Fitbit, which is now owned by Google, recently released its long awaited successor to its popular Sense and Versa 3 fitness watches, just as Google released its first Pixel smartwatch.
While there are some improvements, the new Sense 2 actually lacks a few useful features that were on the original Sense. It’s rare that a company takes away features when it releases a new model, but perhaps Google is doing this to bifurcate the market and position the Sense 2 squarely as a high-end fitness tracker while encouraging people who want smartwatch features to buy the Pixel Watch for $350 as opposed to the Sense 2 for $300.
After reviewing both the Sense 2 and the Pixel Watch, I’ve decided to personally stick with the original Sense because of the features they removed from the Sense 2 and because the Pixel Watch, while attractive and powerful, has a battery rated at only 24 hours compared with the Sense and Sense 2, which are rated for up to 6 days between charges. The reason 24 hours isn’t enough is because I wear the watch while sleeping to take advantage of data it records overnight.
A major selling point on the Sense 2 is the addition of a cEDA sensor that is supposed to continuously measure your stress levels throughout the day. In theory, this could be a big deal, but I don’t find it very useful to occasionally get a notification that I might be having a stress response. It’s supposed to remind me to do something to calm down, but it usually comes several minutes after the stressful moment, so it may be too late to respond.
Both Sense watches (and the Pixel Watch have microphones that let you use your voice to ask questions. The original Sense had both Alexa and Google Assistance, but Sense 2 only has Alexa. It’s odd considering the original Sense came out before Google acquired Fitbit, and Google would strip away its own assistant and leave the one from Amazon. Again, that might be to distinguish it from the Pixel Watch, which comes with Google Assistant, but it still seems odd to me.
The biggest drawback to the Sense 2 is that Google took away its ability to run third-party apps. There was never a large number of available apps, but there were some useful ones, including a Starbucks app and a flashlight. You might think that a flashlight on a watch is trivial, but I used it often at night when I needed to look for something on my nightstand without waking up my wife. Its light isn’t as jarring as my phone’s and it’s always handy on my wrist.
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