

However, there’s no dedicated Phone application for you to be able to do so. The Versa 3 lets you make and receive phone calls since it has a built-in microphone and speaker. This means that you can plug in your watch before your morning routine and have it last throughout the entire day with no qualms.

The Versa 3 also comes with a brand new charger we could get to half-charge in about 35 minutes. Turning it on leads to our watching about 16-20% of battery life every hour. From our estimates, GPS is the highest battery drainer. However, if you turn on all these options and keep the watch at higher brightness levels, you can expect about 2.5 days of battery life. From our testing, you can expect 5.5 days of battery life if you don’t wake the watch often, keep GPS off, and don’t use the Always On Display. This is because it uses its own proprietary OS rather than leaning on WearOS. The Fitbit Versa 3 has stellar battery life compared to Apple or Samsung. So, the watch can’t independently let you see where you want to go or view the directions of the place you want to go to.

You can only get a sense of direction if you turn on Google Maps / a navigation application and then have those notifications relay live to your smartwatch. So, you can’t open an application and look up where you want to go. Navigation: 4/10įitbit does not have any navigation applications like Google Maps or Vuze. This is primarily because an average Joe is probably fine without finding out these metrics. And I canceled the subscription myself after initially testing it out for review. But that’s the business model Fitbit has chosen as the Versa 3 is quite inexpensive compared to the feature-set you end up attaining in the process.įor a casual user, though, the non-premium stats are more than enough for a casual user. I’m personally not a big fan of paying for extra services on a watch that’s already recording the data anyways. Now, it automatically tracks our workouts, and all are good and dandy in terms of stat tracking, providing you with a basic idea of how you are doing throughout the day.īut, if you want to gain a much more inquisitive, detailed description of your health, fitness, or workout goals, like heart rate variability or SpO2 throughout the day, you’ll need to shell out $9.99 a month and subscribe to Fitbit Premium. Just like the Apple Watch, you also gain guided breathing and meditation reminders alongside the Versa 3, letting you know that you’ve sat long enough in one place. Besides being able to set fitness goals for yourself throughout the day and track them, you also get blood oxygen monitoring as well. And the Versa 3 carries on that stride in spectacular fashion. Fitbit’s known for its amazing health and fitness tracking.
