Fitbit Charge 6 Review

There's a lot to like about the $160 Fitbit Charge 6 if you want a health and fitness tracker with great battery life. But it might give you subscription fatigue.

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0:00 Intro
0:34 Return of the button
1:35 Google Maps, Wallet and YouTube Music
3:07 Fitness features
5:09 Battery life
5:58 Buy it, skip it, try it?

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[sjohn]

The subscription model is the best way to lose existing users and no new potential buyers.

[chipdale]

Got a Charge 6 after the screen of my 4 became unreadable even in the dark. Like it so far, the screen is 100 times better than on the 4. For some old guy like me who doesn't care about all the stats, bells and whistles but time/distance plus calories burnt it does the job well enough for me. Happy with my purchase.

[Gravage]

The problem with buying new Fitbits is that you can't use them on your account with any other modern Fitbit. So, if you have a Pixel Watch, you can't have both it and the Charge 6 on your account at the same time. This is extremely frustrating and, in my opinion, short-sighted by Google. I guess they don't want to sell more hardware. Some of us use different Fitbits for different purposes and/or swap them out when they're charging. We could always do this in the past. It's a huge step back.

[GeoffiNaw]

I'm afraid to try this one for now. Not only my Charge 5, but also my Charge 4, eventually started leaking sweat inside. I never used them for swimming, and never submerged them in water. Also avoided any excessive water splash from using a hose and such. Seems the seals fail around the sensor and allow sweat in after a year or less. I do love the Charge line, it's a fitness tracker primarily, but with smart watch features, but the perfect weight and size; they have always disappeared on my wrist with the sport bands. Ended up with the Versa 4, as I still am invested in Fitbit's data and all. It's pretty solid, but it's huge (the reason i avoided full-blown smart watches and loved the Charge). At least the battery life is good, and you do get a lot of easy to read information on the watch itself, as well as Alexa, voice calls through watch, etc.

[Paco_Gaepedores]

Just bought the Fitbit Charge 6 for my brother's 20th birthday from JB Hi-Fi 🎉 woohoo ❤
Hope my brother like his gift ❤
Love from Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️

[Lane]

Understand that Fitbit will not stand behind their product. I don't expect items to last forever, but I did expect my Fitbit Charge 5 to last longer than 18 months. Battery typically lasted about six days up until the unit was about 18 months old. Now a full charge might last up to two days if you turn everything off. Fitbit tells me I'm out of warranty, but if I buy a new unit, they'll pitch in $20. I'll be looking for a different brand.

[xxlwsxx]

Got the charge 3, and charge 5, both devices never last over 2 years with normal usage, not more Fitbit products for me …

[sammarzipan]

When using directions from google maps, does it vibrate to tell you that a turn is coming up or do you just have to guess when to look at your watch? Would love this for cycling but I cant be staring at my wrist the whole time!

[abdulmajeedalajaji]

I have a fitbit versa 4, which is great in terms of design, comfort, and battery. However, the inability to store music, the lack of customizable watch faces, in addition to not being able to make phone calls directly from the watch, have really made me consider switching to other brands. What made me hang onto this watch is that I received it as a gift from my wife in our last anniversary.

[smwk]

My Fitbit Charge 3 has a manufacturer defect. It went completely dark gradually; and there is nothing I can do about it. Higher Fitbit Charge models have similar complaints in the Web. On the other hand, my Fitbit Charge 2 is still working and its display is as bright as ever (very well made).

[LC-ppbb]

does it show calories burned while doing day to day things or exercises?

[massironzitti]

It's a pity that after so long time from the Charge 5 exit in the market, long time Fitbit users are getting so little differences in the Charge 6 from the previous model. Don't get me wrong, Charge 5 is still a great tracker, for this reason I cannot find any strong argument to upgrade.

[prpramod]

I purchased fitbit charge 5 twice and both of them died (wouldnt turn on ) within 6 month .Never wore them inside pool or while taking shower. Now I own a Garmin forerunner 55 which I feel is 100 times better than any fitbit product.

[Mywatchtime]

I wondered where you were. My favorite fitness tech reviewer from CNET

[ALLKNEWPRINCE]

Thankful to CNET to allow my best person to review it. Love her so much

[Haunterpnoy]

The sole reason I still use my inspire 2 is the ‘stat heavy’ face and it’s insane battery life. None of the new fitbits have come close to be worth sacrificing those features for.

[sleepingfairy]

Still using my Inspire HR, works just as good as when I first bought it, holds the battery for days, and I really don't want to change it, but also I kind of want to have something more modern and stylish.😵‍💫 I'll think about it more, I guess

[MoMo-uluk]

Fitbit lost its way for these past few years. I say Garmin is the better deal these days.

[amo_res]

I only have it coz it looks cool, last so long, very lightweight and comfortable, and YouTube music control….

[trailcreekcomputers]

How does the intensity of the vibration notification compair to the charge 4 and 5 ?