// THE VERGE — HARDWARE & GADGET
The Fitbit Edge is for folks who don’t want to go totally screenless
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A middle-of-the-road option that combines the Air’s simplicity with some of the Pixel Watch’s smarts.
A middle-of-the-road option that combines the Air’s simplicity with some of the Pixel Watch’s smarts.
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The Fitbit Edge may not be Google’s best-kept fitness-tracking secret, but as of today, its existence is official.
The tracker sits smack-dab between the recently launched Fitbit Air and the more powerful Google Pixel Watch 5 in the company’s current wearable lineup. Basically, if you have smartwatch fatigue but don’t want to give up notifications, this is Google’s answer to the aging Fitbit Charge 6.
Much of the Edge’s specs were previously leaked, but the tracker has a 46 percent larger OLED display compared to the Charge 6, a physical side button, and is a smidge thicker at 11.5mm. It also sports a replaceable battery that gets about a week on a single charge, though that estimate drops to two days if you enable the always-on display. The tracker uses the same proprietary charger as the Air, and can also get about a day’s worth of battery in five minutes. (A full charge takes 90 minutes.) For health tracking, the Edge has an EKG sensor for atrial fibrillation detection, a skin temperature sensor, SpO2 and optical heart rate sensors, plus your typical motion tracking sensors. As for dust and water resistance, the Edge is rated IP68 and is safe for swimming up to 5ATM.