

On the design front, the Charge 5 measures 1.44 by 0.89 by 0.44 inches (LWD), making it the widest of Fitbit's current fitness trackers. Left to right: Fitbit Charge 4, Charge 5, Luxe The tracker comes with a six-month Fitbit Premium membership (for both new and returning users), which gives you access to more than 200 guided workouts, meditations with Deepak Chopra, and other wellness tools. For this review, the company sent me the white/gold model along with a lilac sport accessory band. It's available in three color options, including black/graphite, steel blue/platinum, or white/gold. It's the only tracker out of the three with a built-in GPS, which lets you see your real-time pace and distance on your wrist when tracking an outdoor workout without your phone. Priced at $179.99, the Charge 5 costs $30 more than its predecessor, but justifies the increase with a number of design improvements and new health monitoring features. The Charge 5 sits atop Fitbit's current fitness tracker lineup, offering a more advanced alternative to the fashion-forward Luxe ($149.95) and the budget-friendly Inspire 2 ($99.95). The Charge 5 is easily Fitbit's best fitness tracker yet, and our new Editors' Choice winner. It offers a lot more functionality than the Luxe, with a similarly attractive design for only $30 more. Fitbit has removed Spotify support from this generation, but added several useful health monitoring features that were previously only available on its $299.95 Sense smartwatch, including an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor that measures small electrical changes in your skin's sweat level to track your body's response to stress, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) app that checks for signs of atrial fibrillation (AFIb), an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other serious complications.

Now in its fifth-generation, Fitbit's most popular device finally has an AMOLED color touch screen and a metal case, making the $179.95 Charge 5 a wearable you actually want to wear. Last year's Fitbit Charge 4 was an excellent fitness tracker held back by a dated grayscale display and a cheap plastic build.
