![]() The Alta HR is proof that you can have a device that works as hard as you do without being ostentatious and without much sacrifice. Fitbit is banking on that combination encouraging users to wear a device all day and all night long. The Alta HR is quite similar to Fitbit's currently available Charge 2, but the Alta HR places more emphasis on the combination of a slim design and an accurate heart-rate monitor. A near mirror-image of the original Alta, the Alta HR is an updated model with slight design differences, improved sleep-tracking features, and a tiny optical heart-rate monitor inside of it. Fitbit's latest attempt to strike that balance is the $150 Alta HR. And if we aren’t getting mind-blowing technology advances in wearables right now, then that’s probably the next best thing.Making an accurate wristband heart rate monitor, let alone one that's also comfortable and stylish, is challenging. I did miss real exercise-tracking features while I was wearing it, and am still a lot more inclined to buy a wearable that has GPS and other advanced sport tracking.īut the new Fitbit Alta HR told me just a tiny bit more about my activity than what I knew before, and was just so easy to wear. Over a week, I became a little addicted to Fitbit again, wanting to get my steps up, trying to pay attention to the move reminders, actually checking the app every now and then to see how I slept or what my resting heart rate was that morning. This is more impressive when you consider the added heart rate sensors. Its battery life lasted me nearly a week, from a Wednesday night to the following Wednesday, on a single charge. ![]() #Fitbit alta activity and sleep tracker software#It’s still the same bracelet-like Fitbit from last year, but with one hardware addition and one new software feature that improve the overall experience. This latter feature isn’t limited to just the Alta HR it will work with any newer Fitbit that has heart rate sensors.Īll of this may seem like I’m feeling fairly non-committal toward the new Fitbit, when in truth I like what Fitbit has done holistically with this product. What’s new about the Alta HR is that it has optical heart rate sensors built into the underside, so it records your heart rate throughout the day, and Fitbit will now show you more advanced sleep data in its app. It shows you notifications and incoming calls from your smartphone. It tracks your steps, your distance traveled (without GPS), your calories burned, and your sleep. So what can this Fitbit do? It does what a Fitbit does. The Fitbit Alta HR will automatically recognize if you go for a run, but it’s not something you can control, and it doesn’t display a timer during your activities. But you can stop and start exercises with the Charge 2, and you can’t do that at all with Fitbit Alta HR. They’re the same price and both have heart rate sensors. ![]() Some people have asked me whether the Fitbit Alta HR is now a replacement for the Charge 2. Last year’s Fitbit Alta had a snap-in clasp (one I didn’t like very much), but this year’s has a more traditional railroad-style strap. There is one noteworthy design change: the strap. It’s not touch sensitive, but requires a tap on either the face or side of the module if you want to cycle through your data. It’s modular, so the bands on either side of the plastic module in the middle can be easily swapped out. The Alta HR looks almost exactly like last year’s Alta, which means it’s more of a bracelet than an activity tracker. The first is price: the Fitbit Alta HR is selling for $149.95, which is $20 more than last year’s Fitbit Alta (you can still buy that one) and is the same price as Fitbit’s Charge 2, a thicker tracker with more specific sport-tracking features. There are some basics to cover before we get into the new features. ![]()
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