Fitbit Charge 3 reveals insights about your body, your fitness and everything in between.
The original Fitbit saw daylight in 2013. A simple wristband that sent data to a Bluetooth device registering steps and sleep pattern. Next came the Fitbit Charge. The functions in Charge were much like its predecessor, but it had a small display. It can be used as a watch, showing current time, stats (step count, etc.), and exercise mode.
Fast forward to 2016, and out came the revolutionary Fitbit Charge 2. It had a beautifully sleek design and a bigger display. It looked much like a high-end watch but had an array of features for fitness tracking.
The newest arrangement is Fitbit Charge 3.
The display on the Charge 3 is much larger than on the Charge 2. It’s black and white as before, but it has better resolution.
The screen is a proper touchscreen, whereas on the Fitbit Charge 2 had tap-screen to switch what was displaying.
The Fitbit Charge 3 has an inductive button for going back a screen or waking the tracker up, but you can use the touchscreen much more in this model.
Charge 3 is thin and light compared to the previous model. It doesn’t look chunky on your wrist.
Main Features
- automatic run detection
- female health tracking to track periods, record symptoms and estimate ovulation and fertility windows
- swim/waterproof (up to 50-meters deep)
- battery life seven days
- OLED touchscreen with increased size and brightness compared to Charge 2
- SpO2 optical sensor tho track oxygen saturation
- NFC/contactless payments
- sleep disturbance tracking for conditions like sleep apnea, allergies, and asthma
24/7 Heart Rate monitoring
Fitbit Charge has twenty-four hours a day, continuous heart rate tracking. You can examine performance over a given period, optimize workouts, and compare progress and performance.
Heart rate zones
The Fitbit will indicate whether you are in a specific heart rate zone: Fat Burn, Cardio, and Peak. It’s useful to adjust performance during a workout to ensure you stay in said zone.
Smartphone notifications
Bluetooth connection to your smartphone will ensure you get notifications of any text, call or calendar event, or notifications from smartphone apps. It allows you to leave other devices to the side and concentrate on your workout.
Sleep tracking
You can track the quality and length of your sleep. An advantage of monitoring sleep on your Fitbit means not relying on your smartphone, which sometimes reports inaccurate data for rest times. Your Fitbit remains on your wrist during the night and will show more reliable information. This smartwatch will wake you with a silent alarm at the optimum time.
Cardio Fitness Level
Cardio Fitness Score shows your current fitness level, and it helps you to improve it over time. When connected to your smartphones GPS, your Fitbit can display pace and distance in real-time during outdoor runs and rides.
Note: Fitbit Charge 3 doesn’t have GPS within it. Instead, it uses GPS of your smartphone and records the track via Bluetooth connection.
Guided breathing sessions
Your Fitbit can guide you to calm down with personalized breathing sessions. They are based on your current heart rate, enabling you to remain content and calm.
Conclusion
Being the big brand in wearable fitness tech, the Fitbit Charge 3 is no letdown. Sleek looking, customizable, and bursting with useful features, this should be high on your list for upgrading, monitoring, and recording your workouts.
The price of the Fitbit Charge 3 is just under $150 at the moment, and it’s available in different colors.
