Fitbit Versa Smart Watch, Black/Black Aluminium, One Size (S & L Bands Included)
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Lightweight Design
Designed with a super light geometric case, these smartwatches are slim, casual and comfortable enough to wear all day and night.
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Clock Faces
With a variety of clock faces to choose from, including the first-ever Bitmoji clock face that dynamically updates throughout the day, the hi-res color touchscreen can be styled for any occasion.
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Wireless Sync
Fitbit smartwatches automatically sync to computers and 200+ Android, iPhone and Windows devices, to see your stats, trends and progress on your fitness dashboard.
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Bands & Accessories
Wear it your way by switching out the classic band for accessory bands. Sold separately.
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Water-Resistant to 50 Meters
From a ten-minute shower to twenty laps in the pool, Fitbit Versa family smartwatches are water-resistant so you can hit the pool, the beach and beyond.
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Specification: Fitbit Versa Smart Watch, Black/Black Aluminium, One Size (S & L Bands Included)
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10 reviews for Fitbit Versa Smart Watch, Black/Black Aluminium, One Size (S & L Bands Included)
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RGMRGM –
I chose the Versa to replace an older basic watch that had gotten scratched and dinged up so badly it wasn’t readable any more; figured I’d give Fitbit another chance. And so far, I’m very pleased with the choice.As a watch, well, it tells time and date. It can give text and email notifications, though they’re often delayed several seconds (but that’s okay). The main reason to go for this watch is its activity tracking functions, and here it seems to be doing a great job so far. It even survives trips to the pool and my son’s bathtime.What I found most surprising, though, is that simply having my activity readout visible and having goals for the various categories makes me want to hit them. I had a hybrid car for a while and that was bad–a car with an efficiency readout is a cruel thing to give to an engineer–but this doesn’t make me obsess like hitting mileage numbers did. My Versa has spurred me to start taking walks at lunch every day to at least get some exercise during a 12-hour desk job day. It reminds me to get up and stretch my legs when I’ve been staring at difficult problems for a while. It tracks my workouts and gives me heart rate plots (very interesting, those) and I can see measurable changes in resting heart rate as I’ve started exercising more.Initially I was a little skeptical of the sleep phase tracking, but seeing the graph in the morning and correlating with how rested I feel and what I remember of waking up and dreaming, it seems reasonably close.I was also skeptical of the calorie tracking feature, figuring it was really overestimating. There was no way I was burning 3500+ calories a day with just a walk, as I hadn’t been gaining or losing weight. But then on a whim, I tried out the food tracking part with some of the things I eat regularly. To my utter dismay, I found that I was indeed probably burning about that much, because apparently I’d been eating that much (insert eyes the size of dinner plates here).I do wish the battery life was better, though I charge it every night anyway. I also wish the charger wasn’t so bulky, but I don’t really see an alternative that doesn’t involve an opening in the case. And sometimes it doesn’t really recognize the wrist-flick to see the time without hitting buttons or tapping the screen.My biggest gripe is with the app; even with all-day sync turned off and “background data” disabled in Android it will still try to pull several megs a day of mobile data. Not cool when you share a 2GB plan with your wife. I had to get a firewall program for my (rooted) phone and completely block the app from using mobile data, so now it only syncs on wifi. The food tracking interface could use some minor improvements too.Overall, I’m extremely pleased and am trying to convince my wife to get one of these vs. a less-capable tracker.———-UPDATE 1/28/19: I’m still extremely happy with mine and my wife ended up getting one too. Both of us have made significant improvements to our health; I’m down 40lb (back to high school graduation weight!) from eating better and exercising a lot more; she’s losing weight and exercising more than ever. I’m even running significantly faster than I used to.I think the biggest, most helpful factor has been the calorie tracking. Losing weight requires burning more calories than you’re eating; no way around that. I think the problem is that most people, even if they track their calories, have no real good way of knowing what they’re burning. I had the same problem; without knowing what I’m burning the food target is a stab in the dark. Either you’re a lot more active than you think and you way underestimate your calories burned, feel like crap because you aren’t eating, and give up; or your calorie target is too generous and you give up because you aren’t getting results.Enter Fitbit. Wear it consistently and put your information in accurately, and it’s likely going to give you a pretty good number to go by. If you know what you’ve burned, you know what you can eat, and Fitbit makes that simple with a “you have XXXX calories left” display. You’ll still