“The Fitbit Versa 2 has excellent battery life, but important fitness insights are locked behind a subscription.”

Affordable; Multi-day battery life; Native sleep tracking; On-device music storage; Intuitive interface

Offers few insights (without paying extra); Can’t stream from Spotify; Looks like an Apple Watch knock-off; Alexa is largely useless

You won't desperately need to upgrade your existing smartwatch to the Fitbit Versa 2, but there are lots of smaller improvements here that suggest it will be a top smartwatch for a lower price than a lot of the competition.

Fitbit Pay as standard; Amazon Alexa should prove useful

Only Connected GPS; Still has a thick bezel

Fitbit's Versa 2 isn't a huge upgrade from the original - in many ways it's just a modest "sidegrade" - but it still brings nothing but improvements. A year ago I called the original Versa "the best fitness tracker and wearable you can buy right now.

Lightweight; comfortable design; AMOLED and always-on-display; Microphone for Alexa and text replies; Fitbit Pay included by default; Outstanding 5+ days of battery life

Charging cradle is unappealing; Fitbit apps are subpar; No built-in GPS; Always-on display eats battery life

Fitbit's first smartwatch may have been the Ionic , but the company is throwing all of its resources behind the Versa . While the Ionic targeted serious athletes, the original Versa was more accessible in design, features, and price.

Solid; water-resistant design; Faster performance; New AMOLED display with always-on mode; Convenient quick-access menu for toggle settings; Fitbit Pay; and more; NFC for Fitbit Pay is now a standard feature; New voice replies for Android users; Good battery life

Cannot download Spotify playlists; No completely hands-free way to summon Alexa; Still no use of the SpO2 sensor; Switching watch faces is a painfully slow and convoluted process; No integration with Apple Health or Google Fit

If you were to buy the Versa 2, you should familiarise yourself with its limits. This is a smartwatch that will help you monitor key aspects of your health, including your heart rate, steps, sleep, and activity.

Does what it does really well; improvement in battery life

No GPS; not really for those looking for a running focussed watch; not really the big improvements people were looking for in the upgrade

Fitbit on Wednesday announced a bunch of new health and wellness offering, including some new low-priced smart scales, a premium health app service and - most importantly - a brand new smartwatch: the Fitbit Versa 2.

You can buy the Fitbit Versa 2 in as many as 6 styles for the watch and bands, of which two belong to the Special Edition range.

Adds Alexa and Spotify; Got a week on a single charge in testing.

I'm not sure we really needed this watch so soon

We’re testing Fitbit’s latest smartwatch model

The Fitbit Versa 2 is an improvement over the original Versa, but Fitbit still has plenty of work to do....

OLED display is a nice upgrade Accurate fitness and health tracking Sleep tracking/Sleep Score are very useful Fitbit Pay now available on all models When it works; Alexa is convenient New Fitbit app is cleaner; easier to use

Fitbit OS still needs plenty of work No built-in GPS Quick release straps are a pain Amazon Alexa is slow and missing features