With GPS and new health features, the Fitbit Charge 4 is the best fitness tracker for most people. With the addition of GPS, the Fitbit Charge 4 represents a big improvement over the Charge 3. Now, you can track your running, biking and swimming as accurately as you can with a bona fide GPS watch.

Accurate, fast GPS, Big community of users, Good design

No onboard music storage

Close to being the complete fitness tracker for beginners but let down by a poor screen, hit and miss accuracy and a short GPS battery life

Easy to use; Good for motivation; Built-in GPS; Best app for beginners

Poor screen; No mid-workout Spotify controls; Hit and miss accuracy; Short GPS battery life; Quite pricey

Fitbit is one of the companies that have made fitness trackers famous and a name that is popularly associated with lifestyle accessories. This expertise can be seen in many aspects of the Fitbit Charge 4.

Long battery life (almost 7 days); Discreet and light; Precise heart rate sensor; GPS and Fitbit Pay on board

Full range of functions available only with a paid subscription; GPS not very accurate; Music control is available exclusively for Spotify; Fitbit Pay accessible only via credit card in Europe

The Charge 4 is a clever, compact motivational fitness tool with plenty to offer anyone looking for some basic tracking and support. If you won’t want a watch, it’s among the best fitness trackers you can buy. It offers a big range of insights and paints a digestible picture of your overall health and fitness. And the Active Zone Minutes concept is hugely addictive. It’s incredibly easy to use and syncs seamlessly with the well-presented app. However, it’s let down badly by a sub-standard screen, some accuracy issues and a few own goals – like Spotify controls that don’t work during a workout. And those undermine what otherwise is a pretty decent tracker.

Easy to use ; Good for motivation; Built-in GPS; Best app for beginners;

Poor screen; No mid-workout Spotify controls; Hit and miss accuracy; Short GPS battery life; Quite pricey;

Easy to use ; Good for motivation; Built-in GPS; Best app for beginners;

Poor screen; No mid-workout Spotify controls; Hit and miss accuracy; Short GPS battery life; Quite pricey;

The Fitbit Charge 4 gains GPS, Fitbit Pay and Spotify controls and it's a much better tracker for it

Easy to use; Active Zone Minutes works nicely; Waterproof to 50m;

Pricey; GPS not the most accurate;

The Fitbit Charge 4 fitness tracker builds on its predecessors with the addition of standalone GPS, Spotify support, more sleep tools, and Fitbit Pay.

Built-in GPS; Robust companion app; Spotify support; More sleep tools; Fitbit Pay available on all models (not just Special Edition); Motivating Active Zone Minutes metric; Stylish design

Lacks a color display; Screen wake can be finicky; Basic interface

“The Fitbit Charge 4 is an awesome fitness tracker at a great price.”

Excellent fitness tracking; Some smart features; Good battery life; GPS built in; Solid value

Limited music support; Slightly dated design; Display could be better

The Charge 4 will be even better when we can leave our homes again

Finally has built-in GPS; Active Zone Minutes better for personal fitness; On-wrist Spotify controls

Small display makes smart features hard to use; Recycled design; Battery life

The Fitbit Charge 4 gains GPS, Fitbit Pay and Spotify controls and it's a much better tracker for it

Easy to use; Active Zone Minutes works nicely; Waterproof to 50m;

Pricey; GPS not the most accurate;