Fitbit Versa

Excellent battery life ; Slick, comfortable design ; Lots of tracking options ; Swim-proof ; Bright, clear screen

No built-in GPS ; Shortage of apps ; Passive notifications

The Fitbit Versa is the company's best smart watch yet, but it still needs work

Best-looking Fitbit yet ; Bright colorful screen ; Affordable for what it offers ; Long-lasting battery

No GPS built in ; Lacks NFC payments

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Lightweight case ; Offers smartphone notifications ; Accurately monitors heart-rate ; Solid battery life ; Interchangeable bands

Not fully compatible with iOS ; Small library of third-party apps ; Limited music services

The Fitbit Versa is a comfortable and stylish smartwatch, with a battery life that lasts far longer than competing smartwatches. Its heart rate and in-depth fitness tracking capabilities — paired with notifications via Fitbit 2.0 — make it a steal for...

Attractive, comfortable design ; Better touch-screen responsiveness than predecessor ; Physical button improves usability ; 40 exercise modes (up from 20) ; Long battery life ; Lots of watch faces ; Tracks overnight skin temperature variation

No third-party app support ; Some lifestyle apps from previous generation removed ; Lacks ECG, stress sensors

The Fitbit Versa 4 is an excellent fitness-focused smartwatch with welcome design improvements over the last generation, though it has limited access to apps.

Beautiful display ; Built-in GPS ; Lightweight and comfortable

Poorly designed side button ; Requires Fitbit Premium subscription to unlock advanced features ; No offline Spotify support

With integrated GPS and some design tweaks, the Fitbit Versa 3 is an excellent wearable. Like its predecessor, though, it’s more a fitness tracker than a smartwatch, with very limited productivity apps on offer. What you do get is great battery life, a...

Lightweight design Fitbit’s most customizable wearable Relatively low price

Rounded design won't suit everyone Battery life not as good as Ionic No GPS

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.

Sleek, lightweight design with lots of style options. Accurate fitness tracking. Guided workouts with Fitbit Coach. Stores music on-device. Long battery life. Supports female health tracking.

Swapping straps isn't easy. Thick bezel.

Bottom Line: The Fitbit Versa offers just the right blend of smartwatch and fitness tracking features for a reasonable price.

Flat, lightweight build ; Compatible with iOS and Android ; Tracks a wide variety of health / fitness stuff ; Four-day battery life

Poor notification support ; Swapping bands sucks ; No data sharing with Apple Health or Google Fit

Fitbit is undercutting the Apple Watch with its new $200 Versa. It’s a pretty good smartwatch — except when it comes to notifications.

Comfortable to wear 24/7 ; Great for sleep and daily activity tracking ; Physical button improves interaction

Loses smartwatch features ; FitbitOS feels a touch slow and disjointed ; Not drastically different from Versa 3

The Fitbit Versa 4 is a solid activity, sleep and wellness tracker in a smartwatch form, but the removal of some big features makes it less smartwatch than previous Versas.