Leaked images suggest the new watch will combine the sports tracking chops of the Charge 4 with the style of the Fitbit Luxe.
It looks as though the Fitbit Charge 5 will soon be arriving on our wrists, and from what we’ve seen so far, it might be the best fitness tracker around. The Fitbit Charge 4 made a splash when it arrived in March 2020. Although it looked almost identical to the Charge 3, it had one huge upgrade hidden inside its plastic case: on-board GPS. This was a great boon for runners, who might normally have steered clear of Fitbit devices due to their reliance on ‘connected GPS’. This means using your phone’s GPS to determine your location, which this isn’t particularly accurate and means you have to run while carrying your handset. While the Charge 4 wasn’t the first Fitbit with its own GPS chip – the Fitbit Ionic had one as well, as did its predecessor, the Fitbit Surge – the Charge 4 was much smaller, with a narrow rectangular screen that made it unobtrusive to wear when working out, or just around the house.