have to observe and adjust over time to learn your average error rate (I’m generally off by about 120 calories/day based on weight trends) but once you know that you can correct for it.The other nice thing with tracking is that, if you’re like me and you work out and exercise so you can eat, you can reward yourself for an especially active day, or tack on a workout to make extra room for a special meal, without blindly guessing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten to the end of the day and tacked on a brisk walk or HIIT workout just so I can go eat dessert or have a beer or two. You can have as many “cheat days” as you want, as long as you exercise enough to make up for it!Another interesting side effect is that it’s made household chores like mowing the lawn or cleaning less of a pain. Mowing in particular burns calories off like a workout, so it’s like getting rewarded with food for doing chores!In all, it makes losing weight (fat) simple. Now, I didn’t say it was *easy*–it still takes willpower and enduring a little discomfort–but it basically takes the guesswork out. Unless you go out to eat at a non-chain restaurant; there you’re on your own to put in your best guess for what you’ve eaten…
Kevster5 –
Had the Charge 2 for a while and loved it. Then switched to the latest apple watch at the encouragement of a few friends. While that apple watch was nice for the few months I wore it, I found I was not using a lot of the features in it that may have been why it was double the cost of the Versa. On the apple watch I found the battery would not last more than 36 hours and the phone app was no where near what Fitbit had in terms of activity and sleep tracking as well as just overall display of the many data points.When the Versa came out I said why not try it, hearing how slim it was and the extended battery life. It was that or go back to my Charge 2 that is also a fantastic tracker. My goal was to get back to the Fitbit app. I love this watch/fitness tracker and know this is going to be a huge hit for Fitbit. The app I love is now back in my life for the detailed activity and sleep tracker and the battery life is nearly as good as my Charge 2. I have gotten five days of battery life on the Fitbit Versa already – this is with a 45 minute workout on each of those five days included. At the end of the five days I was at 28% remaining, telling me I had another day or two of charge remaining. The texts all come through, the watch rings when I get a all on my iPhone, the screen is crystal clear, the watch itself is very slim compared to apple(no bump on the underside), there must be hundreds of clock faces to choose from, and it has all the apps I could think of needing in the watch store (the store is already noticeably growing). This is the fitness trackerwatch to get. Very impressed and kudos to Fitbit for a well thought out fitness focused watch that is a true competitor to the apple watch.Just a quick comment on the setup of the Versa. I saw a few comments here about how the setup took 30 minutes or so to complete with an update. My comment is so what? I just put my Versa on the charger, used the app to update it, walked away, came back and wha-la – it was done! It hasn’t stopped since!Enjoy!
Linda –
I am having a ball with my Versa! I originally bought (2) Fitbit Charges a couple of years ago for Xmas so my husband could stay on track with our fitness goals. Sadly he said he wouldn’t wear it so I returned it. Fast forward a year later I bought the Charge 2 for myself and said OK you just follow along and he did and we loved using it together. He lost 30 ls in 3 months!!!!! and I lost 25 lbs…..tracking our food vs our calorie output.As happens to a lot of people we fell back into our old ways and no excuse but we travel the world a lot and love to eat all the different cuisines etc.While we’re definitely active if you don’t keep an eye on the calories they add up over time. 2 weeks ago I said that’s enough – we have got to get back to our fitness levels and I downloaded Map my Fitness and My Fitness Pal…I tried but I wasn’t enjoying it. Hubby said go back to the Fitbit – you loved it, it’s user friendly and we had great success with it.Yippeee – now you have the Versa and my friend wears the Ionic and it’s swimmable!!! She is an Ironman person into extreme fitness, I used to be like her but still like being fit. The Versa is just great. Like so many of the other reviews that I read – it’s lightweight, it has lots of good tracking features, it syncs easily and in a day or two I will swim with it – but so far so good. I shower with it, do dishes – I literally never take my watches off so comfort and water-resistant are huge features for me. I have a smaller wrist and the strap that it came with is perfect. My husband is actually using the Fitbit that I bought him last year for his birthday because he sees how much fun I’m having with mine and he likes comparing my stats with his stats.As a aside – the second day that I had it there was a delay in the syncing of the information and I tried all the troubleshooting that I found on the Fit bit site and couldn’t get it to work. As I experienced before, they have great great customer service. I called and the rep was awesome. We got it working and I am dedicated to our fitness goals in earnest once again. As I said to my husband – we have tools for so many things in our lives – right?? Well why wouldn’t we use a really great tool to help us stay on track.Whether you are new to fitness or an avid extreme athlete like my buddy – there is a Fitbit for your needs.
