep up periods of activity during the day.
Take time to breathe
The Fitbit Versa will lead you through a guided breathing session that's based on your heart rate. While we're talking about matters of the heart, the PurePulse Heart Rate feature tracks all-day heart rate, resting heart rate and heart rate zones during workouts.
So many ways to stay active
With at least 15 exercise modes, including Swim and Run, the Fitbit Versa lets you monitor real-time statistics while you exercise. Personalised dynamic coaching is also available.
A well-connected Smart Watch
Connect to your phone's GPS too see pace and distance during runs or rides. For even more convenience, the Versa can offer more than four days of battery life, store more than 300 songs, and let you shop and run with the Contactless Payment feature.
A newer model Fitbit Versa 2 was released in May 2019.
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If its predecessor was the wearable that showed that Fitbit had the chops to make it in the smartwatch market, this is the one that you'll actually probably want to buy.
- Great form-factor
- Solid fitness tracking
- Limited app functionality
- No GPS
Fitbit Versa review: New look, better price, same limits
If its predecessor was the wearable that showed that Fitbit had the chops to make it in the smartwatch market, this is the one that you’ll actually probably want to buy. Fitbit’s first smartwatch, the Fitbit Ionic, was Fitbit at its most unapologetically Fitbit. Though a massive improvement on the Blaze, it was a little expensive and boasted a sportish look that wasn’t necessarily for everyone - even if fitness tracking experience was as rock-solid as these things come.- Great form-factor
- Solid fitness tracking
- Limited app functionality
- No GPS
Fitbit Versa review: Fitbit's $199 answer to the Apple Watch is mostly great
The Fitbit Versa is the best fusion of smartwatch and general fitness tracker under $200, if you can live with its limitations. I wake up to a buzzing on my wrist, in gentle pulses. It's my Fitbit Versa's alarm clock. I'm able to use the silent alarm because I'm wearing my Fitbit smartwatch to bed. I'm able to wear it to bed because Fitbit's new watch lasts several days on a charge. I love that. It's a nice flashback to my days of wearing watches by Pebble -- the upstart smartwatch pioneer that Fitbit acquired in the closing days of 2016. In fact, the Versa is literally, as a coworker said, like the Apple Watch and Pebble had a little baby.- The Fitbit Versa is a compact, lightweight smartwatch and fitness tracker with an improved interface for easier fitness stat readouts
- It’s water-resistant to 50 meters, and works with iOS and Android
- Many of the apps and watch faces are useful and fun
- Multiday battery life beats the Apple Watch.
- Its battery life falls short of other Fitbit fitness trackers
- The apps and watch faces aren’t always easy to load
- Music transfer to the watch is complicated and limited
- There's no on-board GPS and the charger is bulky
- Tap-to-pay model costs a bit more in the US.
Fitbit Versa review
The Fitbit Versa is far from a perfect smartwatch. It doesn't have the apps of an Apple of Google watch or the fitness chops of a Garmin, and there are a few parts of the software that need some spit and polish. But it is still a fine all-round fitness tracker that's a good compromise of features, looks and battery life. If you're a Fitbit veteran with a fondness for its smartphone app, or just want to dip your toe into smartwatches, it could well be for you. The only other real contenders at this price are the Ticwatch E, Garmin Vivomove HR and an Apple Watch Series 1, and it's certainly decent value at only £30 more than a Nokia Steel HR. For full sports-tracking, there are better options – the Apple Watch S3 or Garmin Vivoactive 3, for example, which both have built-in GPS. A comparative lack of apps and question marks over which UK banks will support Fitbit Pay are also slight stains on the Versa's smartwatch credentials. But its versatile design and an improved Fitbit OS mean it's a fine, cheaper alternative to the Apple Watch.- Solid four-day battery life
- Design has wider appeal than Ionic
- Good exercise- and health-tracking for casual users
- Slightly erratic HR tracking and recording
- Connected GPS rather than built-in GPS
Fitbit Versa review review
- Solid four-day battery life
- Design has wider appeal than Ionic
- Good exercise- and health-tracking for casual users
- Slightly erratic HR tracking and recording
- Connected GPS rather than built-in GPS
Review: Fitbit Versa
The Fitbit Versa is far from a perfect smartwatch. It doesn't have the apps of an Apple of Google watch or the fitness chops of a Garmin, and there are a few parts of the software that need some spit and polish.
Fitbit Versa review
While its feature set isn't quite on par with that of its bigger brother the Ionic, the Fitbit Versa feels like the same watch but with a lighter and friendlier design, and, a much lower price point.- Lightweight design
- Fitbit's most customizable wearable
- Relatively low price
- Feels a little cheap and childish
- Battery life not as good as Ionic
- No GPS
The Versa is an undeniably appealing device, although its lack of GPS and paucity of apps compared to other smartwatches may hold some back from committing to it wholeheartedly. That having been said, its price and its fine fitness functions should appeal to gym regulars and anyone wishing to live a...
Fitbit Versa Review: The First Female-Friendly Smartwatch
With improved design and thoughtful new features, Fitbit's Versa edges closer to taking Apple's smartwatch crown.- Sleek
- lightweight design
- Four-day battery life
- Female health-tracking features
- Insightful sleep analysis
- Small app store
- No on-board GPS
- Limited actionable notifications
Fitbit Versa review: Lacks GPS, but comes loaded with other features
So is the Fitbit Versa that smartest of the smartwatches No, it isn't. But it is a smarter Fitbit, serving the needs of Fitbit fans, providing a little more interaction with your smartphone, while offering you a wide suite of health tracking functions.- Compact design
- Fitbit ecosystem and app
- Lots of straps and colour choices
- Battery life isn't amazing
- No GPS limitations
- Bulky battery charging
