Google-owned Fitbit has a new fitness tracker and this one is for the fashionistas. The Fitbit Luxe comes shortly after the kid-focused Fitbit Ace 3 that was announced last month. The new fitness tracker focuses on appearance and arrives as a challenger to the OPPO Band Style, another fitness tracker that has an elegant design. Is the Fitbit Luxe a worthy challenger? Let’s find out.

First, the Fitbit Luxe comes in at $149.95 which is well above the Rs 2,999 (~$40) launch price of the OPPO Band Style. We already know Fitbit products are not cheap compared to the competition but the almost $150 price tag includes a six-month subscription to Fitbit Premium which costs $9.99 per month.

With the price out of the way, let’s look at what makes the Fitbit Luxe luxurious. Fitbit says this is its thinnest touchscreen tracker yet. The device has a stainless steel case and a metal buckle and is available in four colors including a $199 special edition that has a Parker Link Bracelet from the jewelry brand, gorjana. Fitbit is also offering different straps that you can buy for the tracker. There are leather straps, steel mesh straps, and a platinum stainless steel gorjana link bracelet.

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The Fitbit Luxe has a color AMOLED touch display that automatically adjusts its brightness based on your environment. It has 24/7 heart rate tracking, and with the Fitbit app, you can monitor metrics such as breathing rate, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and Sp02 level (even when sleeping). A Fitbit Premium subscription will allow you to get a detailed breakdown of your stress management score and sleep score.

The Fitbit Luxe can track 20 different exercise modes (automatic detection supported) including swim tracking, but note that not all the bands are designed to be immersed in water.

The fitness tracker will measure all your steps, distance, and calories burned. It also has menstrual health tracking, on-wrist guided breathing sessions, and support for calls, texts, and app notifications.  It also has a timer and stopwatch and a Do Not Disturb mode to mute calls and notifications during the day and a Sleep Mode to mute all notifications and turn off the screen when sleeping.

The new Fitbit has a 5-day battery life which is less than half of the 12-day battery life the OPPO Band Style boasts of. It also skips on built-in GPS like OPPO’s fitness tracker but you can connect it to your phone for real-time pace and distance on your wrist.

The Fitbit Luxe is already available for pre-order but there is no specific date for when it will be available. The special edition with the gorjana bracelet will be available in June.

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OPPO, the China-based smartphone maker has also entered into the wearable segment and has launched a few products, including a smartwatch and a fitness tracker. The devices pair with the company’s HeyTap Health application for management.

So far, the app was only available for Android smartphones but now the company has announced the launch of the HeyTap Health app for the iOS platform. For Apple devices, it comes with support for OPPO Watch and Band Style.

The application can be paired with both the devices and used to adjust the settings as well as synchronize the data and view them. They can also synchronize the information with Apple‘s own Health after authorization.

Prior to the launch of this app, users of the OPPO Watch wearable device had the option of synchronizing the data of the smartwatch with Android and iOS devices using Google’s Wear OS application given that the device is running Wear OS.

The China-based company is yet to offer support for the wireless earphones on the iOS version of the HeyTap Health app which is already available for Android users. With the support, iOS users with wireless earphones from OPPO have to stick with the default options as they can’t customize settings.

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Chinese tech giant OPPO today took the wraps off two new smartphones – the OPPO F19 Pro and F19 Pro+ 5G in India. The company also unveiled a new fitness band. The OPPO Band Style, as it is called, is the brand’s second wearable device after the OPPO Watch.

The OPPO Band Style adopts a stylish rectangular-shaped display design. The screen is a 1.1-inch color AMOLED screen with a resolution of 126 x 294 pixels. There is also a 2.5D curved-surface scratch-resistant glass. Inside, the smart band crams a 100mAh battery which will take just 1.5 hours to fully charge and can last up to 12 days.

The smart band is powered by the Apollo 3 chipset and has 16MB storage, and comes with 40 watch-face designs. It utilises a metal buckle design that makes it easy to adjust the wristband.

In terms of functions, the OPPO Band Style arrives with several functions which can be accessed via the HeyTap companion app. The fitness band supports 12 workout modes, a continuous blood-oxygen monitor, real-time heart rate monitor. The workout modes include Outdoor Run, Indoor Run, Fat Burn Run, Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor Cycling, Elliptical, Rowing, Cricket, Badminton, Swimming, and Yoga.  Unfortunately, the watch is only compatible with Android OS at the moment. OPPO promised to push a firmware update in April which will bring support for iOS.

The regular features such as sleep tracker, heart rate monitor, make or receive calls via a connected phone are also onboard. Finally, it arrives with a 5 ATM water-resistance rating which means you can’t use it while swimming.

As for the price, the OPPO Band Style is priced at Rs 2,999 (~$40) but there is a Rs. 200 discount for purchases made between March 8 and March 23rd, bringing down the price to Rs. 2,799 (~$38). It will be sold via Flipkart, Amazon, and on offline stores across India. The band comes in Black and Vanilla colours.

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In June 2020, OPPO launched three fitness trackers in China, namely OPPO Band, OPPO Band Fashion, and OPPO Band EVA. The first model is sold as the OnePlus Band in India. Now, the second product has been officially confirmed to launch as OPPO Band Style in the country. It will be officially unveiled at the OPPO F19 series launch event, which is scheduled for March 8 at 7 PM.

All three OPPO Band models have the exact same set of specifications. They only differ in terms of design. Hence, the upcoming OPPO Band Style will be similar to the already available OnePlus Band, however, the former will have a floating strap design.

Talking about the specs, the OPPO Band Style will sport a 1.1-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 126 x 294 pixels. The panel will cover 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and will be protected by 2.5D curved glass.

Being a fitness tracker, it will come with sensors like an accelerometer, PPG heart-rate sensor, and SpO2 sensor for blood oxygen level monitoring. The Chinese variant has NFC as well as 12 sports modes. But the version releasing in India may not feature NFC and the number of sports modes are a mystery as of now.

But we can expect standard features like weather, app notifications, stopwatch, call & message alerts, alarm, music playback controls, find my phone, and more. Also, it should have support for sleep monitoring and multiple band faces.

Further, it will be powered by OPPO Apollo 3 chip and will be able to connect with both Android smartphones and iPhones via Bluetooth 5.0 using the HeyTap Health companion app.

Last but not least, the OPPO Band Syle will be backed by a 100mAh battery and will charge via a pogo pin connector.

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