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Google Announces Fitbit Edge With AMOLED Screen, GPS, Replaceable Battery, $179.99 Price
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Fitbit Edge priced at $179.99 with AMOLED display and GPS. Edge has a replaceable battery and targets middle ground between Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch 5.
Fitbit Edge unveiled
Google announced the Fitbit Edge, a second tracker for 2026 that follows the Fitbit Air launched in May and adds a screen called the Fitbit Edge. Google says the Fitbit Edge features a wide, pill-shaped AMOLED screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3, and it offers 46% more display than the Charge 6 from 2023. Google also built the Fitbit Edge with a nano-molding technology design that enables 40% more precise GPS versus Charge 6, and the device includes a dedicated altimeter for elevation tracking.
Google rated the Fitbit Edge at IP68 / 5ATM dust and water protection, and Google says a 5-minute charge gives you a day of battery while a full top-up takes 90 minutes. Google priced the Fitbit Edge at $179.99, opened pre-orders on October 12, and set availability on October 27.
Sensors, software, and battery
Google equipped the Fitbit Edge with an accelerometer, altimeter, ambient light sensor, far-field skin temperature sensor, gyroscope, heart rate sensor, and multipurpose electrical sensors (ECG), plus red and infrared sensors (SpO2). Google says the Fitbit Edge uses the same magnetic USB-C charger as the Fitbit Air, and Google rates battery life at a week with the always-on display disabled. Google says that when always-on display is enabled, the Fitbit Edge comes in at around 2 days, and Google says the tracker can connect to equipment with heart rate broadcasting.
Google says the Fitbit Edge runs a Fitbit operating system similar to the Air, and Google says swiping left or right from the watch face lets you access tiles including Sleep, Heart, Cycle health, Weather, Timers, Alarms, and Music controls. Google also says the Fitbit Edge can track over 50 types of activity with real-time guidance, and Google says it uses AI-powered contextual reasoning that can learn your habits over time to add support for over 100 activities.
Coach, subscriptions, and rivals
Google positions the Fitbit Edge as a middle ground between the Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5, and Google says the Edge is only about half as expensive as the Pixel Watch 5. Google says the Fitbit Edge can run for about seven days on a charge, and Google says always-on display mode drops battery life to about two days, barely longer than the Pixel Watch 5. Google says the Fitbit Edge includes Google Health Coach, a Gemini-based personal trainer that tailors recommendations to the user’s data and is part of Google Health Premium.
“The downside: it doesn’t have NFC for payments.”
Google says buyers receive three months of Google Health Premium at no cost, and Google says the subscription is sold separately for ongoing use. Google also says the Fitbit Edge lacks NFC for payments, and Google says it has no Google Wallet given the lack of NFC.