Personally, I’m still partial to the Fitbit Sense because I like the larger screen-and that watch lets me respond to notifications, but I can’t deny the Luxe is more elegant-looking and easier to wear during day or sleep.Fitbit Premium is also where you’ll find the bulk of the stress-management tools. Plus, there are certain segments of people out there who likely aren't comfortable using Huawei or Xiaomi, so once you eliminate the Chinese options, then the Fitbit Luxe is priced fairly. However, the Luxe includes a six month free trial of Fitbit Premium, a paid service that offers additional software features like customized workout plans and breathing statistics. If you do want to get a nicer strap, the Luxe will easily run $200 or more.

The Luxe seems to solve that problem-provided they buy a nice strap, because the included silicone one looks very bland in my opinion.Īt $150 for the base model with the silicone strap, the Luxe is already significantly more expensive than recently released trackers from Xiaomi or Huawei, which can do most of the same things. While I personally had no issues with the looks of Fitbit smartwatches or previous bands, I do know other people, particularly women, who find them to be not too stylish. Overall, the Fitbit Luxe is another polished and capable tracker from the brand that helped pioneer this product category. Charging is done via a proprietary magnetic charger. The Fitbit Luxe can also last five days on a single charge, which is impressive given its petite size. The various watch faces at Fitbit’s software app (left) and workout tracking. Thanks to having adapted Google's 'Fast Pair' feature, the Luxe now pairs with Android devices in under 10 seconds.

The Fitbit Luxe even fixes one of my biggest gripes with previous Fitbit software-that the pairing process was unreliable and often took over 10 minutes.

It has the best-in-class sleep tracking-accurately detecting when I've fallen asleep and when I've woken up-and accurate heartrate tracking that report similar numbers as the Apple Watch's. Fitbit's software is clean looking, intuitive and unintrusive. This makes the text look cramped, and navigating the UI is slightly trickier because it’s all done via swipes and taps.ĭespite Google's recent announcements that future Fitbit and Samsung wearables will run the search giant's WearOS platform, the Fitbit Luxe here, announced before that Google event, is still running on Fitbit's own software. The Fitbit Luxe next to the Apple Watch Series 6 Ben Sinīut that dainty size has drawbacks-the OLED display, while vibrant and sharp, is tiny at just 0.76-inches.

Fitbit luxe review