Google Fitbit Air Special Edition Stephen Curry - Screenless Activity Tracker with Fitness, Heart Rate, and Sleep Tracking - Personalized AI-Powered Coaching - Works with iOS and Android - Rye

The Google Fitbit Air is a step above the competition. It’s so light that I almost always forget I have it on. Not only that, but the Google Health App user interface is clean and easy to understand. It’s unbelievably comfortable and fits like a glove. This is a no brainer if you want to track some of your metrics without having to pay for a subscription. The Fitbit Air competitor (Whoop) is so much more expensive and this is just a great value! If you’re thinking about getting it, just do it. It does take time for it to calibrate your normal vitals and sleep so keep that in mind!

I’ve been using the Fitbit Air for a little while now, and honestly, I’m very impressed with what you get for the price. For only around $99, this device packs in a ton of features that rival fitness trackers and health platforms that cost significantly more — especially competitors like WHOOP that also require expensive monthly memberships. So far, the Fitbit Air has been extremely easy to use and surprisingly smart. One of the biggest things I appreciate is how simple it is to integrate health information from other apps. Everything syncs together smoothly, which makes tracking your overall health and wellness feel much more organized instead of scattered across multiple platforms. The workout tracking has been excellent. It tracks heart rate accurately during workouts, monitors activity throughout the day, and the sleep tracking has honestly been one of my favorite features. It gives very detailed sleep insights and actually helps you understand how your recovery affects your energy and performance. What really surprised me though was the AI coaching feature. It feels much more personalized than I expected. You can explain your goals — whether they’re weekly goals, monthly goals, weight loss goals, improving endurance, sleeping better, or just becoming healthier overall — and it actually gives practical daily recommendations based on your habits and data. For example, it adjusts suggestions depending on: How well you slept Your workout intensity Recovery levels Hydration Nutrition tracking (if you choose to log food) Heart rate trends Overall activity levels That level of personalization at this price point is honestly impressive. Another huge advantage is that you do NOT need to pay for the premium membership to get useful information. A lot of companies lock basic health insights behind subscriptions, but Fitbit still gives you more than enough information without forcing you into another monthly payment. That alone makes this device feel like a better long-term value. The app itself is clean, easy to understand, and beginner-friendly while still giving enough depth for people who take fitness seriously. Whether you’re just starting your fitness journey or already active, it feels like it adapts well to your lifestyle. Battery life has also been solid so far, and the device is comfortable enough to wear all day and overnight without it becoming annoying or bulky. Overall, I’m genuinely pleased with this purchase. It feels like Fitbit found a really good balance between affordability, smart features, health tracking, and usability. For anyone considering a health tracker but not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars plus monthly subscription fees, I definitely think the Fitbit Air is worth looking into. Very happy with it so far, and I’m excited to continue using it daily.

have been a Fitbit user since 2009, back when the company was still known as SportsBrain. Setting aside any thoughts about the transition to Google Health, I was genuinely excited when Fitbit Ace LTE (or Fitbit Air) launched because it seemed like an ideal product for my elderly parent. Unfortunately, my experience was very disappointing. From the first night, the device failed to record sleep accurately. The second night, I personally checked multiple times to ensure the band was fitted correctly while my parent slept for more than eight hours. Despite this, the device reported only 15 minutes of sleep. In addition, key health metrics such as heart rate and oxygen saturation never registered. It's possible that I received a defective unit, but I simply do not have the time to troubleshoot extensively. As someone who has used Fitbit products successfully for many years, I am familiar with their setup and operation. Based on my experience, this device did not perform as expected and was unable to provide reliable data for my parent. If the unit was defective, I may have been unlucky. However, based on my experience, I cannot recommend it for anyone relying on accurate health or sleep tracking for an elderly family member.

Works great, very lightweight and comfortable, detailed data at a very fair price. Seems to be accurate and the battery has only drained 20% in 2 days (10 days total).

I have been waiting for this for years. I don't want a screen on my wrist. I have used some other "low screen" options in the past - FitBit and Garmin, so I do have familiarity and know what I want and what I don't: I just want something to track my steps and my sleep. I don't need to look down at it every hour. I don't need to answer calls with it. I also don't want to pay $200+ or have a subscription. So imagine my delight when - after following *another* influencer talking about how I should be getting my 10,000 steps as a woman over 40, and then coming on Amazon to see if anything new had come out - I see this. When I bought it, no reviews. But had confidence in FitBit and Google. The day I got it - three reviews. One complaining about the lack of screen - obviously, that's the point 🙄. One complaining it didn't connect to their Google Pixel. Uh oh, I have a Pixel 10. But I have had zero issues so far with this device. It connected perfectly, the updated FitBit/Google Health app is nice. I find the steps and heart rate to be as accurate as any of these things are. It tracks my sleep - which I already knew was crap, but now has been confirmed. I have zero complaints, but I do hope they come out with a bracelet option that looks more like a nicer bracelet and not so obviously a fitness tracker band. But functionally, this is exactly what I've been wanting. As you can see, it's already dirty from a bunch of yardwork today, but the tracker is easy to pop in and out of the bracelet to clean. Also, I have very small wrists, so for reference, it closes with about 3/4 inch of hook and loop left over.

I get it, the screenless movement is in full swing, and I'm here for it. But, I would love a small simple something to tell me what my heart rate right on the fitbit air. I'd be happy with something like the display on the fitbit flex. Thinking it could go on the side where the charge indicator is. Would be awesome.

The product arrived and was simple, basic to set up. OK, I was initially flummoxed by the way the strap cover the sensor. The result is underwhelming. Heart rate reader, my primary interest, serves up min, max and average, but no continuum. I opted to get an AI coach via the Premium account. Integrating the/my AI coach was reasonably easy with a specific, measurable goal: a JMT hike in August. All seemed to progress well to include addressing a training distraction (minor hip issue - ITBS). But the imported data from Strava proved to be incomplete - mileage associated with events was not imported. All distances were zeros and that invalidated the advice the coach was supposed to feed back to me. Additional events such as ITBS exercises were tedious to integrate. Summary - way too much care and feeding on my part was required to ID and resolve in integration issues - heart rate and mileages from Strava, blood pressure from an Omron machine via a third party app. The Air is not ready for Prime Time. I fired the Coach after three days. (Today WSJ reported that AI solved an 80-year-old "unit distance problem" - but my AI Coach did not or could not identify 0-mile-hikes over multiple hours on the trail.) I do enjoy three aspects: 1) no screen for a clock, 2) no buzzing for incoming text/emails, and 3) the sleep analysis that I get in the morning - time to fall asleep, deep, REM, interruptions, restlessness, Heart rate variability, etc., most of which is displayed on a timeline. Woo-hoo! I will work with Air to prove that Tylenol PM will cut the time it takes me to fall asleep - I want every available minute of sleep to count on the JMT. While I would like to have the Air send real-time heart rate date to Strava and Peloton, I knew in advance that it was not an inherent function. I got the Air specifically to capture min/avg/max heart rate and sleep data on the JMT. Many Fitbit users indicate they want longer charging cables - I am an outlier - I'd want a shorter cable to take on the JMT.

Love this new device! It's exactly what I've been looking for in a health tracker. Health insights are great and I love the way it looks and feels. It's so light I can easily sleep with it on and workout with it. The app provides really great insights (not just metrics) and loving the health coach to guide my workouts routines too! Highly recommend.