It only takes about 12 minutes for Versa 4 to get a day’s charge, and the device was easy to sync with my smartphone once I downloaded the Fitbit App. I’m not the most tech-savvy person, but I was up and running-literally-within minutes of opening the box. In this Fitbit Versa 4 review you can see the highlights and lowlights of my experience based on SELF’s fitness tracker and smartwatch buying guide. A Google designer spoke to SELF and said it’s designed for avid exercisers wanting to track activity 24/7-that described me to a T. The Versa 4 is an entry-level smartwatch ($230) with plenty of features including a few upgrades from the Versa 3.

Though I did research on all three new devices-Sense 2, Inspire 3, and Versa 4-I was most keen to try Versa 4. In fact, this September, Google launched three new Fitbit wearables to its already diverse line of trackers and smartwatches. Fitness trackers have come a long way since then. My first tracker was the Go Active Stepometer that came with a Mcdonald’s Happy Meal in the early 2000s. Naturally, when fitness trackers first came out, I was an early adopter. They thought I was a little too obsessed with crunching numbers (or maybe they were just mad I was always on the home computer). I kept food logs, sleep logs, and spending logs-much to my parent’s chagrin. I’ve been data-driven ever since I was in the fifth grade and my older brother showed me Microsoft Excel.

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