(This is similar to my experience with the Ionic, which also lasted more than a week on a single charge.) Your mileage will vary, of course - I would describe my usage as moderate. Indeed, as I write this review, the Versa 2 tells me it still has 25% of juice in the tank at the end of day seven. On a single charge, the Versa 2 lasted more than seven days for me. Fitbit promises five days of battery life, and I don’t doubt this estimate in the slightest. Just as I refuse to wear a smartwatch when I sleep, I refuse to use a smartwatch whose manufacturer measures battery life in hours. (Alexa’s Android app does show your query, so this is likely a design choice due to screen size.) Hopefully a later version of Alexa’s Fitbit app will display both the question and the answer, the request and the results, or at least the former before the latter shows up. This lack of context makes wrong answers it gives you even more nonsensical. The Fitbit app doesn’t display what Alexa thinks you said either.
When a timer starts, the actual countdown itself isn’t shown. My other gripe is that the Alexa app on the Fitbit isn’t very visual. Again, this is the tradeoff of not paying for cellular service. Then the answer travels all the way back. This is because the request is being sent from your smartwatch to your phone to Amazon’s servers.
It’s not agonizingly delayed, but it is noticeable. Overall, Alexa on the Versa 2 is a bit slow.
But paying for a smartphone data plan just to get Alexa on your wrist isn’t worth it. If the Versa 2 came with cellular service and its own data plan, I’m sure that would solve the problem. And reliability isn’t great - I received multiple “Connection Lost” error messages during my testing. But your phone must still be nearby and paired to your watch via Bluetooth. On the go, it’s also easier to ask your watch a quick question than to take out your phone and ask. I would imagine the same goes when you’re, say, cooking. It’s just faster to ask for a 30-second timer than to set one by swiping around the user interface. I’ve used many Fitbits while working out, and having Alexa available is convenient. Alexa works, but not reliablyĬertain tasks are far easier to do by voice. If you’re invested in Fitbit though, it’s a handy addition. I suspect if you’re already on the fence, Alexa on a smartwatch won’t make you pick a side. The other software feature that is meant to sway you is Alexa. The Spotify app is spiffy, but you have to start streaming on a different device first and be a paying Premium subscriber. If you don’t, there’s not much here to sway you. If you like Fitbit OS, you’ll like the Versa 2. In terms of software, the Versa 2 feels a little more polished than its predecessors.
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