MereseydotesMereseydotes –
TL/DR: After many years and many fitness trackers, this is the best one I’ve tried. It’s lightweight and comfortable and doesn’t feel weird on my small wrist. It’s also got great battery life, given its long list of features.****Update after almost 2 weeks (I think I will move the original review to comments)****First, I can’t believe how light and comfortable the Versa is. The back is flat, despite the sensors (no green light seeping out when I sleep, either). It doesn’t leave a single mark on my skin, even though my skin marks easily. Fitbit bands always seem a little cheap and plasticky, but they’re the only ones that NEVER make me itch. Also, it looks a lot bigger on my wrist in the picture than in real life.Setup was easy and took a bit more than 30 minutes. I was able to uninstall the apps I didn’t want (Starbucks tastes burnt – come at me!) and pick my clock face, no problem. You can also rearrange the apps on the watch and the apps on the top and bottom left on the first screen can be accessed with the top and bottom buttons on the right.It’s definitely hard to choose between all the clock faces available. I really like the HUD2 one you can see in the picture. It shows all my goals and my progress, plus a bunch of other stuff. I was worried the screen would be too small for it, but it looks really good.There are a lot of apps to choose from. I think. I’m a little old and don’t really understand “apps.” I do have one that counts so it helps me keep count when the grocery store has a buy 5 save $5 promotion or whatever. Yes, I’m old.It seems really accurate (definitely as, or more, accurate, than any other fitness tracker I’ve worn on my wrist/ hand/ arm), if you temper your expectations. A tracker you wear on your body is always going to count steps more accurately than one you wear on your wrist. The light based method of tracking heart rate isn’t the best. There’s sometimes a weird spike or trough, but I feel like it’s accurate overall, especially the resting HR. In fact, the resting HR on my Fitbits always tell me when I’m sick, because it spikes.I use about 25% battery per day, which is expected. I always charge it when I’m in the shower, even though it is waterproof, so it stays pretty well charged from day to day.Versa definitely syncs more reliably than any Fitbit I’ve had before. They’ve been doing a lot of work on the app and it shows. There’s a small bug where it doesn’t remember your custom stats for exercises, but I called support and they’re working on it, so it will hopefully be fixed in the next firmware update.I do get too wordy, so I’m going to stop now. Again, many more words in the comments.
WCQWCQ –
Update after 2 weeks of use:I’ve put the Versa through its paces over the past two weeks… 110 miles of walking (235,000 steps) and 400 flights of stairs, plus tested its waterproof claims. Here’s what I’ve found:- The distance/step tracking is pretty accurate without the GPS, nominally better than the Blaze, but with one exception. It appears to be sensitive to arm movement without walking. For example, I attended a concert and picked up a “mile of walking” just by standing and clapping my hands at the concert. I tested this a couple times. Just sitting and clapping or tapping my knees to music will add steps and distance to the counter. Couldn’t find any solution for this other than use the GPS function – connecting it to your phone’s GPS – as you exercise, which works well. But now that I know the issue, I can adjust my tracking accordingly. Since I walk with my phone anyway (for security) this is not an issue for me either way.- Stair/elevation changes track very similarly to the Blaze. My daily outdoor walk route includes some hills and the number of “flights” it tracks never varies by more than one on any given day.- It is definitely waterproof. In the shower, in the pool for more than an hour, walking in the rain. No problem. You can even read the screen underwater. Haven’t tried the ocean yet… that will be next month.- Without connecting to GPS and only syncing on demand, not constant, I get a good full 5 days of battery life. I find I have no need to have it continuously sync…. if I want to know my progress, it’s on the watch anyway with less effort than opening the phone app.- I have not tested out the music yet, though I’ve looked at it and the instructions appear pretty straight forward. Since I’m taking my phone with me anyway, I don’t need to have the music on the watch. I’m sure I’ll try it eventually.The bottom line for me at this point is that it is everything the Blaze was with a better interface, charging solution, and waterproof.I’ve had a Fitbit Blaze for 2 years…. it helped me lose 175 lbs over that time period. I replaced it with this Versa mostly because the Versa is waterproof. Other than being waterproof the only functional upgrades are (1) the ability to store music and play music directly thru Bluetooth, the watch’s ability to connect to WiFi (to do OS updates and download music) and (3) the updated operating system that allows third party apps to be installed and used. Otherwise than these it gives me the same functionality as the Blaze.It is a little smaller and thinner than the Blaze and because, unlike the Blaze you don’t pop it out of its frame, the control buttons seem easier to use. The screen display is much brighter too. The Blaze in direct sunlight is unreadable; this one is fine. Screen resolution appears to be much higher too.Setup was a breeze. Just follow the step by step directions on the app, which needs to be installed on your phone before setup. There are also some fine videos online that will walk you thru the setup too.I’ve taken it thru 2 days of activity so far (about 24 hours) and as I write this the battery is 83% charged. Sensors seem a little more sensitive than the Blaze.Some reviews complain about the apps or the watch faces. I think there are plenty of the latter to choose from and most are free. The one pictured here was free and I liked it because it displays all the tracking on one screen (and with a simple tap on the screen I can change the display color).All in all I’m happy with the Versa upgrade from the Blaze.
