How Tech Can Improve Your Health This Holiday Season

Around the holiday season, it can be easy to let your health take a back seat. There’s the stress of entertaining, cooking, shopping and this year, the thought of traveling brings even more stress than usual. But this doesn’t have to be the case. Your health should always come first — it’s the best piece of advice out there. It’s easier said than done however, and keeping track of how your health and fitness are doing can be a challenge. Thankfully, Fitbit makes an array of fitness trackers and watches that can help you accomplish your health and fitness goals, no matter how tempted you are to skip your workout again in favor of your fifth cider donut and a full glass of mom’s eggnog.

Fitbit Sense

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Best for Those Who Want Comprehensive Data

Ever wonder about your skin temperature, and how it impacts your health? What about your stress levels or SpO2? With Fitbit’s Sense health watch, you can get all this info and more — it even includes tools for stress management. Plus, it includes sleep tracking, which is hugely important in managing stress and keeping your body rested and healthy. The Sense is so jam packed with tracking data and statistics that it almost makes more sense to tell you what it doesn’t track rather than what it does.

Battery Life: 6+ days

Fitbit Charge 4

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Best for Runners

If your way of staying healthy involves putting in miles on the track or on the street, the Fitbit Charge 4 is the way to go. It features built-in GPS, 24/7 heart rate tracking, sleep tracking, Spotify control and it connects to the Fitbit app to unlock a whole host of additional functionalities. But beyond just functionalities for runners, the Charge also offers a ton of usability for everyday use too, like secure tap to pay and personalized clock faces.

Battery Life: Up to 7 days

Fitbit Ace 2

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Best for Kids
Who said activity tracking is just for adults? This holiday season, it’s not just the adults that can keep track of their health and build good habits. The Ace 2 is Fitbit’s kid-friendly activity tracker, that makes it fun to move and can keep up with their energy levels. It offers a swimproof design, so it works great for all-day wear. Plus, it also offers a fully adjustable band, so as their wrist grows, the Ace 2 grows with them.

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Fitbit Versa 3

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This smartwatch is the latest iteration of Fitbit’s most popular model, the Versa. It’s feature-packed, with built-in GPS, enhanced PurePulse 2.0 heart rate technology, Active Zone Minutes, a speaker and microphone to power voice control capabilities, the addition of Google Assistant and the ability to take calls from your wrist — just to name a few. All that in a sleek package with a battery that will last 6+ days. And when you’re finally out of juice, the Versa 3 will quick charge in just 12 minutes.