I thought I’d love the $180 Fitbit Edge. 7 days later

Not the wearable I was hoping for. I thought I’d love the $180 Fitbit Edge. 7 days later, I’m just disappointed. Google Fitbit Edge review: Stuck in the middle.

Wearables and health Joe Maring / I thought I’d love the $180 Fitbit Edge. Google’s latest tracker gets a lot right, offering an extremely comfortable design, a quality display, and long battery life. But it’s missing one too many features and not priced competitively enough to be as easy a recommendation as I had hoped.

MSRP: $179.99 Check price What we like So lightweight and comfortable Very good, easy-to-read display 7+ days of battery life Loads of health tracking capabilities What we don’t like No NFC for Google Wallet Bare-bones OS Limited exercise features Disappointing GPS accuracy Google Fitbit Edge What would happen if you combined the Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air. Add on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Over the last few months, my priorities in wearables have changed.

Want a beautiful tracker with a screen but don’t want AI on your wrist. The Fitbit Edge is perfect for you.

Reviews Wearables Fitbit Edge review: Google strikes the right balance Want a beautiful tracker with a screen but don’t want AI on your wrist. Try as it might to create an activity tracker that looks attractive, Fitbit has never quite delivered.

When the Fitbit Alta was launched in 2016, the company had been working with Tory Burch on accessories to make the device "super-chic." But with its rigid cuff-like band and generic appearance, the Alta didn’t come off fashionable or pretty. It was just another fitness tracker in a smaller frame.

Fitbit later unveiled the Alta HR, which retained a similar appearance, and the more recent Luxe, with a shinier stainless steel case and softer, nicer-looking bands. And yet, despite the company’s proud proclamation that the Luxe was one of its "most fashionable and comfortable devices yet," I found its small size more impressive than its style.

We live in a world of oblongs, and the Fitbit Edge is admittedly just a curvier and wider oblong than the Luxe and the Alta. Yet it packs quite a punch compared to those before it, thanks to a bright, navigable touchscreen, a more attractive array of straps and an updated feature set that makes the Edge feel as modern as it looks.