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Fitbit Alta HR - 4.5 / 5
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Fitbit Alta HR review: Design
15mm wide, interchangeable straps 1.4-inch OLED display, 128 x 36 pixel resolution PurePulse heart-rate monitor
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Fitbit Alta HR review: Features
Tracks steps, distance, calories, active minutes, heart rate and sleep Smartphone notifications, Reminders to Move Automatic exercise recognition No GPS or Multi-Sport tracking
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Fitbit Alta HR review: Activity tracking performance
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Fitbit Alta HR review: Sleep tracking performance
Awake, REM, light and deep sleep stages tracked Sleep Insights are clever and useful Big improvements over Fitbit’s previous sleep tracking
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Fitbit Alta HR review: Notifications
- Calls, texts and calendar alerts Reminders to Move is useful
Fitbit Alta HR review: App
Clean, simple user interface App has five main tabs with Dashboard being key HR data added for Alta HR over original Alta
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To recap
The Fitbit Alta HR is pitched at the everyday user rather than the active one, so for some, it won’t quite do enough and given the Charge 2 is only £10 more expensive, it will be the better option for those after a little more. For others though, the Alta HR is the Fitbit you’ve been waiting for. It’s a fantastic activity tracker with plenty to offer.
