“Google no.longer includes stairs/floors on their newest Fitbit Charge 6.”

58% of 414 verified owners recommend the Fitbit Charge 6.
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“Google no.longer includes stairs/floors on their newest Fitbit Charge 6.”
“i have a fitbit charge 6. it’s pretty good and i like it, but i do have one complaint. it displays current heart rate but in the app it only logs the heart rate data every five minutes”
“I bought a charge 6 for it's compactness and relative simplicity.”
“I also recently had Fitbit charge 6. I think they just give you a rough estimate. If it’s off by like 200-300 steps per day and you walked like 5k-10k, that’s still just a tiny percentage off of less than 4%.”
“With my Fitbit Charge 6, the Wallet pin is good for 24 hrs as long as the watch is on my wrist. You don't have to input with every purchase. I like this feature”
“Exactly the same thing has happened to my Fitbit Charge 6. The sensor is surrounded by a silver oval ring, which is completely undamaged, but the sensor window itself looks exactly like yours did.”
“I found its battery completely drained, and it wouldn't charge beyond 6%, turning off repeatedly.”
“Specifically I care about steps, sleep and heart data which has been very accurate in my experience.”
“I observe my Charge 6 all the time, and have compared it to a good chest strap. (Polar) Most of the time they line up. Once and a while, the Fitbit goes ape. Jump rope can do it.”
“Fitbit charge 6 adv: ECG is an option, AFIB during sleep. Google Wallet. Cons, mic & speaker: if you want sleep score and stress score detail than you have to pay for sub”
“I switched from an Apple Watch Ultra to the Fitbit Charge 6. I wanted more sleep data and Apple just isn’t there. Fitbit has a pretty good UX with sleep data.”
“to replace a Fitbit Charge 6 whose firmware I dare not upgrade for fear of killing battery life…”
“Got a charge 6 three days ago and it stopped working. Replaced it. Second one stopped working.”
“After having google wallet on my new Fitbit Charge 6 I probably will never switch to Xiaomi band ever again.”
“I went with the Fitbit Charge 6 (very inexpensive compared to others) and it’s working fine so far, aside from lack of integration. I manually enter the Fitbit workouts into Apple Health”
“I have a fitbit charge 6 that constantly loses connection. I have bluetooth audio bugs”
“Fitbit Charge 6 is on par with Oura 3 now but app isn't as good.”
“Charge 6 battery infinitely better. Charge some time every 2nd week. This gave it an instant 10/10 for me. But following longer use, I'd give fitbit Charge 6 an ironic 6/10.”
“Fitbit Charge 6 with screen off and nylon strap”
“Currently wearing a Charge6 and it's been fine for now. I came from Apple Watch, but found it too uncomfortable wearing that and a mechanical watch.”
“I think the Charge 6 is dying with random black screens.”
“the Fitbit Charge 6 is a good option too around the same price. That has better health and sleep tracking, but isn't as good of a workout tracker.”
“Fitbit may be cheaper but the quality and reliability is not there. My Fitbit 6 was very useful for tracking but even still it would completely miss a day of activity for no reason.”
“I highly recommend a Fitbit Charge 6 for sleep tracking (and steps). I don't really care about the actual sleep score it calculates, all I want to know is the tendancy of that score”