The Fitbit Sense’s display is only slightly larger screen than the Versa 2 (left), but the rounded corners make it much nicer to look at. Rather than embracing the simplicity of the Versa and distilling the effortlessness of its sleep detection into a watch that adapts to the user, the Sense adds enough complexity to make the whole experience more frictional that it should be. Where Apple has slowly added features to its Watch in an effort to keep things simple, Fitbit’s quest to leapfrog Apple has given the Sense too many things to do. The Fitbit Sense has a bigger screen and lots of new sensors and capabilities.īut while Fitbit has done an admirable job in building a smartwatch that’s truly different-and in some ways better than Apple’s latest wearables-the Sense ultimately tries too hard to be an Apple Watch alternative.

It lets you choose between Alexa and Google Assistant (or at least it will soon). It records your nightly skin temperature to help predict if an illness is coming on. Fitbit’s latest smartwatch can track your stress level and help you calm down.

There are a lot of things the Fitbit Sense does that the Apple Watch can’t.

Fitbit sense features