T.CrewsT.Crews –
I had an original Huawei smart watch that I loved every thing about except battery life. I could get a day out of it if I only used it for a watch and notifications. If I tried to make use of many apps on it then I could forget it lasting a whole day. It was nice to have Google assistant to control my smart home but unfortunately it quit taking a charge so I started looking for something new.I decided battery life was important for me as I couldn’t use many of the “smart” features anyway on the Huawei due to battery life impact. And I wanted to have better fitness integration also.I decided to go with the Fitbit Versa and I am glad I did. It is well documented how well the battery life and fitness tracking work so I will not say more than it does a better job than I expected and I love the sleep tracking!I want to talk about the smart watch side of the Versa. Of course I wish I could talk to it and use Google assistant but I will give it up for battery life. I wanted to be able to control music and podcasts playback from my watch and was worried how this was going to work. All I had to do was go into settings and enable notifications from the apps I want to control and then I can start a play list or podcast on my phone. From the watch I only have swipe down, open the notification, and the controls are there! I used to build my own watchfaces on the Huawei watch with the “watch maker” app. I found a similar app in the fitbit app store called “maker”. I haven’t tried it yet as I am happy with the fitbit watch face I am using for now, but I am happy to the option is there for when I get bored and want to change things up later. It was nice being able to control my smartthings lights with the Google assistant on the Huawei but I can use my phone if needed and I have Alexa and Google home all over my house for that so it is less important. There is an app called “switchr” that will let me press buttons on my Versa to control them but I have not figured it out yet. That’s my fault not the Versa as I have not used IFTTT much and I need to fix things on that end.Overall this is the perfect watch for me. It has all of the smarts that I care about. Of course Fitbit has the fitness part down as that’s what they are known for. And I get the best of both worlds with great battery life. The Versa is small, lightweight, comfortable, and the best looking square watch In my opinion. I can’t get over how thin the Versa is compared to other smart watches. It is thinner than some old dumb digital watches I have seen. Fitbit really got this one right!
Mimiche –
Just received my Versa yesterday and so far, so awesome!I have been a loyal Fitbit user, starting from the Charge, to the Charge 2, the Blaze, the Alta, and now my Versa. So, I’m going to give my honest thoughts because although this product is amazing, they have a ways to go.Pros:The Versa is definitely what I’d consider to be there Blaze 2. The way the UI and interface works and the upgrades remind me so much of the Blaze. It is very easy to use and navigate. This goes for the Fitbit app and the Versa itself. I’m very impressed with the improved clarity and color range of the screen. I’ve heard a lot of people complain about the size of the bezels…to be honest it doesn’t bother me at all. The asthetic of the Versa is clean, sleek, and understated. It’s very light!! I would say that it’s so light I forget I’m wearing it, but because I keep playing with it every so often, that would be a bit of a white lie. I’m sure in a week or so, once I get over there newness I’ll forget it’s even there. So that’s a plus.I have also heard people say that band changing system is difficult. As someone who had to do the same with the Blaze, I don’t see that as an issue. Matter of fact, the Blaze’s design made it a bit more difficult to switch bands than the Versa. That’s my experience though.I love the variety of clock faces! So many to choose from! And there are a bit more things to customize within the app, but that might be due to the app upgrade and not the Versa itself.Cons:There are only a few apps in the Fitbit app store. Be prepared for this. I’m sure with it’s growing popularity, more will be added soon though.The app itself is a little glitchy. I haven’t experienced any issues with the watch however. But I’ve noticed my app will spaz whenever I had something to the Versa. Again, this might be due to the Fitbit app itself.I cannot comment on battery life but I will update in a week or so.My Blaze would last about 6-7 days even though it was advertised as 5. So, even keeping in mind they’ve advertised 4 days I will still compare the battery life to its predecessor. I will say I’ve used it for 24 hours and noticed only 15% decrease in batter life. Keeping to that trend, it should last almost a week but we shall see.I’ll update with more as I continue using it.All around, great move and product from Fitbit. I’m impressed and pleasantly satisfied!
