The Fitbit Charge 4 is well worth the $150 price tag, it is a premium fitness tracker that packs many features into a beautiful package. The embedded GPS introduces wonderful opportunities for standalone use, though it needs some polishing.

Onwards and upwards, as the motto goes for any tech product, the Fitbit Charge 4 is the latest evolution of a Fitbit classic. The original launched back in 2014, and has evolved quite a bit over the last 6 years.

GPS; NFC Payment; Compact Design

Greyscale OLED Screen

An evolution for the series, this fourth-gen device adds GPS for more advanced exercise tracking. So if you're looking for a fitness band that's a fully accomplished device, the Fitbit Charge 4 is hard to beat.

Comfortable and unobtrusive to wear; Great sleep data; Added GPS makes it more complete for exercise tracking; Fitbit app is easy to interpret

GPS use will drain the battery more quickly; Doesn't stand-up against proper sports watches; Display hasn't evolved

Thanks to the addition of GPS connectivity and a SpO2 sensor, the Fitbit Charge 4 is an excellent fitness tracker that will meet any entry-level or semi-serious athletes needs.

Easy to use; Great battery life; Solid tracking; Free 40 day subscription to Fitbit Premium

No local music playback; Music controls only works with Spotify Premium

With the Charge 4, Fitbit improves its best tracker with built-in GPS, Active Zone Minutes and Spotify controls

My first wearable products were bands, the Microsoft Band and Jawbone UP trackers, but over the past few years I've moved on to using watches. Bands are generally designed for daily activity tracking while watches tend to be more powerful.

Lightweight and comfortable for 24 hour wear; Integrated GPS; Detailed sleep and heart rate data; Fitbit ecosystem well supported; Fitbit Pay support

Limited battery life when using GPS; Display tough to see in some conditions

I can’t help but wish the Charge 4 was $125 instead of $150—especially since the Versa Lite is just $160—but if you’re patient, you’ll be able to get at or near that price soon enough. If you can get it on sale, that’s just a bonus.

Top-notch fitness; health; and sleep tracking; Excellent battery life; even with GPS switched on; Standard GPS and NFC add value

Plastic body is a downgrade from the metal Charge 3; No third party apps or music storage

The Fitbit Charge 4 isn't flashy or classy, but it does what it's supposed to and looks good doing it.

Top-notch fitness; health; and sleep tracking; Excellent battery life; even with GPS switched on; Standard GPS and NFC add value

Plastic body is a downgrade from the metal Charge 3; No third party apps or music storage

The Fitbit Charge 4 looks almost identical to its predecessor, including the grayscale touchscreen, but the addition of built-in GPS makes a huge difference, and helps make it a viable alternative to fully-fledged running watches if you enjoy working out for fun and health, but don't need a torrent of data on splits, cadence and elevation.

No price increase from Charge 3; Built-in GPS; Heart rate zone tracking;

Monochrome display; No design update

The Fitbit Charge 4 boasts some great features, especially personalised Active Zone Minutes - a motivational fitness metric to aim for. It’s our new favourite all-round Fitbit tracker, bests the Versa 2 smartwatch with its built-in GPS, and even matches the Versa 3 in many ways.

Fully featured; GPS; Lightweight; Waterproof;

Monochrome display;