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fitbit's newest fitness tracker is also a SmartWatch and the ionic could maybe give the Apple watch a run for its feature set it's a clear attempt to compete at the top end with a lot of features it looks like last year's blaze but it's sleeker and it also adds a lot of good function like 50 meter swim water resistance contactless payments which work a bit like Apple pay or Android pay and onboard music your own music library needs to be transferred via computer but there's also support for Pandora's premium service on watch for offline playlists when you run music playback happens over Bluetooth Fitbit even has its own set of fitness headphones the flyer that promised faster Auto pairing between the ionic watch and a phone the design looks sharp it's got a brighter thousand nits display and the all metal body and swappable bands ranging from perforated sport ones to leather designs feel similar to what fitbit's other charge and Alta accessories look like Fitbit promises four-day battery life for everyday use including a daily run the ionic also has apps much like pebble the company that Fitbit acquired there's going to be a future watch face and app store promising all sorts of ideas including games down the road right now there are only four baked in apps Starbucks Strava Pandora and AccuWeather the ionic also has timers a stopwatch baked in workouts which happened via fitstar and support for more onboard coaching down the road including audio coach way that's going to be available in 2018 Fitbit also claims the heart rate tracking technology on the ionic can track other conditions including sleep apnea although that won't be available right now the ionic promises to be the most complete fitness watch fitbit's ever made but it also costs $300 when a debuts in October will it be worth it we won't be able to answer that until a full review but this looks like the most complete package it feels a lot better to wear than the blaze and it does a lot more to you