Connor Recker –
Last month, I started to get serious about working out and tracking my workouts and daily activity. It worked for a while, but it was very hard to do by hand. I started doing research on different types of electric trackers, mainly fitness watches. I reached out to a good friend of mine, who has been training very intensely for the last couple of years, to see how he liked his Fitbit Versa. He said how it helped him throughout his training as much as anything else. I was skeptical that if someone much more serious and intense about working out used it, maybe it wasn’t for me. I ended up going with the Versa and realized something very quickly. This is a fitness tracker for anyone, no matter their exercise experience level. It worked perfectly for me, a relative beginner, and my friend, a very experienced athlete.Upon getting the device, you are required to download the Fitbit App, which makes the connection between the watch and your smartphone seamless. The watch, which continuously monitors step count, calories burned for the day, and heart rate will send that information to the phone through the phones Bluetooth. Upon starting a workout, you can set the Fitbit into “Workout Mode” which has built in tracking of swimming, running, walking, weight lifting, and elliptical. You can also download other work out types to track really any type of work out being done.If the Fitbit was just a fitness tracker, it would still be a great piece of equipment. It’s simple but effective use is as good as I’ve seen. However, the device is a lot more than just the fitness tracker though; the Fitbit is also a smart watch. Similar to competing products like the Apple Watch, or OS by Google, the Fitbit Versa gives you notifications such as text messages, phone calls, emails or even Facebook notifications. The versa isn’t as capable as other smart watches, namely the Apple Watches ability to use SIRI or have built in GPS, but the price point, about $150 less, makes the versa a much more affordable option. Recent updates have already closed the gap between the other smart watches. Now you can control music playing apps, such as Spotify through the watch. Uber, the ride sharing service, has also released a Fitbit app.Overall, the Fitbit Versa is a great fitness tracker for any level of training with constant monitoring, programmable workout tracking, and an easy app to navigate. It’s also a more affordable smart watch with almost all the notifications and abilities of a much more expensive option. I’m very excited to keep using my Fitbit Versa and see what new updates and applications they can come out with!
Placeholder –
I love my Fitbit and it has many features to it.
Bill B –
I’d had a WearOS Smartwatch for several years (ASUS Zenwatch 2) which did all the smartwatch things, but wasn’t terrific for activity tracking. I got my wife a Fitbit alta HR for Christmas. She wore it one day and decided she didn’t like it. After it sat there a couple of weeks unused, I asked if I could try it. So for a week or two I wore my smartwatch on one wrist and the alta on the other (what a geek). The alta could provide some notifications, but the smaller display prevented it from replacing my smartwatch. Then I saw the Versa and decided to give it a try. It’s far superior to my Zenwatch2 as far as activity tracking, provides all the notifications from my Android phone, really fits all my needs. I rarely tried to send messages from my watch or anything like that, so the Versa does everything I need. The only thing I miss is not having a Duo Mobile app on it. My employer uses Duo for two factor authentication. The WearOS watches can approve these by tapping on the notification on the watch. The Versa can’t do that, meaning I have to dig my phone out of my pocket and approve the request there. That’s about the only time I miss my old watch.I’m consistently getting 4+ days on a charge, and suspect I could stretch it to 5 some times, but haven’t tried it. The step counter seems to be more accurate than my smartwatch was, and my smartwatch didn’t provide any of the other activity data. The reminders to “Move Around” 10 minutes before every hour are what my wife didn’t like on the alta. I guess I’ve been married long enough I can just ignore those nags ;-). I know I can control them, but the concept is good. It’s just that having a job sitting in front of a computer 9 hours a day isn’t conducive to lots of movement. If I’m up already, I have wandered around more to get the recommended steps in, so it has modified my behavior a little.