![]() ![]() I feel confident enough to leave for a 2-day trip without bringing the charger. Wanting to go longer without a charge, I turned off the always-on display and my battery is still at about 50% after three days. But this is to be expected, and something I notably had to balance with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 when I tested it earlier this year. In less than four days, my battery needed to be recharged. In my testing, the always-on display dropped my Fitbit’s battery expectancy nearly in half. Given the Fitbit app selections have always been limited compared to those available through Apple Watch’s wearOS and Google Wear OS, it still would be nice to have some options. Earlier Fitbit smartwatches are compatible with a handful of third-party apps including Strava, My Fitness Pal, Starbucks and Uber, so it’s peculiar that the Fitbit Sense 2 and the new Fitbit Versa 4 lack support. ![]() While you can (and I did) download a variety of watch faces - including ones with always-on modes - you cannot download third-party apps. This perhaps feels less unique to Fitbit, but it makes navigation far more seamless. Previously you could browse quartets of app icons, but now you swipe left or right through a tile menu that can be added, ordered and deleted in the Fitbit app. But I did see some Wear OS influence in the updated interface. The Fitbit Sense 2 is not a Wear OS 3 smartwatch, despite the Google Pixel Watch borrowing Fitbit fitness tracking. When you wear the Fitbit Sense to bed consistently for a longer period of time, you develop a sleep profile as well as month-over-month sleep comparisons and insights such as 'bedtime consistency' and 'time to sound sleep.' Fitbit Sense 2 review: Interface and software In Fitbit Premium, I can see my sleep score and sleep stages every night, tracking the score in a graph in the Fitbit app for a quick overview. I know I mentioned sleep tracking as it relates to skin temperature variability, but there are other elements to Fitbit sleep tracking I happen to really enjoy. I found it’s practical to reach the threshold with four workouts a week, but it’s important to know it’s just a recommendation. Your mission is to earn the AHA’s and WHO’s recommended 150 Active Zone Minutes each week. Fitbit’s Active Zone Minutes feature encourages you to spend time in the fat burn, cardio or peak heart-rate zones while exercising. It supports over 40 workout types total, with a range of indoor and outdoor sports. The Fitbit Sense 2 also does the basics like Fitbit's entry-level device, the Fitbit Inspire 3 - step counting, heart rate monitoring and activity tracking based on workout presets. The Fitbit Charge 5 is the only other current-gen Fitbit device with both EDA and ECG, though it does generally function more like a traditional activity band than a smartwatch. ![]() With the ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notifications, the Sense is able to spot possible signs of atrial fibrillation. Fitbit Sense 2 review: Health and fitness trackingīesides the cEDA sensor, ECG is the Fitbit Sense’s other premium health tool. I compared my overnight temperature variabilities on the Fitbit Sense 2 to the Apple Watch Series 8 and Oura Ring Gen 3 and found the readings were within 0.1 degrees once I established my baseline. If your skin temperature varies greatly from your baseline overnight, it could mean something is going on with your health. On the Sense 2, the skin-temperature readings inform both cEDA data and sleep tracking. ![]() Yes, the Sense 2 has skin temperature readings, which is not new for Fitbit but more relevant this year as other major smartwatch brands are adding skin temperature sensors of their own. In the Sense 2, cEDA is driven by three key data indicators: heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), and skin temperature. ![]()
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