Fitbit

Make no mistake, the Fitbit Air is a data-gathering device for Health’s AI Coach, and AI Coach is the app’s primary feature. If you don’t want to talk to AI about your health and fitness, then you may find the entire Air\Health experience lacking. The slow syncing and AI advice updates, sometimes questionable data accuracy, hidden data that’s a pain to find in the app, and more of a focus on lifestyle and general fitness tracking than some may expect, are also reasons serious sporty people may not enjoy the Fitbit Air and Google Health. However, if you’re already into AI tools like vibe-coding

In addition to daily movement and sleep, the Google Health app tracks a host of exercises, from running to swimming, and yoga to kayaking. During my time with the Fitbit Air, I have compared its results to the Oura Ring 4, the Whoop MG, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8. For the most part, the Fitbit Air, Oura Ring, and Whoop all agree on the average heart rate during a workout, but the Fitbit Air does overestimate calorie burn compared to them. During sleep, it also mostly aligns, but is often harsher with its overall sleep score compared to the Oura Ring. However, it’s during sleep that I’ve se

The best fitness tracker overall is the Fitbit Charge 6, which functions primarily as a fitness tracker but offers a few bonus features, too. Its SmartTrack function tracks your activity, supporting more than 40 types of exercise and keeping tabs on metrics such as steps, heart rate, calories burned and VO2 max.