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Website: https:\/\/www.harveynorman.ieOpens in new window<\/a><\/p>\n Where To Buy: Harvey Norman<\/p>\n To screen or not to screen? That is the question you might ask yourself about a fitness tracker. The trade-off between notification fatigue and a useful nudge when you need it is a deeply personal decision. But Google<\/a>\u2019s newest device, the Fitbit<\/a> Edge, might just straddle the line between the two.<\/p>\n Despite the similarities in name, the Edge and the Air<\/a> are very different devices. There is the glaringly obvious \u2013 the screen \u2013 which gives you access to limited notifications and apps such as Google Maps. You can also keep an eye on your activities as they happen with the Edge, or take an ECG with the device, should the notion take you.<\/p>\n But it falls short of a full-on smartwatch, limiting the number of apps you can install to the essentials, so you don\u2019t feel as if there is yet another screen vying for your attention. The AMOLED colour screen is big enough to see the essential information, but not so big that you feel compelled to pay attention every time it buzzes. It feels a bit like a throwback to what Fitbit did best in the early days: a focus on activity tracking with fewer distractions. <\/p>\n That puts it firmly between the Air and the Pixel Watch 5, a halfway house for those of us who want to but can\u2019t quite let go of the full smartwatch. <\/p>\n It has built-in GPS, so you can use it to track runs, without your phone on hand. You will need it for music, though, as the Edge doesn\u2019t have the capacity to sync playlists offline. <\/p>\n [\u00a0Cricut Maker 5 review: Home crafting levels upOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n All the data is fed into the Google Health app, which is available for both Apple and Android, and tracks trends on your activity and sleep, plus health markers such as heart rate variability and blood oxygen levels. <\/p>\n Like the Air, the data will also feed into Google Health Coach, included with the premium subscription on Google Health, to give you personalised coaching and better insights from your data. You get three months of Google Health Premium free with the Edge; after that it costs \u20ac9 a month, unless you have a Google subscription that includes the premium access. <\/p>\n If all that nudging and trend tracking wasn\u2019t enough, Google has also launched Health Guardian, which keeps an eye on your health data and trends. The base version includes high and low heart rate alerts; a subscription unlocks blood pressure trends, insulin resistance and sleep quality trends.<\/p>\n