Fitbit Ionic

The Fitbit ionic is a smartwatch with a 1.5-inch touchscreen color LCD display, compatible with iOS and Android and includes step counting, sleep tracking, and calories burned.

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How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

The Overall Score for this model is derived from our expert lab test results.

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What goes into the Overall Score?

Ease of use

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Health

/ 5

Step-count performance

/ 5

Heart-rate performance

/ 5

Scratch test

/ 5

Water resistance test

/ 5

Ease of interaction

/ 5

Readability in bright light

/ 5

Readability in low light

/ 5

Ease of pairing

/ 5

Heart-rate monitor accuracy

/ 5

Step count accuracy

/ 5

Color

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Overall this model was very easy to use, somewhat accurate for counting steps, and very good at measuring heart-rate accuracy. With recent version smartphones, our experts found it very easy to pair, very easy to interact with, and very easy to connect to charger. In our water immersion test it passed the manufacturer's claim of 164 feet for 10 minutes.

About

The Fitbit ionic is a smartwatch compatible with iOS and Android and includes real-time heart-rate monitor, steps, sleep, and calories. It has a touchscreen display with 348 x 250 screen resolution. Lacks always-on display capability. It has an on-screen battery indicator and a magnetic charging connector. It has phone notifications and vibration alerts. It includes inactivity alerts that remind you to move if you are sitting for a long time, can control playback of music stored on your smartphone, and can control playback of music stored on your watch. It can accept phone calls on the watch, and dismiss phone calls from the watch. Has WiFi, Standalone GPS and NFC. The manufacturer offers changeable straps. It has weather at-wrist feature. The ionic comes with limited pre-loaded apps: Pandora, Strava, and Starbucks. Has Fitbit Pay also. It has multi-sport tracking features: running, biking, swimming, weights, interval workout, workout, tennis, bootcamp, stairclimber, elliptical, walking, yoga, spinning, golf, hiking. Martial arts, circuit training, and treadmill. Its dimensions are 1.9 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches (LxWxD) and it weighs 1.6 ounces.

Features & Specs

Features

Cellular

Standalone GPS

Yes

Standalone music

Yes

NFC

Yes

WiFi

Yes

SpO2 sensor

ECG

VO2 Max

Blood pressure (claimed)

Menstrual cycle tracking

Menstrual cycle tracking with temperature

Guided breathing

Stress tracking

SWOLF

Heart rate variations (HRV)

Sleep tracking

Alerts

Navigation

Breadcrumb navigation

Ambient sound level notification

Crash detection (claim)

SOS emergency calling (claim)

Fall detection (claim)

Siren

Low battery indicator

Always-on display capability

Touch screen

Yes

Display type

color LCD

Heart-rate monitor

Active

Battery life (claimed)

4 days

Phone compatibility

iOS and Android

Depth and duration (ft., min.)

164 feet for 10 minutes

Menstrual Cycle Tracking with Temperature

Specs

Crystal type

Gorilla Glass

Case material

Aluminum

Diameter (in.)

2.2

Display size (in.)

1.5

Weight (oz.)

1.6

Thickness (in.)

0.5

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Fitbit Ionic

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