The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI "coach"
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The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google’s AI Health Coach feels unnecessary.
The Fitbit Air is much more comfortable than a smartwatch. Credit: Ryan Whitwam
Smartwatches can track your health stats, but they also do a lot of other things you might not always want or need. The $100 Fitbit Air tracker ditches the screens that have become common on people’s wrists, leaving behind a tiny puck of health sensors you can often forget you’re wearing. You will not, however, forget that Google’s new health platform is built around AI.
The Air has no speaker, and there’s only one LED on the side to indicate battery level. You can double-tap the tracker to check the level, and that’s about the end of on-device features. The vibration motor is only for alarms—it can’t sync with notifications on your phone. That makes sense, given there...
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